Beat Villa, beat Everton, everything changes. BR is in the hands of the players more than ever. If they have any spine worth talking about they'll be trying all out or they're not worthy of the shirt. BR brought most of them in and has put them on the pitch. They, at least owe him a professional effort. He's taking all the blame but they are kicking the ball and getting well paid for doing it. The degree to which our players are able to hide behind BR and FSG is ridiculous. He's protected them at every turn and taken it all on himself. Not once has he really directed blame at the team. If the team stop trying and get BR sacked, it doesn't bode well.
I'd rather we won the next two games and shut some people up. I'm not a BR fan and if he goes, then so be it. The idea that our players can be excused a poor effort is, to me, even more gut wrenching.
