No Shawcross, No Huddlestone, No Clyne.
Blackett...... Let him prove himself in the u21's first, get that group right and then look to bring them through, the fast tracking has not been working.
Quite.
The very premise of Martin Samuel's article is entirely flawed and redundant because he doesn't touch on that. His shallow observations are based on truth but do not touch on the larger upheaval in the club at the time.
Board and managerial continuity next summer will (I hope) ensure that this off season will never be repeated.