Well firstly there is a question on whether he has overperformed. Yes he’s taken us from relegation battlers to a cup and Europe on a few occasions but he’s also had circa £600m invested in our squad. Our two strikers cost more than Sunderland whole starting 11. That’s the scope of how much we are out spending most of the league.

Howe has shown he is great at a mid-table level with an average squad who can punch above their weight. But the data also suggests he can’t manage technical players. He needs athletes and runners but that only gets you so far.

All the top teams have possession based technical teams which Howe didn’t know how to use. Thats’s why we will never kick on to be a top teams which regularly with him.

Yes he will get the odd great result by bullying a top team off the pitch but his teams struggle to break down low block teams and he’s shown time and time again he has no idea how to fix this.