Yes, and that was a much changed team that wouldnt be the same if he had all his options. How often have Meyler and Quinn got on the pitch this season?
It wasn't changed much at all, we only have three other foreign outfield players at the club, Diame, Sagbo and Hernandez.
If Diame played then HBA or Gaston wouldn't have and there's no way Sagbo was going to play, so even if we had all our options the number of British and Irish players in the team would have been more or less the same.