Bad defeat but we move onwards and upwards
The only positive – or so it appeared – was that we had Dimitri Payet, who we believed could rescue our season – how wrong, how very wrong we can all be at times.
Then came the A 2-2 draw away at Liverpool, followed by three straight wins and now we have won five have now e of our last seven.
Ok, last night was not good but A Heritage Sportsbook review of the lines now shows we are going into games against lower table sides as heavy favourites, and drifting to as big as 66/1 to be relegated and just 7/5 to finish in the top 10.
That looks a great bet right now as we should really finish above the likes of Bournemouth (a team in free-fall due to an atrocious defensive record),
Burnley (terrible away from home) and Leicester (who are already a long way behind) and can even think about challenging Stoke and Southampton for eighth.
A review of the lines at leading betting sites shows that Bilic has gone out to the 10/1 or 11/1 mark in the line for the next manager to leave his post, with David Moyes, Walter Mazzarri, Aitor Karanka and Claude Puel all ahead of him in the betting.
The feel-good factor is back and the London Stadium is on the up. Payet seemed like a dark cloud but he too has become a silver lining as his baby behaviour and departure helped the team find its spirit.
He went from hero to zero in absolutely no time but he’s gone after a series of nonsensical and childish incidents which must include his exile to the youth team and his car has been vandalised.
Andy Carroll is a far more important player for us right now, and we look guaranteed to stay up.
Payet has gone and here’s money in the bank with the board and Slav ready to give it a right go in the summer transfer market and we have three winnable games in front of us.
Onwards and upwards!.