It was overdue for him to be moved as displayed in this collection. I am not quite sure styling would have helped these clothes because they don't look that beautiful. For example, the pink dress on photo N°4 in post N°61 has no styling whatsoever and it still looks somewhat cheap and standard by what we were used to at Dior by Galliano.
Again, it's a horrible way for him to go, but I am not sure he would have designed something that great even if he was given the chance to as that magic was gone long ago. It always felt that he took more attention to his own look and exit than the garments he was designing.
Furthermore, I would like to think there is no excuse for this type of collection because John has done wearable before and excelled at as seen in collections from seasons like FW 2005, SS 2006, SS 2007, and others.
Let the new era begin !