I was going to add that I do recall we made quite a few changes at the beginning of the season, presumably as a ploy to manage minutes ahead of what we knew was going to be an intensive first half of the season with the six Europa League fixtures.
What we don't know is if we somehow scuppered...
I guess it depends on whether you think injuries were a significant contributing factor to the number of selection changes made or not.
I'm in the "cause: injuries; effect: lots of changes" camp.