And despite not knowing either the writer of the article felt the need to imply he had been dropped for being out of form whilst "out of position". Which is, with all due respect and by any measure you wish to judge it by, bullshit.
I really am bewildered by such articles, Michael Gannon produced a piece in a very similar tone several months ago. I presume it is meant to resonate with a similarly reactionary, ill-informed and noisy minority support that AFC seem to specialise in.