Dean Austin had gone but far more importantly Ian Benjamin had also departed for Luton who was such a big loss to us. We had injuries to key players and at the time Collymore arrived it was a very poor side - if you remember Collymore actually played up front with Steve Brown on debut. Collymore played such a huge part in our survival, along with that fat git Fry....
Benji might have finished second top scorer that season and he was sold in November! Still his replacement was handy.
I felt sorry for Murphy that he never had a fully fit Angell available but I think that was his only major injury he had to deal with and he kept dropping talented players like Keith Jones and Andy Ansah, usually for more defensive minded players.