No different to the situation when Dicko was sold leaving Bonatini as the only forward option, but the team were winning then and had a manager everyone loved so it was always brushed under the carpet that Dicko wasn't seen as a viable option so it mattered little whether he was sat on the bench or in another club's dressing room.
Now granted, MGW, Vitinha and Otasowie did play more last season than Dicko did prior to his sale, not so much in the latter's case though, but if Lage doesn't fancy them to play any real part in his team then what difference does it make whether they're here or not? Dendoncker, Moutinho and Neves have been the only real central midfield options since Wolves were promoted, that situation is no different now, the drop off from them to the previous backups was already pretty significant so it's not like the situation is a million miles worse now than it was a few years ago.
I think it's a bit of a snowball effect rather than a massive issue in it's own right, when people are generally happy with things they'll gloss over a few faults but in the last 12 months the balance has tipped, more little things have started to go against what majority of people would want and there have been less enjoyable things to balance it out. So now we seem to be in a situation where every minor hiccup is greeted with great animosity because everyone's default stance for the time being is to be a bit fucked off with the club. Personally I don't think it'll take a great deal to overcome it, start to win a few games and climb the table then most things will be forgotten for many, success for Bruno would overshadow the memory of Nuno and players on the pitch doing well will vanquish the ghosts of signings failed.
