Before the beginning of last season I think it was fairly clear that the squad had a losing mentality. Although on paper we seemed to have a pretty good squad, we couldn't win and were pretty poor - the mentality of the players didn't look good.
Last year though, we'd cleared out the loans and some of the players who'd been with us during the poorer years and signed some good foreign and up and coming talent, and the squad seemed refreshed and we had a great year, grinding out awesome wins.
And now this season... even though I really rate a lot of the players we've signed (they look pretty good on paper), the majority of them seem to have had some pretty poor seasons in recent years.
JDB and Edwards - Wolves hardly pulled up trees last year, and it went pretty close to the wire with them for survival, lost their manager and then they headed off before they've started having a successful season.
Bacuna - Villa - say no more
Mannone - Sunderland - See Above
Barrow - Swansea have hardly had a great few years and he was also involved in the latter half of a Leeds season where they capitulated pretty hilariously.
It's a fair chunk of the squad, and I just hope those players have got the belief to help turn issues around, even though their previous clubs have struggled. I largely though hope it hasn't impacted the squad as a whole!!!