Arguing has been a consequence, not a cause of our demise

ANCELOTTI has said that, with hindsight, stating we would not lose at Wolves was a mistake.

Of course we fans knew that already. Such a blatant provocation of the Gods of Football could not go unpunished; you would have thought that Carlo would have known that, but I suppose a reminder will do no harm.

In fact it was all so utterly predictable — not only to lose but to lose by our own hand, on a night when we could have made up some ground. Most fans didn’t even have it in them to be angry after that result. It was more resignation to our current plight.