The only player I've seen us have with technique and control to rival him was Whitts. Even Ramsey, with all his skill, couldn't strike a ball like Bothroyd. He was clean as a whistle.

But he needed a flaw or two, or he would never have stayed here so long. We did see the best of a really good footballer, someone who was talented enough to play for England more than once. If Ricky Lambert made it into double figures, Bothroyd could have. But he drifted out of games and didn't have consistency.