At Newcastle United, everyone knows what has gone wrong this season.

A simple inability to cope with fighting on four fronts.

Our new signings never really had a chance, given how they arrived and the total lack of time on the training pitch to bed them in.

People seem to have completely forgotten how we took our time with signings like Lewis Hall when he arrived.

The rat deprived us of that luxury and now the football gods have duly punished him.

Our defence is so bad and we can’t hold a lead for exactly the same reasons – fatigue and rotation has opened the door for uncharacteristic mistakes leading to bad results, leading to the utterly ridiculous spectacle of fans booing at St James’ Park, which has resulted in a feedback loop of a lack of confidence and belief.

Football is a percentage game.

Eddie’s fast paced aggressive style is what gave us the edge, the 1%, over the so called big teams. It’s up for debate if there’s anything else we can do, but the answer won’t be clear until we’ve had a full pre-season to see if Wissa, Nick and Ramsey can do what Eddie wanted...