I recall things went very stale under Little with the Collymore signing being a total flop and that he sort of left the job out of the blue with JG's appointment being a real shock one. As you say, our form under JG that calendar year was top 2 and the football wasn't bad either. Merson and Dublin were good signings. Not so sure about some of the ones that followed: Stone and Watson or example. Things went a bit dour thereafter and that cockiness seemed a bit misplaced as we trudged through games in following seasons.