I think this is a difficult one. On the one hand, yes you can lay the blame at the players doors for not giving a fuck, robbing a weekly wage from AFC, spunking it in Tiger Tiger on a Saturday night and not performing to their expected/desired ability. On the other hand, you can blame our former manager for our current inadequacies, for not motivating the team, not weeding out these players and taking the appropriate action against them, not cuddling them like big bairns or for just not having a good enough team in place. In my own personal opinion, it is somewhere a combination of both. Our manager has now gone but I still believe that this squad IS better than what it is showing. I also believe that what can be construed as a lack of effort is actually a lack of clue of how to play and organisation which stems from the management team. I wouldn't be stunned at all if this sacking has given the players the kick up the arse they desperately needed but also I believe that 'Jimmy's boys' are not in fact his boys, they are professional footballers who have lost their way, much like the entire squad (who in your opinion, may/may not be 'Jimmy's boys'), under McGhee's tenure.