When we were signing Ozil and Alexis and were often just a couple of players (striker, DM, for example) from a squad that could challenge, there was real hope.

But we know that the squad needs major surgery, that we've lost Rambo and Welbz for free, that we swapped Alexis for an overpaid Mhikky, that Ozil has done nothing in 18 months, and those two and Mustafi will just sit and take the wages.

We're a Europa League team with a Europa League budget, and there's no hope that the owner will cough up to sort it out. No-one would believe we were trying to spend £100m on a player any more.

Given the squad and its wages, there's no hope of us rebuilding properly. I just wonder what's happening to blog page hits. That Palmer at ANR gave up a few years back when he realised that he wouldn't be able to keep flogging his AW book with an update every couple of years.

How are other blogs dealing with the Kronke sole owner era?