It was most unexpected given that he had only officially got rid of Poyet -- and that was for legal reasons -- since stamping his mark on the role. I think (or at the very least hope) Bloom takes the issue of his managerial loyalty extremely seriously and, as he said, it was the most difficult...
I think it was a), and that you're looking too much into (the second bit of) b). Although DA was recruited in Sept 2018, I suspect that Bloom had been targeting him for far longer. He's admitted that he's been following Potter for four years. Liam Rosenior wrote about Potter 18 months ago. There...
This is just rewriting history. Like Guinness Boy, I moved into the Hughton out camp in April, and was calling for Hughton to go at the end of the season, and for Bloom to give us the opportunity to give our thanks to Chris for all he'd done for us. He's been brilliant for us, but all good...