Slagging Out Buying Success

[The Lone Gunman]

Its funny how things have changed, we "bought the league" by spending £10m that season. Now that would barely get you a proven striker

The way that season is regarded in retrospect by many Cardiff City supporters is baffling to me. I hated what was happening at the club at the time, but nevertheless I thought Mackay had done an excellent job without spending silly money. Sure, he was able to build a decent squad by Championship standards and without Tan's money he would have struggled to bring in the players he did, but he didn't appear to have spent that much. However, the view among many City fans now seems to be that promotion was inevitable given the resources he had available to him.

One thing's for sure, though - nobody who was supporting the club in 2012/13 was complaining about football club owners spending money the club hadn't earned back then.

[City123]

The way that season is regarded in retrospect by many Cardiff City supporters is baffling to me. I hated what was happening at the club at the time, but nevertheless I thought Mackay had done an excellent job without spending silly money. Sure, he was able to build a decent squad by Championship standards and without Tan's money he would have struggled to bring in the players he did, but he didn't appear to have spent that much. However, the view among many City fans now seems to be that promotion was inevitable given the resources he had available to him.

One thing's for sure, though - nobody who was supporting the club in 2012/13 was complaining about football club owners spending money the club hadn't earned back then.

Its just revisionism by people following the whole Corenlius saga

We never spent that much and it was a good example of spending money in the right areas, it wasn't the scatter gun approach that many have taken in the Championship, including ourselves

[Eric the Half a Bee]

The way that season is regarded in retrospect by many Cardiff City supporters is baffling to me. I hated what was happening at the club at the time, but nevertheless I thought Mackay had done an excellent job without spending silly money. Sure, he was able to build a decent squad by Championship standards and without Tan's money he would have struggled to bring in the players he did, but he didn't appear to have spent that much. However, the view among many City fans now seems to be that promotion was inevitable given the resources he had available to him.

Spot on. I think there was the realisation that the squad from 2011/12 had overachieved in some respects and needed the addition of a bit more quality to make the push for the PL. That's how I've always seen it.