Bang on the money. Under Pardew we had one plan and if that didn't work (which happened too often) then it was game over. Pardew was an arogant manager that saw changing things as a dent to his ego - he was always right in his mind. Last season we were 4 points off the play-offs at Christmas after a good run, but then the pitches got sticky and we needed to react to this, but we didn't and we came unstuck away from home. I don't think this will happen under Nigel Adkins because he's a thinking manager who will do what it takes to win games.