I'm losing my faith in him, probably already lost it. Poor recruitment isn't really his fault - he needs to have a competent football, scouting/recruitment structure above him, but he doesn't, and we all know why. I sense that he will be the final victim of the Glazer Apocalypse. Hopefully, they finally leave during this season, ETH likely gets sacked by the new ownership and we start again to rebuild from the ashes.
Not fixing the midfield, when he had the money, resources to do so(failing to get FDJ really screwed him), keeping Bruno as the Hollywood passer(and making him captain, nonetheless) who is a "pseudo midfielder" who can't dribble or carry the ball(which is unacceptable) is the ultimate reason for his downfall from the tactical standpoint, in my opinion. We still have a "hot potato midfield" that can't control games, and he could've resolved that if he had the capabilities/willingness to do so. Instead he doubled down on "transition football" which obviously doesn't work as good as he imagined it to be. Injuries are also hurting ETH this season, but that's just bad luck, I guess.
To quote Freddie Mercury(Queen) - "Another one bites the dust".