If this keeps up . .

A glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel?

I don't see a way that we'll manage the top four this year . . . . doubtful to proceed very far in the Champions League . . . and who really cares about the FA Cup . . .

. . . so, a disappointed and beaten AW moves upstairs at the end of the season, and (I am stretching on this one) the Board brings in a top manager to recapture former glory.

When everyone is fit there is a good foundational squad, with obvious need of strengthening (emphasis on strength, brawn, mettle).

There's money, if Stan will spend.

But AW must go.