Plus, disagree profoundly that nasty = successful in business. Nice does not equal weak, you can shaft people while telling the world how wonderful they are, how much you regret it You need to inspire loyalty, make people want to come work for you. Yes fear and bribery are effective too, but on their own they work out expensive
It also tells you that our squad has been riddled with poor quality and wrong decision making for the last 2 seasons and more
I think you're forgetting Pugh got in the squad because every other left back was either injured or out on loan, he then performed well and so kept his place. Not sure what you would rather have been done. We should have better players than Danny Pugh available, but I don't see that changing any time soon.