Harry was (rightly) criticised for not utilising the squad, which for two seasons in a row saw a dramatic drop off in performance.
AVB is likely to want to use his squad. It makes sense to try and keep this squad happy, hence his reluctance to put players straight into the starting line-up. Lennon will start ahead of Dempsey, and whilst I'd prefer Dempsey to start as I suspect he'd contribute more, I also recognise that it is likely to benefit us further down the line when both Lennon and Dempsey are motivated to perform well, and knowing that nobody is guaranteed a starting place.
To be honest I'm struggling to get used to the squad rotation approach after a few years of Harry picking the strongest team available week in, week out. However if it leads to more consistent performances over the whole season (rather than just part of it) then I'm all for it.
Just a shame we sold all our squad depth.
im all for using certian players at different times and rotating to keep things fresh. every manager wants to do that or shoudl do that.. the fact of the matter is harry was right not to rotate and trust in the first 11 he had because in all honesty we had no one in middle of field to replace parker or modric as sandro was injured . it was same with bale as krnajcar was just poor when we needed more .. same no replacemnt for lennon.. we have not had competition up front i think since 1980's between strikers which is joke.
but now since avb came in he is the exact opposite and bares all the hallmarks of a man who hasnt a fuckin clue what he is doing... fulham destroyed norwich on first day by 5 goals when dembele ran show so what does he do when we play them 2 weeks later.. bench dembele for debut and play a defensive player in his place. all i will say imvho is that his decision making on every single aspect from starting team to subs to everything has been baffling. he calls it himself as bad luck i call it exact opposite.
when you are swapping team around at start of season and choppinga nd changing i think red flags should be raised all over place.. plenty of games into the season where he can bring one or two players in to stake a serious claim. too much too soon again is what he is trying to do.