I'm a great believer that any manager who inherits a good side with a decent record like JT did will do well initially. Eddie went out with a bit of a bang with the win at Everton and the side were not playing badly before Lockdown.
When things needed to change, forced (injuries) and unforced (poor performance, fatigue) he was void of ideas.
It went wrong around January. Millwall, Luton, Derby, Reading (that game was the one I thought JT wasn't up to it. My family are Reading fans and apart from the stick, if we are honest had they been more clinical they could have beaten us 6, 7 or 8-1. Embarrassing and pissed me right off) and Sheffield Wednesday (got back in the game when were never in it, then surrendered a point to a very poor side. If you want to see my frustrated side that free for all on my part was embarrassing but born out of anger at a side who should be putting Wednesday to the sword).
In those last two games JT made 3 subs all at once. That isn't a confident manager, that's one that's panicking. It's what I would do on Football Manager with no hope left.
JT was a great servant, a solid player, excellent number 2 to Eddie... but not a manager. That said he did a better job than Jimmy Quinn would do