One season, one plughole.

If we were to be honest, the team's
body language should have given us a clue
as to how things were likely to go

Forget for the moment our inability to beat a moderate lower league team today, or even really threaten to beat them.  If you can.  We were never going to win the FA Cup, and we're still a fair few goals ahead of Aston Villa in the all-time FA Cup scoring stakes.

The biggest fall out from today's capitulation at Sutton is that Imraan's mid season budget cut will hit us earlier, and harder than usual.  However, unlike the last few seasons when Imraan pulled the plug, there are more issues now.  For one we are only just above the relegation zone.  There isn't room for many more bad days at the office.  The season is ticking away and we aren't showing any signs of making inroads towards mid-table.

If Imraan manages to prise any of our thunderously under-performing "stars" out of their comfy contracts, will he look to fund Stimson's preferred replacements?  Probably not if Non Park costs as much to run as we all fear.  What then?  A conveyor belt of disinterested loanees?  Our oft-mooted youth players?  Should we all take our boots with us?

And where is Imraan?  Do we believe that he and Morrell, as well as his humourless attack-dog Lee Thorne are really all beavering away behind the scenes on "Project Non Park?"  More likely that Imraan is up to his neck in a new venture (don't want to use the word "hobby")  Morrell's probably selling dodgy time shares somewhere, and Thorne is no doubt grumbling down the phone to one of our dwindling group of sponsors. 

Now watch as Sutton get a plum draw in the next round just to top things off.....