He wasn't the only problem though as we had some good players but they failed to perform. We made some bad mistakes in selling players and unsure what input he would have had in that. I only hope we get it right this time round but I wonder how motivating Chris Hughton is.
I think you make some very good points, and I hope you are right. We should be "going for it" every season but the wheels fell off last time for reasons which are unclear to me. It just didn't gel in games when it often should have.