Burgess also began getting starts over Singh around the time he was rumoured to have signed with WU. Makes you wonder if Rudan wearing two hats influenced things like team selection. Steven Taylor also mysteriously stopped getting minutes immediately after he signed a contract extension with the nix.
True, although Singh did have a drop in form and Taylor was returning from injury.
I do remember thinking at the time that there was no drop in form as such, just a minor fluctuation and totally to be expected for any player no matter how experienced playing in that position and that it was probably nothing a tactical tweak wouldn't fix