Originally Posted by
A Quiet Monkfish
McCarthy has made the team better, not the players. They played out of their skins for 9/10 games, but collectively they just aren't in the same league as the top 6 - and a lot of others. Modern footballers pass the ball first time, play clever flicks, dummies, feints, can find another player with a quick pass, receive the ball without having to play it three times. Our normal back 3 can't even find a City player with all the time in the world to do so. We could just as easily be 5 points off relegation without a shrewd experienced manager playing to our [limited] strengths.