I'm not entirely convinced all the players are so bad. Oh yes they have failed to perform but I place a large portion of that blame on the club being rotten to the core.
A bad manager in Slade compounded the problem and Venus with his "they are not good enough" quote would rip the belief out of many players minds.
Look at Leicester's revival. They looked abject failures after last season, players simply not performing. I don't know what happened there but those same players are now performing again to their strengths. Our players who performed so well under Venus during a 6 game spell have faced a plethora of issues going on behind the scenes. Do you really think they will perform well given the circumstances that have surrounded them? TM came in and gave them belief until we lost a goal scorer. He was hampered and maligned all the way in his efforts to improve the squad in the close season. He knew what was coming and he left with dignity, still refusing to call out the deplorable owners. There you have it, Slade comes in, fails, now MR's with I surmise a remit to either work a quick miracle or build for next season as challengers.
There is a pocket lining Wembley exertion to get through which only prolongs the life of this club under SISU.
I hope the nightmare ends soon.