I find it embarrassing that we have a thread dedicated to 'excuses' from our own manager, before a ball has been kicked in the season, and made up of quite a lot of stuff which is exactly the same as every manager in the league comes out with on a weekly basis.
I also find it depressing and irritating how we revel in negativity, but that's a bigger issue.
If I had the time I could find you a source for all 30 of the ones that Jack Flash and myself listed, I can't be arsed with that though obviously. None of them are made up.