Dan

The fans are too brainwashed by the ownership to call it out is the long and short of it.

Why they kept him on in the summer I'll never know. They've been spooked ever since De Boer and become probably the dullest club in the division. This was a good year to gamble as well as the three who came up looked pretty obviously bad (bar Burnley who've totally tanked anyway), they've played 'safe' and are still in the most trouble they've been in for a while.

The timing of that sacking was always going to add pressure onto Rooney. They'd just beaten West Brom 3-1 to go into the playoffs and had a pretty crap run of fixtures coming up. It's an obviously stupid move regardless though so no real sympathy.

We have the fanbase. We're just determined to keep the numbers lower to fleece the ones who do go instead of filling it. This club hasn't become smart or well run because Maresca's fixed things on the pitch. Very much a heavy make-up job.