In short ... we are where we are despite Andy Pandy ... I accept and respect that there are counter arguments to this position. But any notion that Andy Pandy has in any way been short changed can be dispelled by remembering Sousa's season.
Sousa entered his season with a squad missing 40 goals from the previous season's goal difference - yielding a GD budget of -23. He really did strive to convert a sow's year into a silk purse, and succeeded, despite having to operate with out real a #9: a cart horse (sorry Pintado), or Sick Note, or an aging Finn long past any prime he could lay claim to, and then finally a woefully sub-par Trundle. Sousa's top scorer was Prately with 7 goals.
Andy Pandy has had Ayew and Lowe and Cullen and Routs and even Whittacker - any of whom would have made a massive difference to Sousa. The only real advantage Sousa had was a squad heavily drilled in a 4-2-3-1 system and a keeper in Dorus who didn't need 3 CBs in front of him to keep the goals down. And, lest we forget, Sousa was also handicapped by Monk ... which is a whole book unto itself. Andy Pandy has a squad replete with senior and U-XX internationals for Ghana, Jamaica, Wales, Scotland and England. I'm trying to remember, but I think the only internationals Sousa had at his disposal that played 10 games or more were Williams, Jazz Richards, Joe Allen, Cotterill, the Finn, and perhaps Beattie, and the dutch guy Van der Gun.
Andy Pandy has dismantled a philosophy. Sousa chose wisely to work with what he inherited, adding his own touches, but he kept the religion intact and handed it off to his successor. I defy anybody to define our style of play ... what's our identity?