While I agree that when players are being paid the vast amounts of money that they are, then they should be 'busting a gut' for the club. However, perhaps we need to look at the other side of the coin. It cannot be easy if they don't agree with, or find it difficult to play, the system that they are being asked to and the results are poor. If you like to play a passing game and you are being asked to run at a 100 mph for ninety minutes and hoof the ball aimlessly upfield, would you be that enthusiastic and enjoy your football? You only had to look at the faces of our players in the last month or so. To my mind they looked lost, didn't really know what they were supposed to be doing and were not enjoying their football. A recipe for disaster. Some may claim that this as an excuse but I think it's a very valid viewpoint and one worth thinking about.