[Washington]

The players simply aren't motivated by DM.
I can't recall one game where the players have come on to the field absolutely revved up to play.
The players actually look more nervous or disinterested.

There's also the enormous issue with the basics.
The inability to control the ball or even pass to each other.
Top that off with chance after chance going begging.
Ipswich and Plymouth always looked fired up and the players work hard for each other.
We go missing, leave gaps and make the same continual mistakes after huffing and puffing for 30 minutes.

I really do expect he'll set up the same on Thursday. Playing cautiously as if time isn't of the essence. You can't start a game 4-0 down and focus on defence.
That clearly didn't work last game anyway, nor did his team talk.

But SS most of the squad are mature not 18/19 and if they haven’t learned to do the ‘basics’ by now then no amount of technical training is going to help. Also there has to be some on field motivation and I don’t think BB can do that in the manner that Loovens used to. Where DM does fail is neither having a sound plan on how we should play to the strength of the squad and let other teams worry about that and then options BC and D if the opposition manger figures out to negate plan A. The loss of Byers was major since everything is now slowed down by having to go through BB just like when Joey used to do the 5 yd passes to him in the championship. Then in terms of forwards Smith and Gregory can’t compete for pace with younger defenders and although the intent was to inject pace with Mighten and Wilks the former was bobas and Wilks has been unfit or injured most of the season. We need an overhaul that brings in promising early 20’s players including some PL ones on loan.

All that said 96 points in any other season would have been OK and that FGR game was the nail in the coffin.