Arguably the most successful period in our recent history was when Roy Hodgson was in charge; he set us up to play in a counter-attacking manner when we had players capable of causing problems with their pace and movement (Long / Odemwingie) and players who could find the passes to them (prime Brunt, Morrison).
That's what the squad became comfortable doing, and in keeping it together, they became accustomed to that; if it was any other style, they no longer felt comfortable. When Mel said the squad needed to be broken up, the club panicked and sacked him instead, but he had a point.
The fact is despite losing most of that team, the players Pulis bought in were drilled to do the same thing, and many were too limited to do anything else.
It's what I said all along; Moore wanted to change the style, but not the players. If he was intent on changing styles, we needed a bigger turnover of players. If he wanted to keep the squad together, he had to play the way they were accustomed to.
Now we're messing about with a scattershot approach, looking at managers who play all different styles of football because we've got no long term plans other than simply 'promotion'. We need a Dan Ashworth now more than ever.
