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It’s the hope that kills

The 3-2 scoreline weirdly hurts more than what looked like a 3-0 scoreline. After all, it meant we watched till the very end, hoping and praying for one of the greatest comebacks in recent memories. The only thing that did happen – was that we experienced a soul crushing return to the Europa League!   That’s the thing about supporting a football club isn’t it, you keep on hoping for the best – even if cold hard facts present a different picture. And these hard facts go beyond our board’s scatter gun approach to squad building / transfers and contract negotiations:   Ole and his coaching staff oscillate between world beating to naive – when it comes to in game management. They have done incredibly well to build character in this team and restore some semblance of a culture to the club– but ultimately after two years in the job and despite a pandemic – some base level consistency is what we are sorely missing! Maguire for all his leadership, ball progression and aerial abili...