Another big change though is that we buy a player and get them playing on the pitch to see what he can do. How many players did we buy recently that we then left to stew in the stands or on the bench of months to "let them settle in? The best way for a player to settle in is to play fecking football.
Can you imagine moving to a new country, with a completely different culture and shitty Scottish weather, you turn up to training every day and knock your pan in, return to your lonely hotel room waiting for the next training session (particularly last season during lockdown), and then when it comes to game day you don't even get a chance? How demoralising is that? Week after week, month after month. At least if you get a chance on the pitch then it boosts your morale and gives you something to speak to your teammates about. It helps you settle in much quicker.
Poor man-management like this resulted in far too many decent players who were not cheap to buy being wasted in the stands for months on end. And then "someone" inside our club starts to leak to friendly media people that this person has an "attitude" or is has failed to settle . No shit! So would most people.
I know that this season has been very trying due to the huge turnover and also injuries inflicted on our players, but Ange seems keen to give players a chance as soon as possible, even if he knows that they will take time to adjust to his preferred style of play. At least they feel wanted and that they are contributing and so are much more motivated to succeed with us.