Some were critical because the results were not lining up with the performances. There were pretty glaring red flags that needed to be sorted.We were 1st in the table a couple months ago and a segment of the fanbase was still being critical. Obviously things are not good right now and I've said I wanted him to go.
I just find it extremely hypocritical for some to say Jose is the divisive one when the moment he joined the club, they were the ones who refused to give him a chance and were creating a division in the fanbase.
That stretch of results we got against Burnley, Brighton and West Brom masked a lot of issues that subsequently came up again and again against Palace, Fulham, Leciester, Wolves, at Brighton: the overreliance on Son and Kane not only to score all of the goals but also converting minimal chances at an unsustainably high rate.
As soon as we started regressing in terms of conversion rate and put more pressure on our defense to hold one goal leads we collapsed. There was no viable plan B. Instead of taking action after the Palace result, Jose dug in and kept doing the same thing over and over and over which has led us to where we are now: 9th place, a 57 point pace, six points off 4th if we win our game in hand.
This team has never been a "good" Jose team. There hasn't been a good Jose team since before Pep and Klopp were in the Premier League. And he clearly hasn't adjusted his philosophy enough to complete with how the majority of teams are playing.