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Just players of equal quality with premier league experience would do, at least we'd know if they could deal with the demands.

Watford are a good comparison, in 2017 they were in a similar position to us having spent similar amounts they finished 17th, sacked Walter Mazzarri and have since gone from strength to strength. They spend around £50m a season and their biggest purchase is £18.5m on Andre Gray. The difference...

He tries to reduce the game to a 20 minute mini game. Plays a low block for 70 minutes then brings on some pace in attack once he feels the opposition are fatigued and less dangerous. There are 2 problems with this. The 1st is the quality in the Premier league is so good you are unlikely to...

I don't think it's quite that simple, defensive managers tend to have a short shelf life. After 3 or 4 seasons the players get bored with incessant defensive drills and lose faith in the manager. Look at the careers of Sam Allardyce and Jose Mourinho, Both have had sucess but rarely last much...

The players care, but are being told to do the same things over and over even though they can see it isn't working. And with regards to your parenting analogy, nonsense, where talking about 2 international footballers, not toddlers.

We're not doomed yet, but it is inevitable sooner or later if we don't put up a fight. Our current tactics are the equivalent of hiding under the duvet.

When you sit back offering nothing in attack, the opposition will naturally have plenty of shots. We couldn't get at them because every time we looked like building an attack, we gave the ball away. We have no confidence as a team and this stems from our negative tactics. We have nothing...

The Wolves result is a little misleading, the fact they committed no fouls indicates they were not playing at 100% commitment, yet we still only just clung on for a much needed point. Izqueirdo at one point refused to chase a Kayal pass, leading Kayal to shout at Chris, who did nothing...