I don't get this "5 or 6 changes every game" stuff. When?
The back five were pretty consistently picked (apart from suspensions), and once Stephens was fit, I think he and Kayal played every game. That makes seven. Just the front four places to tinker with - and boy, did they need tinkering...
Fair point, but this season we've been without Stephens for most of it, lost Crofts, and more recently have lost Baldock, March and Tex. But yes, we did over-achieve to get to the play-offs last season - although it wasn't down to our superior play that the teams around us kept losing towards...
When Sami left, Hughton was the man I wanted to replace him. I was very pleased when he was appointed, and I haven't changed my mind since.
Yes, but it was a 'patched up thin squad' containing an Upson, a Ward and an Ulloa more than this season's 'patched up thin squad'!
Sami's 'system' MIGHT...
Hmm ..... maybe not wise to use the term 'bedwetter'.
Last time it was used to any extent, it was used to pour scorn and derision on those posters who, at a very early stage of the season, realised that all was not well with the team following the recruitment in the summer. As it turned out...
Yeh, right! Good to have someone on here who knows what the summer recruitment plans are. Perhaps you can drop a few insider-knowledge hints about who we're after?
Oh for gawd's sake - he's a proven good manager, and for the first time in a while we are going to have the positive advantage of a manager in place over the summer.