Further reflection, the injury level is back to McLaren/Pards/Allardyce levels. is it something with British coaches of a certain age?
After a poor start, the best thing Bruce has done was listen to the players and abandon his early formation. I get the feeling that as he tries to change things, however nice he might be, he is not up to competing with more modern coaches.
After the last few years, it's easy to start shouting "compact" at the TV.
If I interpret McCreery correctly, he is right. A management team let a good manager go, took on a journeyman.
The NUFC brand is now just a franchise. The franchise isn't ambitious.
On a different note, if your season ticket is free, it doesn't cost you to walk out. It must cost the team in morale to see the exodus. Yet another Ashley own goal?