Well of course they did. Last year we'd have been absolutely screwed if we'd suffered an injury crisis. This year we're much better equipped to cope with it. Makes a lot of sense, this is a consolidation season, possibly the hardest and most important season in our current rise up the leagues...
He has a job to do. When and if we're safe with games to spare, these players will get a call up and they'll have a small window to prove themselves.
But they can always prove themselves in training. CH has been doing this for a long enough that he will recognise talent when its there...