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Perhaps one of the undeappreciated things is not simply the injuries, but when players recover from injuries - there's been a rash of them that haven't recovered anywhere near their previous levels. Might that be the story of Veltman's decline. Enciso, Estupian - not yet the same players...

Yes agree with that but took a while for him to be selected, as you indicate. Would it had gone as well if he'd have been chucked in straight away without that long preparation in training? You might be right but looking at his floundering now maybe good old Potts got it just right

Interesting stuff - I'll take a stab at some of these. Caicedo wasn't PL ready but developed rapidly so he was within a season, that's the ideal as with Ali Mac but it's the dream scenario, you can't rely on it. Baleba signed from a good level but young/not many appearances - that's not a PL...

Not properly strengthening in the past two transfer windows, it's not more complicated than that. Every club lives or dies on the pitch via recruitment