After it was confirmed Stoke City would be playing Championship football next season, Jack Butland wiped away his tears and slammed the club’s recruitment policy.
The England international bemoaned the signings of players who had not put enough effort into trying to help save the Potters.
Paul Lambert is not the only manager to have been let down like that this season.
The players of Swansea City, Southampton and West Bromwich Albion all find themselves in the mire at the wrong time of the season.
While Stoke are already down, West Brom have shown incredible resilience under caretaker boss Darren Moore to put on a spirited revival, not too dissimilar to the work done by Carlos Carvalhal at Swansea.