There's something to be said for continuity, keeping a winning team together etc. We've done ok up to now.
But for me give Mullin a start at Cobblers.
If we'd brought Danny Rowe in at the last minute then yes, he would have to have played from the outset, big name signing and all that.
But Stockton? Yes, he's a former player returning pretty quickly but did he warrant getting a shirt from first game?
For me, no. If you want to come back to the fold then you have to prove yourself (again).
And it's unfair on Mullin to say he'd not pulled up any trees pre-season because all the players say pre-season form counts for nothing!
Can't help but remember all the poor games Stockton had, keeping Cookie out until Aldershot away shot him to stardom.
At Wembley against FGR, when we really needed him, he was lacking.
There's definitely a fans divide with him.