Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
Seven of last season's squad have been signed by PL teams, the rest are now plying their trade at a lower level, not wanted by PL clubs. You need a squad of at least 15/16 PL players, possibly more, to survive at that level, which leaves last season's squad a good 8/9 players short 0f the quality required, which we all knew. Which is why we were relegated, all entirely predictable, and indeed predicted by many on here.

I would humbly suggest, with all due respect of course, that anyone who thinks we were relegated because of Sean Dyche and hoofball needs to give their head a wobble.
I gave my head a wobble and still think it was down to Dyche and hoofball. He was or became too inflexible. He insisted on his way or the highway. He publicly criticised Cornet for being too exuberant.

He did some great things and deserves credit for that. In the end he was, at times, loyal to players who should have dropped and was unwilling to give youth a chance whilst the squad got older. A bit a case of Nero fiddling while Rome burnt, I think.

The fact that so many players are regarded as PL quality tells you something about how it was under Dyche.