Snowflake Royal The injuries are playing a key part as are the recruitment choices and failures - which weren't all necessarily Stam's.
The entire team is off balance because we don't have a viable and fit front man, not enough fullbacks and too many midfielders to choose from. Blackett's form falling apart combined with the injuries to Watson and Obita have been disastrous. As have the injuries to Mendes and Bodvarsson. Stam has had no solution to them, but then I don't think there are really many solutions to them available.
Clearly he should have played Bod more when he was fit. And he really needs to settle on a midfield combination. Again, issues outside of Stam are contributing there. Injury to Swift. Berg having a good game followed by two shit ones followed by a good one, followed by a shit one. The defence is constantly in flux too.
He's got to settle on a midfield and defence combination and stick with it, using the best players in the best combination of their best positions. Then he has to fill in the gaps with who ever is left. He can't keep shifting the likes of Gunter, Berg, Bacuna and Aluko across the pitch as needed.
I'm sorry that's utter nonsence. I'm sitting here watching this garbage. Its awful.....injuries are no excuse.....Boro are not that good yet are making us look non league.....in fact we've played like this when we have had a fit team.