A lot of people here are saying they'll be happy to be back in the Championship, playing fast, exciting, football again and I'd be happy enough with that too, but why would that happen with the same manager, staff and what'll be left of the playing squad?
EH seems tactically rigid and surprisingly incapable of motivating the players he's brought in, players you'd think would bust a gut for him after being given the chance to play in the PL, and if we go down at least half will follow Fraser out the door: King, Brooks, Lerma, Rico, Billing, Ake, Ramsdale, Simpson and maybe Mepham, Stacey and Kelly too as I doubt they expected to end up back in the Championship so soon. We'll be left with what's left of the old guard and players no one else wants. Without Fraser to feed him, C Wilson looks Championship standard and we'll probably be stuck with him and his huge contract unless whoever buys Fraser thinks it might be worth reuniting the pair of them.
Basically, what I'm saying is I wouldn't cross the road to watch any team in any division play like we saw last night and I'm sure that's true of plenty of others so it won't take long for the gate money to plummet. With parachute payments probably going to pay Demin back and half a team of cheap new players I imagine we'll only be in the Championship for one year, but this time it'll be on the way down not up.
Doomladen, I know. But I've seen too many games this season where EH has looked absolutely clueless; outthought and outplayed by the likes of Hodgson, Dyche, Pearson and Wilder. I hope I'm wrong and if EH can rediscover the his touch I'm sure I will be, but with each game that looks less likely.