Yeah it's a vicious circle, we go through it every single year during winter. We are fucked in mid-season yet end up winning a trophy or two and crawl our way back to top. The difference this time is that for the past 9 years we've had a stern core to rely on, a determined bunch. Now our future is more uncertain than ever - the board have spit in fans' faces, we're losing and since we have a young and frail squad, nobody knows when or if we'll make the necessary push to stay top. In addition to that we're in the beginning of transition without anyone to lead it. In some ways it's different from the usual 'bad moments' we've had in the past, it breeds more pessimism. I mean all you have to do is hear and look at the stands, that's a highly unusual negative atmosphere. Many people are feeling alienated from the club, because looking at the team and dugout during games it's hard to spot something familiar which you loved. Instead we have two ex-Liverpool muppets taking all the spotlight from the club, in a very negative way.