They’re professionals mate, i don’t see many players actively going out to get beatTeams tend to switch off once they want a manager sacked. We've seen it many, many times. Here and at other clubs.
No way we turn that early season form around if they wanted him sacked. He'd have been sacked if we lost to Palace and Leicester. Impotent board or not, they'd have been forced to act if we took 0 points from that first 5 games.