Originally Posted by
surge
Arsene Wenger's given a lot of credit for modernising British football but it sounds like we were still running things as most clubs were pre-Wenger's arrival. Wenger of course came to Arsenal in 1996 whereas DJ came to Cardiff in 2005 - no wonder we fell short so often. It also helped us find and obtain all these mavericks with high ceilings of talent though and produced some amazing football, at times.
I listened to Anthony Gerrard's one afterwards as well, they have marked the youtube progress bar by subject matter so really easy to focus on CCFC matters, and Malky does not come out well at all. It's amazing to think how relatively successful we've been when we've been so far away from being well run. I wonder how mad things must have been at other clubs or whether you need a bit of "crazy gang" to be near the top of the championship?