Padhraic McArdle

That half was Bilbao level awful. Massive turnaround needed

Good summer in terms of forward incomings but if no keeper or physical midfielder arrives then it'll be a horrific summer overall. Imperative it is sorted before the end of window.

Final say on Ole, since it has riled so many people up, he was the only manager to secure consecutive top four finishes after Fergie, had the longest unbeaten away run in Premier League history, has the highest goal scoring season in the post Fergie era (20/21), before our emotional reliance on nostalgia took precedence over everything and we signed Ronaldo, we were on an upward trajectory under Ole, I remember thinking that the missing piece of the puzzle was a good Holding midfielder as we struggled away against Wolves (albeit we won the game) with the McFred pivot, we didn't sign that profile of player in the end, opting for Ronaldo instead and at the time we were all unbelievably excited to have him back and he delivered individually that season but his signing ultimately altered the structure and shape of the initial team that Ole was building and ultimately it led to his sacking a few months later. Don't care what anyone says, I miss him and thoroughly enjoyed the football we played under him.