He’s gone.

Five months in charge and with a win rate of just 24.43%, Steve Cooper has been sacked.

Was he the wrong appointment? Well as he was one of my three choices for the job I have to say hindsight is a wonderful thing.

I really believed he could keep us up in 17th at least and that is what this season is all about, survival at any cost. Like the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the EFL are sniffing around waiting for us to fall through the trap door.

So what went wrong? Make yourself comfortable, let us begin. Tactics, team selection, substitutions, motivation….

The Foxes have 12 matches played in the league and 35 shots on target – which is less than three a game. That’s relegation stats. In fact, Robert Sanchez did not have to make a single save in our loss to Chelsea on Saturday, and we were at home. That’s how bad we were.

Two league wins which were lucky rather than convincing. There have been three in the EFL Cup, all against lower league opposition, and we needed penalties to get past fourth tier Walsall.

No Plan A, let alone a Plan B, the players often look confused. Cooper was sticking with players who were obviously not performing. He was buying ‘experienced players’ then not picking Ricardo Pereira, one of our most experienced.

Wout Faes kept staring despite having a mistake in him in every game, Wilfred Ndidi is never playing the same position two weeks running and Patson Daka, his big hope up front, couldn’t hit the proverbial door last season.

With Crystal Palace and Wolves starting to find some form the relegation zone was lurking and Top needed to act quickly after seeing the result of delaying with Brendan Rodgers.

The big question now is – who next? It’s a decision Top can not afford to get wrong.

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