The defenders are making a hell of a lot more errors this year.
The one midfielder missing was our best one, who is now playing in the Prem.
Howson's not playing anywhere near as well as last year, which is understandable as he's now 35, but he's making some bad errors too. He's playing in the exact same position as last year.
Crooks isn't playing as well as last year, and not chipping in with a goal threat either. He's playing in the exact same position as last year.
So to summarise, we sold the best, and last years players are making mistakes and/ or have dropped in form. This isn't something that would be simple for any manager to fix.
Which style/ formation would suit them?
I think the one we're playing suits them most, but has about 5 gaping holes:
LCB who is left-footed, but also who is good (Clarke isn't good enough, the Hull lad was)
Three centre midfielders
Second Striker or the main Striker. I really, really like Muniz, but he shouldn't be our only threat, he's 21 and not played a lot of senior games.