You can mess about with formation and players all you like but unless the spirit in the camp is a positive one, then nothing will work. To have success the players, management, fans etc all have to have belief and pull in the same direction.
At this point the fans have lost faith in the manager, the manager has lost faith with a section of his team publicly saying they lack character.
The players seem to have stopped playing for this manager the result catastrophic run of form.
The solution (laughably) on here is to select a team from players who don't play for us (left back) select a player at this crucial stage who has never played at centre half (Baptise), bring a player in at right back who is so far out in the cold that he saw Captain Scott's husky, Mears (really).
Dougie in the press said that the club needs to sort out the players who lack character, well how about the manager drops them and plays players he trusts, i am told there is a rift/ clique within the club that revolves around Knight, other offenders being Pratley, Mears and others i guess. So why would he pick them? have the courage and leave out players you do not trust seems to me to be a good starting point.
In my opinion no one including the fans, have the slightest idea what our best team is? we are 30 games in and i wager that if asked we could not name a uniformed system or team even on this forum.
Try it Best Keeper ?
best Fullbacks?
Centre half pairing?
Medo or Spearing (did he really think he was a Liverpool class player)
Wingers ? Hall, Eagles (current boo boy) Lee ?
Then the Jewel in the Crown WE HAVE JUST ONE FIT STRIKER and he's on Loan (cry at this point)
Then we have some calling for 4 4 2 ? if Juke was injured at any point last night we would have Zero striking options.
So enjoy playing manager, just shows how tough it is, because you all think your right,(and why not no one will judge you)
But unless something changes in terms of attitude, none of it matters.