Is there a realistic possibility that our squad is actually ****?

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

I make you right. As a squad and as individual players, they are not properly developed and matured, footballistically. During a match, the manager shouldn't have to direct the players to defend at certain times and attack at others; they (as individuals and as a team) should know this already. That's why, and also ought to be *how*, they are professional footballers in the first place.

None of this is really the manager's fault during an actual game. His responsibility is in selecting them while they are lacking these "basics" and in failing to make up that shortfall through coaching and preparation and whatnot.

So many of them still play as though they are fourteen years old in a school's match and they are each by far the best player on the pitch.

Which, of course, so far as professional football is concerned, *is* a bit sheeet

Exactly. The players need more guidance in training. They need to be setup to play against good teams while being able to pick off weaker teams with their superior quality.