I seen that thread too, read through it. Some of them are still in the denial phase, others have reached acceptance. The former think they are in transition for the 123885th time and that somehow this time it will be different. I mean Rome showed progress, they didn't build a monument, then tear it down, and rebuild an even shitter one in its place, as far as I am aware. Taking one step forward and two steps back.
More intelligent, clued up posters in that thread are saying they're finished for the foreseeable future and it will be decades before they become a dominant force again, if ever, but generally some of them genuinely believe all it takes is a new manager like Ten Haag, a couple of better centre mids and some time and patience and they'll be up there with you. They seriously live in la la land, and if they think a couple of genuinely talented midfielders to replace McFred are going to transform their entire team dynamic and way of playing, they're even more deluded than I thought. I don't wanna give them any ideas but they have to rip up their entire ethos as a club which prides itself on 'fast counter attacking football', and bring themselves into the modern era where pressing and possession are king. Stopping saying that Pep plays boring football would be a start - you can't even begin to emulate something if you don't respect it first. Of course, by the time they manage to become a possession team it will be 2030 and counter attacking will be the dominant style again anyway, lol, so they're fucked either way.
