The thing with McInnes is that he's far from blameless but he never appears to take responsibility. The lad Bainbridge who started at LB, he's on loan from Sunderland. Hasn't kicked a ball since August, not through injury but through management choice. All of a sudden he gets thrown in out of nowhere whilst our usual LB (Ndaba) continues to be some sort of central midfield expirement which isn't going very well. It's just no way to manage a player imo.
He done similar with Fraser Murray at home to Ange's Celtic a few seasons ago. Nowhere near the squad then all of a sudden he starts him out of position against them who were flying at the time, inevitable mistakes followed with confidence in tatters.
That aside, the football itself has been woeful for the majority of the season. I can only really say that we played very well in 2 games - ironically winning neither of them. St Mirren away in the red card/var debacle and Celtic at home.
Every other game the only tactic seems to be a long ball and hope to pick up loose headers from the opposition defence. Whether that's by design or a symptom of a midfield which doesn't show for the ball or move into the right areas I don't know but it needs fixed.
