I know there are a million things wrong with most of our players, but I genuinely don't buy into the 'not trying' line.
They are sent out, every single week since Newcastle away onwards, to their footballing deaths.
Wrong personnel selected (five or six our better players left out, every week, in favour of five or six of our worst) , rudimentary standardised formation that never changes and a manager who openly celebrates each defeat with the opposition players..
It must be as totally and utterly demoralising for the players as it is for us.