Hope he goes back to under 23s as soon as possible as I'll end up disliking him the way its going
I personally always wanted Silva or Dyche but our situation is now so perilous that previously unpalatable choices do have to be considered extremely seriously, Unsworth carrying on is not an option.
It all comes back to a manager's ability to make the very most and get the absolute maximum from poor quality goods.
Some managers have proven adept at doing so time and time again, unfortunately Unsworth seems to have them playing at a standard a level or five below that of their collective ability.
The defence aren't performing to the sum of their parts.
We're all taken aback by just how poor they've become and how drastically it's happened but I think the individuals we have are capable of much, much better.
Look at Leicester's back 4 when they won the league - Fuchs, Morgan, Huth, Simpson.
Are those 4 defenders miles better than Baines, Keane, Jagileka/Williams, Kenny/Holgate/Martina? I don't think they are and their goalkeeper isn't better than Pickford either.
If we remember the start of that season, Leicester were letting in too many goals. They were scoring them, building confidence, winning games but still letting in too many, so Ranieri drilled the life out of them and in the second half of the season they started grinding results out.
We need a manager to drill our defenders. Standards have slipped massively, maybe it's because they're acting up like school children with a substitute teacher but somebody needs to start whipping bums and taking names. Double, boring, grueling, mind-numbing defensive sessions are what's required.
Of course, we should consider buying new defenders because of the age of 3 of our core defenders, but the ones we have right now can be improved and also the defensive midfield players need to start doing their jobs too. How often have we played 2 holding defensive mids? Yet still teams walk through us.
