It's a case of nearly everyone on this board and the other can see the problems but they are not being addressed. And that brings us back to another stubborn mule in DJ.
The defence is basically suffering from two players who are just not good enough for what we are trying to achieve, I've well documented who I think they are.
I am still gobsmacked we played so well against Newcastle and totally changed tactics for the league, dropped a winger who was on fire against premier players (albeit was a friendly) and have the best squad in probably 20 years (since Hatton, Hemmerman, Bennett's, etc).
MM cannot keep defending the indfensible - and I'll say this for the 100th time in a week - we need a proper captain!