He has a team of charlatans.
If he didn't know it in the summer, he certainly knows it now.
No excuse, ring the changes. Keep Gana, Baines and Coleman - the rest can go.
Then we judge him a year down the line.
This is why, at this current time, Koeman is far down on my list of people who deserve to be scrutinised the most.
It's going to take a huge amount of effort to scout the right players - Youth, prime and experienced players. Huge investment is going to be needed, and it could be in excess of 150 - 200 million to do this - The sale of Lukaku could amount to near a third of this.
But with that much time, money and effort needed to revitalise the squad it's going to need a lot of patience, but we should start seeing results as soon as new players come in. But it will be two years before we will see competitiveness.