What has happened to the Mighty Hammers?

We were ticking along quite nicely last season - alright we had that bad run just before Christmas but Zola managed to pull that Iron out of the fire & we finished quite comfortably mid table.

We are now being managed by Straumer, an asset management company and it would appear that they are reluctant to invest money hence the low-profile loan signings. Not only that they would also appear to have made a boo boo in the sale of Collins to Villa - was that against Zola's wishes and is he [Collins] the start, the thin end of the wedge, with regard to the C & B Holdings asset stripping of the club?