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Still had solid core Pulis types like Shawcross, Walters, Begovic, Whelan, Wilson, Huth, Crouch etc though...In Hughes' first season he brought in Arnautovic, Pieters, and Muniesa, and got rid of Delap, Whitehead, Pennant, and Jones. The following year he brought in Bojan, Diouf, and others.
You can keep saying he hasn't done anything since Blackburn, and you'll keep being wrong.
Hughes turned over their squad and brought in more attacking, creative players. And while doing that he took them to their highest ever position and then backed that up for a further two years while regenerating the squad.
He largely still had the cake as a base before icing was put on top.