Have you ever considered a career in stand-up? The guy in charge of ticket office has been on a committee of three, now two overseeing the managerial search. The other being a child without any football or executive experience. Their article is very well balanced and written, addressing all the substantive points. It's not just the E&S journalist either. Adrian Goldberg and Chris Lepkowski were equally as scathing, as is Steve Madeley at the Athletic.
So none of the above mentioned the strength of the squad or the size of the budget? Or the fact that Dowling was, in fact, not very good, and not well respected around the club and therefore, is no great loss? Did they pick up on the intention to regroup and re-evaluate the structure, like many have advocated for so long? If not then they are as one-eyed as you. If they did and you omitted it, then you are just accentuating the negatives as usual.
If we believe your narrative we are a lost cause.
We quite simply are not, but, if you truly believe it, then why not give up? You only seem to want to criticise, after all, I don't see any constructive suggestion of what you think we should be doing.