McCann has concentrated on building a good first eleven. Supported by a few other good players on the bench. The trouble now is that all our yellow cards are catching up with us and suspensions are affecting the first eleven. That was inevitable. The club could even be fined if we keep getting yellows and that money would be better spent on players.

As you say "a run of defeats = low in confidence", and I suspect confidence is now a major negative influence. Fortunately, we have a few cup games against inferior teams which we will probably win, and McCann will make a big deal of those wins to try to regain confidence before further league games. He will probably play our strongest team in those games to get some wins under his belt, but in a way it is all fake.

Suspensions and potential injuries could totally derail our chance of even getting above a mid-table position. Luck only goes so far.

Certainly, we need another striker up with Marquis if we want to regain ground and get back near the top. But we could be in for a rough ride up to the New Year.