2. The lack of depth in the squad means that our players are overplayed and overused – more so our internationals – hence they need a longer time to recover and our last two pre-seasons started with 5-6 senior pros each, you can check the reports on TW as prove. There is simply a time needed for a player to get his physical and mental condition ready for the season

3. The small squad at the end of the season is always overstretched and then injuries kick in, which in turn leads to lack of options in different areas at the start of the new season

4. The injuries disrupt the rhythm and the confidence of the team, it's not a coincidence that we are able to fill almost the same team for the last 5-6 games and our results and performance improved. Shuffling the team around every weekend and playing players out position, because of the lack of bodies wasn’t, is not and will never be winning strategy. Last season Arsenal lost Fabregas and RVP a period of five games – guess what – they didn’t score a single goal during that period. Same as Man Utd this season against Fulham and Leeds, everyone here was praising Leeds for having a go at United, but there wasn’t a single contributor to point the fact that United were without their first choice back four and their entire first choice midfield. Injuries and suspensions aren’t excuses, they influence team selection, rhythm and performance. If all the players are equally substitutable they will have all the same price, which as you can see is not reflected on the market.

5. Missing your key players is bound to influence your team performance – no amount of training will turn even Hibbert into an Arteta type of player, no amount of training will turn Cahill into left winger.

All these factors put together influence the team performance and, unfortunately, the lack of money and the coming World Cup suggest that the start of the next season won't be different.

Of course injuries have played their part... but Arteta Jags & Yakubu are still missing yet we are producing our best form of the season? How do you explain that?

Also, you conveniently continue to ignore our abysmal start to the season and the startling lack of confidence shown by well paid professionals up to recently. Do these matters not enter your thinking processes at any stage?

The back 4 was constantly being swaped and shuffled. Players who had been out for a while weren’t match fit, and because of a lack of bodies DM had to persevere with Cahill who wqas well off the pace and if there had been an alternative he would have been rested.

Take a look at the teams we’ve put out, available on all good EFC websites, and see how they change, but more importantly have a look at the bench and remember what we had in reserve.

Because of injuries, players have had to play out of position but now we have enough players back in the right positions to balance the side. The defence is also looking more settled because Heitinga doesn't have to play in midfield because of injuries to our midfielders.

So you see, it has everything to do with injuries which leads to all the other problems.

Added to this is that we don't actually get any monies until the last days of the transfer window. So how is it his fault? I can't see a manger nowadays having anything to do with contract clauses and signing on fees — that's the Chairmans and the MD’s job.

The problem is that we are skint and we have to scrape and be creative financially to bring in the calibre of players Moyes wants for the squad.

I would also point out that Saturday's team did not have any obvious weak links, people talk about match winners but you can also have match losers, by either playing out of position, loss of form, carrying niggles, or simply not up to the task.

Certain players do get a lot of stick and if enough people are saying the same thing, it’s probably correct. Saturday's team contained no-one who gets regular stick and everyone in their favoured position. The concern is would Moyes have played that team, in those positions, if everyone was available? Sadly, I don't think he would have.

All of our problems can be attributed to our injuries ergo if a team have injuries they play worse. When these injuries heal, the team plays better. Hence your case that, with a few more players available, our narrow losses would become draws and our 1-1 draws would become wins.

These assumptions are so misguided that any kind of rational response would be futile. Btw I always understood that part of a manager's job was to get the best performance possible from his (available) players. And you think he has done for the last 5 months? Moyes himself would not agree.