An inevitable consequence of a spell of poor form or a season where expectations are not being met is the media’s take on the cause of the maladies.
Typically, the woes will be attributed to dressing room discontent and the notion that the manager has ‘lost’ his players, no longer commanding their respect.
True to form, this is currently the case with Andre Villas-Boas and Chelsea. The club’s worst season in any recent memory has fans and journalists alike scrambling to determine the reason things have gone so badly wrong.
Rightly or wrongly, many are led by the wordsmiths paid to deliver their ‘expert’ opi...