We have options now because of our loan players. Saying that, it looked to me as though on Weds we had nearly gone back to the diamond formation during the second half Must have been imagining it as I have read on here hundreds of times that the formation does not work.
There are so many questions about our current circumstances, and so much of it does go back to the Richardson regime. Like, look at the example Rich posted: yes, it's true, Richardson did not allow the squad to thin out in the same way that SISU has, but it came at the cost of a stadium (long-term revenue) and £60m of debt. We have to be honest when assessing/comparing regimes.
Compared to 83 this is a picnic as for 85 I assume to be comparable to all have to chip in get the Southampton squad pissed the night before and beat them 4 - 1.
Considering this season though we have no real manager it would be a miracle I agree there is no precedent for that.