Yes that’s a good point, I hadn’t thought of it like that. Everything about that era was good and there was an incredible spirit in the camp with Fuchs in particular getting up to mischief! I remember two of his silly videos in particular, one where he and Huth are playing ‘red ass’ where they had to bend over and blast a football at each other from a few yards and another where he’s flicking Shinji Okazaki’s ears!
It was an era (Martin O’Neil’s and NP too) when I think supporters really felt like a real part of the club. It wasn’t about the winning, it was about the atmosphere created by players and manager at the time.
On the other hand, as most of the current dross will hopefully have left, with a bunch of kids and any new signings, Fuchs might just be the sort of personality to set the spirit alight again! We’d know how poor we are, no one expects to be winning every week, I think we just want to see a bit of effort and fight for the shirt!
The flies in the ointment being that we’d still have the useless Top, potentially craving his wish for his ‘passing’ brand of football (because he’s such an expert and connoisseur) and his backroom staff. Could you trust any of them to choose new players in the loan or free transfer markets?
Perhaps best save Fuchs for if we get a new owner?