Another over-simplification and not what I or anyone else on here is suggesting for a minute. Did Derby do that? Did Palace last season? Did Southampton before them? Read the original post again, there are more than two ways of playing football.
That's an over-simplification I agree, but there are some fundamental changes in the overall type of player we need from the majority of those who have come into the club in the last few seasons if we are ever to be able to really compete in my opinion. I thought we were starting to get there...
No of course we didn't finish bottom half, we overachieved when you take into account the circumstances you describe. But we weren't good enough to go up, and if we had have fluked promotion we would have been destroyed next season unless we'd have broke the bank. Derby, even if they don't beat...
As painful as it was to witness, the more I think about it, the more I come to the conclusion that it was exactly what we needed. I was a fan of Oscar, but in hindsight, if I'm being completely honest, this was as much a reaction towards the strong negative feelings I had towards Gus' departure...