Constantly blaming Sarri totally ignores the recent past. If only it were just Sarri, Conte or Jose that has left us miles behind City and Liverpool. Sarri is taking flak for benching Hazard but I think his reasoning is fair and perfectly acceptable. We had Willian and Pedro (he scored!) patrolling Hazards manor so it's not like we had naive kids step in! We moan about the kids not getting a chance but the pressure on managers to succeed is immense at SB. Sarri has at least given game time to young players regardless of what that may have cost him.

For the record, I'm more than happy to let Mr Sarri captain the ship for another season but he may have to look for a better number 2, sadly. I've not been happy with Sarri all the time (very angry re Old Trafford) but with what he has I think I've seen a decent return - in golf terms, just above par.