As others have said, whatever level you're at you gain as many advantages as you can.
If the oppo don't know about our team and we can suprise them, then good plan. It's not about us not being good enough either, it's just being clever and doing anything possible to get the win.
Not sure what the issue is with this tbh. It's not like as fans we really need to know the team until it's on the pitch, if Adkins knows it and he's training them well then there is nothing to worry about.