This is the scary thing...who do we go for? Who with a decent reputation at the moment won't think twice about coming to this career wrecking poisoned chalice, the title which used to be reserved for the England job!
Only today I said to my girlfriend (who previously was vaguely amused by the '3 points for everyone' meme and felt sad for Moyes and LvG) that it's that time again; the time when I wake up every morning hoping to read the Sky Sports Breaking banner. It is that bad.
But to be honest for me it has been that bad ever since the Celta & Ajax performances if not before. Regardless of the trophy win, those performances were not the only way that squad could have won. They were indicative of Mourinho's intended approach before and after his desired signings. Today we treated West Ham like they were Barcelona at their peak. Not even Sir Alex treated the Barca games like that.
So, we need an attacking manager. We messed up with Moyes/LvG/Mourinho/Guardiola/Klopp. Zidane is the name on everyone's lips. I don't like it, it doesn't feel right, but we might have to take a punt. We've been caught behind the times with LvG and Mourinho. Maybe it's time to get in at the early stages of someone's career if Zizou wants it.
Deschamps in order to retain Pogba? Blanc? Wenger to procure technique and attacking football for a few years until Giggs? That's three Frenchman to perhaps retain Pogba and stay in with a shot of tempting Griezmann. Pochettino perhaps but midseason? Ludicrous ideas but is there any clearcut candidate?
What is clearcut is that Mourinho is NOT the man for this job. I feel for him, but we're lacking technically, in defence as well as attack, and he is responsible for that. The players might be his, blame might also lie at Woodward's doors. Either way things are very clearly wrong at this club on and off the pitch.
Sole strike force Lukaku is the bane of my existence. Andy Cole was the bane of many people's, but I would swap them in a heartbeat. Get Sanchez as no.9, Pogba as no.10. Lukaku as 11 if you must...and get these misfiring players sorted whilst ensuring defensive security and ball retention behind them.
Finally, the supposed circa £27mil it will take to fire Mourinho should not even be sniffed at. We saved multiples of that figure by not splashing more cash in the summer. Get that done and get a new manager under this roof.