Quote Originally Posted by Hilts View Post
I give him credit for Bothroyd.

The cheque book for attracting the players.

Wasnt Bothroyd an afterthought after a much bigger deal for Marcus Bent fell through.

Im glad when he went and within 2 seasons we were rebuilt almost won a cup and promoted.

Still there is the myth of Dave Jones and the shoestring budget.
What a fall back it was. He signed the best striker I've seen for City and the best player of the modern era (perhaps longer) for 700k combined. We were Jay's hamstring away from getting promoted in 2010 but we didn't. Jones wasn't perfect but he definitely played his part.

I wonder where we'd be if we'd won that Play Off Final from time to time. Bellamy to keep us up, instead of get us up etc. If we signed a left back and an athletic centre half, we'd have had a hell of a side. As I put on another thread, I watched the Leicester semi on Sky, that team would absolute murder today's team.