Ive been thinking about this over the weekend, there are a couple of influences i think that are undermining, things are increasingly getting toxic - whether that is fair or not is debatable, but it is a factor. These players never thrive in that environment.
Second thing is the short term nature of this squad - the majority of this squad and the manager arent here in 7 months time, will the really pull out all the stops, battle and fight for this club, knowing they are somewhere else. Im seeing that in some players more and more.
Both those things, i thin are different then what we have to deal with in the past couple of years and id be lying if i didn't think they are undermining results also.