I think this about right. At its heart I wonder if it’s an issue about how we’re managing the budget. We seem to have capped our highest wage fairly low by premier league standards, and it was rumoured a number of our players had ‘parity with highest earner’ clauses. That seems to have...
The main issue for me remains the recruitment. Whoever thought Ali J and Locadia were worth a combined £30M+ needs shooting. Everyone could see our lack of quality in the final third was the main problem last year and we’ve done nothing to address it.