The Blob is atrocious, yes. But even better managers would struggle with the lowest wage-to-turnover ratio in the PL...and with that squad. Sure, we wouldn't be 16th with 19 defeats, but we wouldn't be top 4 either...shit will be shit, you can't polish a turd and all that.
End of the day, the manager and players aren't the No 1 issue. We've had 16 managers and how many different players since 2001...won the one Milky Way cup in 24 years. Who's the common denominator, though eh?
Until everything changes, nothing changes.