Quote Originally Posted by boingy View Post
Agreed. Thats how I look at it. Im also reminded that we spent most of the season in the top six with this supposedly aging squad.
...... because we had a very good manager who played with systems and structures in place to get more from the squad than the sum of it's parts.

However, you can only oil rusty parts for so long before wear and tear takes it's toll which it did as exampled by some very tired mental and physical performances.

The older members of that squad were absolutely and utterly knackered by the end and would have benefited from having more youthful legs scattered amongst them.