That's your opinion, which you are of course welcome to express. But I think you are wrong, for a start I have seen no evidence whatsoever that "the greater portion of the playing group have given up on him", in fact absolutely the reverse, most are trying even harder. They simply aren't getting the results that their efforts should be rewarded with, that's a talent question.
As for results deteriorating, it just demonstrates how well we prepared over the pre season we were, playing against teams that weren't so prepared, but now at this stage of the season they have caught up. No real change in the talent available, DWZ not withstanding. So the early season form is a real credit to the players and the coaching staff, but reality has now caught up, the lack of real talent is still there.
The problem, I have with a lot of posters on TK is that they have reached a conclusion eg; Pay is shit, and then filter out anything that doesn't align/agree with their preconceptions ie; they are guilty of confirmation bias.
Go Dogs (it's catching on, keep it up guys)