The Cardiff City side which will turn out against Swansea City this weekend will be a world away from the one which strode out at the Swansea.com Stadium at the beginning of the season.
In many ways, the starting lineup as much as anything else has typified the positive and necessary changes Steve Morison has made to the beleaguered Bluebirds outfit he inherited following the departure of Mick McCarthy.
The 3-0 defeat by the Swans at the beginning of the season was another game in which the rightly-maligned use for five centre-backs was deployed, while Leandro Bacuna and Marlon Pack occupied two of the midfield berths.
