article_snippet: Sportsmail looks at the reasons behind the disintegrating relationship.
article_snippet: SPLIT DRESSING ROOM .
article_snippet: But several players and members of the backroom team were shocked
article_snippet: Meanwhile, the arrest of star player Adam Johnson on suspicion of sexual relations with an underage girl has been an untimely distraction.
article_snippet: Academy staff are frustrated that Academy staff graduates have played a total of eight first-team minutes this season.
article_snippet: On Saturday morning the under 21s were told to stop training and put on standby for a senior call-up.
article_snippet: No one was added to the squad and the squad were annoyed that the squad session was finished early.
article_snippet: Sportsmail understands a management team of Kevin Ball - currently exiled under Poyet’s regime - and Paul Bracewell could take temporary charge.