You're not the first one to point this out :)
"he is in serious danger of being mocked by small children as he walks down the street accompanied by his atrocious haircut."
http://www.marksturdy.dsl.pipex.com/fivethirty/530/articles/1990-07-21-nme-live-review.htm
Agreed on basis of the fit eleven that Oscar put out. I think the squad of 16/17 is stronger though. 13/14 had Painter, Dicker, El Abd, Chicksen for example.
On another thread there were some posters arguing that our squad is weaker than last season
Here for comparison is the change in our squads via the first team / subs of our first game of the season since 2013/4 v Leeds, Sheff Weds, Forest and the likely first team squad for Derby (16/17)...