Not sure I buy the idea “Frank threw this mickey mouse cup game with a weakened side.”
On paper (I know) that side had easily enough potential to beat the severely weakened side Bournmouth put out. Last seasons softies just buckled because of a deflected goal and a bit of moaning from fans who’d travelled half a day to get there.
He’s guilty of not developing repeatable attacking patterns. We have none. At all. You don’t need many to be effective. Just overload one wing occasionally to see what happens, win a few corners and apply pressure. And he is guilty of trusting players that deep down he knows might let him down. But he will have sent that side out hyped up and fully and expecting them to have beaten Bournmouth partial reserves by half time, then stick Mills and Cannon on for minutes.
That said, he can’t possibly survive till Boxing Day if we lose at the weekend.