It does make me laugh when people say 'Gus had no Plan B'.
It many games, if not most - he had plans B, C, D and E. In fact, when the players work out exactly how the opposition has set-up, they alter their playing shape accordingly. If he took off Sparrow, for instance, and replace him with...
Are they? I actually despise that kind of short-termist thinking - that a manager's tenure is purely results-driven.
Anyone decent chairman who wants to see stability and long-term investment will understand the whole concept of learning from knock-backs - including an occasional run of poor...