To see so many of our players that finished top 4 almost every year, playing this badly, well I can only blame the manager. THe players probably thought it was bad under Rafa, now they realise just how much better Rafa was than this Hodgson [oops].
most of the players who finished top 4 year in year out are gone though. reina, carra, agger, stevie, kuyt, nando is still here. babel was/is a fringe player. our central midfield is gone, yossi & hyppia have left, agger is always injured and even carra is injured at the moment. our left/right backs (finnan, arbeloa, riise) have left aswell so it's not the team that we had when we were a force in europe.
we should still expect much better than this of course. the results have been unacceptable.
but the squad need massive reinforcement. a new left back, at least one new cb, a couple of wingers and a striker.
