We were seen as basically safe at that point. Meanwhile Hughton and Bloom have always said that they hate doing business in January. So in essence, neither saw any need to sign players during a month in which they both hate doing business. They were proved correct, as we stayed up - though it...
It won't. There's obviously a plan behind Tau and Macallister, which may just be that they're gambles worth taking. I doubt our approach will change because there's a new head coach