The ineptitude numbers are in

But itÂ’s the sheer unadulterated negativity of it I just canÂ’t stand... why highlight errors and incompetence when there are so many positives to talk up? Is it any wonder weÂ’re so miserable??? Where's the constructive criticism? [Blah, blah, blah]

In case you missed the point, I think the whole article is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, judging by the self-deprecating comments sprinkled throughout...

1: Not making substitutions when losing.
2: Making substitutions in the last 2 min when losing.
3: Subbing a defender on when looking for goals.
4: Playing players out of position.
5: Continually using tactics that are found to be ineffective.
6: Dropping players on form for managers pet favorites.

I wonder which club would emerge on top?

You are right, it is all a bit tongue in cheek given some of the criteria.

However the reason we fare so badly in the analysis is the number of errors that have either led to goals or shots on goals.

Maybe you could interpret this as the manager having been let down by his players?

If a team of players performs well and wins trophies, the manager gets massive credit for making it happen. So flip that around... ineptitude over the season reflects badly on the manager. If a team of players performs very poorly, itÂ’s usually the manager who gets it in the neck.

TÂ’was ever thus.

Some of our senior players probably had to have a good hard look at themselves at a certain point this season and realise they had been below the standard required and the standards they had played to before.

Is this managers trying to be too clever and forgetting to deal with the basics? Probably not, but as far as weÂ’re concerned it certainly feels like weÂ’ve shot ourselves in the foot this season rather than that other teams have been better than us.

John, Denver, Jim – if you ever happen across fans of other teams discussing their managers, you’ll realise it sounds a lot like 95% of teams every season under any manager.