I agree, but if Mowbray isn't seen to be trying to achieve a play-off place this season, he will be open to yet more criticism. I think, to do that, he is probably going to go down the "safe" route for now.
Chapman is the enigma, to be honest. I wonder if we'll ever know the full story. TM went to a lot of trouble to get him, but he's hardly got a sniff of a first-team place. At first, it was supposed to be about strengthening his hamstring, but since then...?
If he leaves now, we will have to conclude it's something to do with attitude, because he surely can't have gone backwards so far so quickly.