Originally Posted by Feed Me

He's had some poor moments on tactics and team selections. But on the flip side, would any other manager have taken this crop of players so close? Indeed, it's not actually over yet.

He took a calculated gamble regarding the midfield at the start of the season, based on having Fletcher, Anderson and Cleverley being more regularly available to him. Our season could have panned out a lot differently had this trio played more. He's going to have to look at the situation seriously now though, because we look patchy in that area of the field.

Furthermore, we have had to re-work our defence to cope with the absence of our captain and defensive organiser.