Quote Originally Posted by thehumblegringo View Post
In all seriousness this season would be a far bigger acheivement than when we did it with Malky or if we had done it with Dave Jones.

Back in those days we were regarded as one of the big spenders of the division and the money floating around was nothing compared to the figures being spent now.

Wolves, Villa, Derby, Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday, Boro, Hull, Sunderland, Birmingham, Leeds, Norwich have all assembled squads using money we can only dream of at present yet we have defied the odds and challenged with a budget squad.
I don't think that is the case when Jones was in charge as his team was put together largely by loanees and freebies, with the odd signing. Tan has backed Colin in the transfer market way more than Ridsdale was able to back Jones.