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(It wasn't be) but as a point of interest my phone auto-corrects "Hughton" to "Houghton" quite annoying as I have literally never written Houghton (other than right now)

Absolutely, I've hated the captain auto-pick since the Beckham days with England. Form should be the be all and end all. Look at City, even they dropped Kompany last night.

See, I'm not sure if it's first choice or that it's even a choice at all... I think it's more to do with the fact that removing the incumbent is always a massive statement on the manager's views on a player. You also need a better candidate which until Kayal, I don't actually think we've had...

So for most, it seems obvious that Hughton has made a massive difference to the way our team is set up. He's meticulous in his preparation and seems to a) know his players and their strengths and b) know his opposition and be tactically nimble where possible. However, two things stand out as...