I don't generally buy into the corruption theory but rather inept/incompetent officiating.
For the first time I genuinely can't understand how anything other than bias at best has lead to a situation where that isn't a clear penalty.
The dream but doubtful it will happen in our lifetimes. I think I fall in the boat of I'm happy NUFC can aim to be successful, but I'll never feel the same about football as I did for a number of reasons.
Jaded is probably the best word.