My worry is that one of his biggest strengths is also one of his greatest weaknesses.

Eddie obviously sees the bigger picture in terms of where we need to improve but, because of his relationship with the players, I think he feels that he can make those improvements with those same players with, maybe, a couple of additions.

A fit and firing Burn, Schar and Trippier would get into most teams and probably every squad but there's a key word missing there, and that word id younger.

They are the same people but no longer the same player-Eddie seems to not take account of the second part.

See , also, Willock, Pope and Murphy. The gap between these players and their peak years is only going to get bigger but Eddie's bond with them as people is only going to get stronger.

Sorry for the amateur sociology but it's pertinent in this case, much more so than some of our previous managers.