When companies introduce their operational plans and settle on whatever methods they want to achieve their "vision" they don't want to become over dictatorial or stifle all initiatives so often allow their managers what they term "freedom within the framework". I just wonder how much of this freedom Tony was allowed and how much he was expected to adhere to the Game Plan the club had?

Given the constant switching and changing and his predilection for selecting Swift and Diangana, whatever was going on, it seems TM was unsure what his best team selection was and he was clearly increasingly frustrated at the lack of results, as were many players. The moot questions are whether Mowbray's frustrations were directed more at the players or the Game Plan itself and whether the player's increasingly poor performances were down to disillusionment with Tony or with the system the Game Plan demanded of them.