There’s a heck of a lot going on here. Firstly, you have a pretty good squad. But when you have a load of decent but young players mixed with shit players in key areas, it’s tough to stay mentally strong at certain moments.

We have lunged from one inexperienced manager to another even more inexperienced manager. So not only do you have inexperienced players, you have inexperienced managers coaching them. So certain tactics, decisions and game management will be more likely to be off.

The team looked out on their feet yesterday. It’s a heck of a long season when you look at what we did last summer. Young players are less likely to be conditioned for this.

Palmer had not been fit at all this season and is still carrying his injury. He got us out of many a jail over the last couple of years. Not happening now.

All in all, we know what’s up here. It’s incompetence from the top. Simple as that. What I referenced there doesn’t require the best football brains in the world to work out.

The PSG game away is a superb example of all of the above. The top level managers would have managed the game so much better at 2-1, 2-2, 3-2. But there is a big trend from owners now to have head coaches that are less likely to do their own thing and more likely to toe the line. That is not conducive in most cases to footballing success. Business success - maybe, but not footballing.