It's difficult to comprehend how a team with all that finance available can use it's spending power to acquire one of the best finishers ever; one of the most sought after youngsters in Europe; and what was supposed to be a 'Rolls Royce' of a defender, to add to a squad that finished runners-up in the league last season, only to go into reverse. Can you imagine how disappointing it must be to have made such a massive investment and then, not just fail to improve, but lurch backwards. Imagine that; all that promise and hype at the start of the season; "winning" the league after the thrashing of a terrible Newcastle team at the season's start; clinging to the promise of silverware as the team juddered to the occasional victory; the glorious memories inspired by Ronaldo's (often late) goals getting them out of jail. All that hope - dashed by 2nd and 3rd rate teams as they were dumped out of cup after cup. The ignominy of being totally - hopelessly - outclassed, on and off, the field by their nearest neighbours, after having dreams of usurping their position when the season kicked off last August.
Difficult to comprehend how this is happening, but, it shows no sign of stopping any time soon. I suspect the fallout from last night will linger for some time as certain rats start deserting the sinking ship, and the state of denial will continue as to how shit they've become.
Happy days :-)