He got the Cox choice right. He was brought in to compliment Hourihane.
Norburn had a decent trial, few of us weren't impressed. He's shown some good qualities so far, but also shown enough to suggest he isn't ready for regular first team football.
O'connor was brought in as cover for the right side of the defence and not brought in to play midfield. Shez' eye for the game obviously made him consider that Ant had the right attributes for the defensive midfield role and has pulled off a very good move by positioning him there. It's helped steady some of our defensive woes, but hasn't always helped us on the attacking front.
Of course we just lost a midfielder who scored 9 goals last season and has scored 6 already this season. It was always going to be a tough recovery, especially when not given adequate financial clout to replace effectively. Dom seems to be coming to form though and we may get lucky on a Palace loanee proving great.