Surely any argument/discussion can be supported by a few facts - we don’t need speculation on players quality or style of play because, as you mentioned, they are completely subjective,
However:
Three relegations in four seasons.
From Premier League football to League One in four years.
Just six Premier League wins in 2024/25.
Twenty-five defeats in one Premier League season.
Eighty goals conceded in 38 matches.
Nine consecutive home league games without scoring — a top-flight record.
Relegated from the Premier League with five games remaining.
Over £180 million in pre-tax losses across three financial years.
Six-point deduction for financial rule breaches.
Season-ticket renewal rates falling from 97.6% to 79.1% over two years
£89.5m loss in 2022/23, the first relegation season.
£19.4m loss in 2023/24, despite winning the Championship.
£71.1m loss in 2024/25, despite returning to the Premier League.
Staff costs reached 116% of revenue in 2022/23 and 101.6% in 2023/24.
An independent commission found a breach of the applicable financial rules, resulting in a six-point deduction in February 2026. The club subsequently lost its appeal
And in League One…just two wins from the opening eight matches, including a 4–0 home defeat to Oxford and a 3–1 defeat to Peterborough.
This is not simply a run of poor results. It is a sustained failure of footballing and financial management.
Please feel free to add the Kevin Bacon ‘These are the facts of the case and they are undisputed’ meme