The thing is, they’re not shit. The table doesn’t lie, they are a team that is better than most in the division but is still a long way off being a title contender. West Ham aren’t shit, they just aren’t a top 3 team. The rags may finish 4th, they may finish 8th. That’s their level. Their rivals are Arsenal, Spurs and West Ham, not us Chelsea and Liverpool. I know they get the benefit of decisions, but they are above the level of a mid table team and we delude ourselves by saying otherwise.
What’s shit is their utterly delusional belief that they just need the right manager/striker/centre back who will turn them from also rans to title contenders. There is something deeply rotten at the heart of that club and they will carry on at their current level as long as that is not put right. The right manager/centre back/whatever and they finish 4th instead of 7th. For a top 3 finish they need Chelsea to fall out of orbit.
It all stems from their sense of entitlement and their inability to come to terms with their new reality. They genuinely believe success is their right, not something that has to be earned. They, as a fan base, have had ten years to get used to the new world order and they still haven’t got it.
“We’re Manchester United.”
Yeah. And Manchester United are mediocre.