(Jack Kerr is a BPL Citizen Journalist)

"Schoolboy errors" were a defining part of Mehmet Durakovic's short go in charge of Melbourne Victory.

The club loaded up with so many strikers in the off-season that its recruitment policy quickly became some kind of throwback to the lunchtime kickabout (though one where the fat kid kept being an early pick). If they hadn't already had some defenders locked in to their roster, they'd have struggled to even field the "Sir Mix-A-Lot" formation: little in the middle, but much at the back.

Then there were the mistakes of a brand new board keen to put its mark on football operations.

Step one: throw out the most decorated coach in the competition.

Step two: spend months building expectations, by telling fans you are scouring the world for the best available talent.

Step 3: Appoint a rookie on the evidence of a handful of games, and give him for back up a first-year graduate of the team, with a massive standing in the club.

These decisions were hardly Durakovic's fault, but they played a big part in the poor performances that would cost him his job. While Kewell and co have shown more and more glimpses of their individual talents as the season has gone on, they've rarely looked like a well-drilled unit. Only the basket case from Perth and the endangered Gold Coast are keeping them off the bottom of the ladder. Even Adelaide - who have suffered record losses this season - are above them now. "In all honesty, we were making schoolboy errors," Durakovic said after Wednesday's loss on the Central Coast. Sadly, it's been the story of their season.

Durakovic was meant to get the club playing like Barcelona, or at the very least Roar-celona. But old habits die hard, especially when they've been winning ones. An old set of hands guiding and supporting Durakovic through this transition might have made all the difference, even this far into the season. The board decided to cut its losses instead.

Dual championship winning coach Ernie Merrick had one slump and was booted out, a move akin to the ousting of Kevin Rudd. But the current scenario looks more like a fumbling opposition installing one seat-warming, throw-away leader after another, until it stumbles across someone that gets results - at least for a few weeks.

The overly-hyped fans are developing a taste for blood. The board's next schoolboy error may be its last.