[aries22]

The reason we went backwards after sacking Steve Clarke last season is because we had no replacement lined up, and not lined up quickly enough, and I didn't think Pepe Mel was the right appointment - I don't think anyone saw that one coming, or at least I didn't - and the jury was always out as to whether the players really believed in him enough to want to play for him. Their frustrations on and off the pitch boiled over at least once too many times, and that's never a good sign. So that's two poor managerial appointments in a row JP's made now, so has he really learned the lessons of what he acknowledged were last season's mistakes?