Yes, you would expect that. But if your head isn’t in it, it’s likely you won’t be. We can berate and bash the players all we want, but if they lack inspiration they will struggle even to do the basics, as daft as it sounds.
We will struggle to see how players can’t focus or do the basics, but it’s just the psychological impacts of being in an environment that isn’t one conducive to success.
Unfortunately in our current state, that’s going to have to come from the manager, but we’re heavily reliant on a manager wanting to take the job on.