Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater here, I thought it was probably a good move to not let on instantly to Man Utd/Soton that we were changing the approach (or rather, not letting on what that change was).
It's easy to see everything that happens when we're in a slump as automatically a bad idea, but I thought that was one of the few good points this season - a bit of awareness of how we can get an extra advantage, however small.