Those things really shouldn't be excluded should they. They're why we find ourselves in such a state in the first place.
Get a dose of business sense and reality. This league is merciless. Few supporters feel satisfied: ask arsenal. Take away the mess with the fans and we aren't In a bad place.
Reality? You carry on letting a six month Manager & a few cheap mercenary loans mask over it. You're not the only one to be taken in by it mind.
He's undoubtedly the most important person at our club right now, at least pay him the respect of knowing his name.
Depends on what you mean by such a state. I don't think they had any impact on us failing in Europe and then being relegated. It did increase the income of the club during that season. I don't think they had any significant impact on Ehab refusing to buy Andre Gray. It did affect the amount Hull City Tigers Limited lost last season and the Allams paid a significant price for it. However they borrowed the difference rather than cut spending. Admittedly to get back into the Premier League at all costs. It hasn't really affected spending this year as shown by the appointment of Marco Silva and the January transfer window. Albeit the sale of Snodgrass and Livermore helped finance that. Where those things really has an influence is on our future. The damage done by the Allams will take a long time to repair. Until that damage is repaired we will not be selling out matches against most teams, we will not be looking at developing the ground to increase the capacity and we will not be developing our youth facilities much further. Whether any of that happens is down, initially, to us staying up and then Ehab Allam making the necessary steps to help heal the breech between the themselves and the Council, themselves and the wider community and finally between themselves and the supporters. If we go down, he may well lose his family's money.
The damage they've done is irreparable Obadiah. The council are playing a waiting game. They want to do business with a credible owner. The lifelong fans will never come back until the Allams have gone. Marco Silva might just buy them time, but until they've gone, you'll never experience the feeling you used to get at City. There will be no compromise.