Yesterday would have just been business as usual under Pardew or McClaren. Another box ticked on the great failure list of life. In fact they might not even have been slated for it; abject depression would have muted any vitriol at that point.
Yet things seem different under Rafa and he's not taking as much stick. I wonder why. What could it be?
Who does have the best squad in the Championship then?
The side that wins it...and regardless of what anyone thinks a strong squad would not lose 3-0 at a Div 1 side. If NUFC have the strongest squad there must be some strong squads in Div 1 then..
Why must there be "some strong squads in Div 1"? On that basis there must be some strong squads in the Championship because Wolves have just beaten Liverpool reserves. To suggest our squad is anything other than very strong in comparison to the rest of the Championship is just utter stupidity.
Our first choice XI might be streets ahead but the fall off afterwards is precipitous.
If you took Ibra out of Man Utd, I'm sure they'd struggle too.
It's natural to not be as good when your best player isn't playing.
I think the feeling is more that slipping down a division his loss shouldn't be felt as acutely as it is.