That, I suspect is where you miss the point. Watching the team come out at the start said it all. They couldn't care less. Look at the body language. Look at the eyes. Most of them played like men who knew they would not be there next season and did not give a toss. They looked beaten before they'd even kicked a ball. People talk about being professional and playing for pride. It's performances like that which shows that in the modern big buck world, the word 'professionalism' has been completely devalued when it comes to football players. To them it means only where do I have to turn up to earn my next fast buck. Don't get me wrong, tactics and formations clearly do matter but of greater importance is attitude.
You may find it hard to believe but I also have my doubts as to whether Ramsey will succeed. I hope it will work out for him and for us. However, what was clear to me 4 years ago when we first went up was that the total lack of principle and financial prudence was a recipe for disaster. The goons had it right in that respect. The sad thing is that the Mittals were outmanoeuvred or rather never lost their heads in the price they were prepared to pay for us. Hence we end up with an owner who earned millions by being in the right place at the right time and now seems intent on blowing his wealth all away on his hobbies because he thinks he has the Midas touch.
I'm afraid I'm in the clear out camp. The ones we can get money for great - the rest can all go to the knackers yard as far as I'm concerned. Forget about building a team around a core group of players who have been tried and found wanting. They aint got it. Ability or attitude.
