[theo_luddite]

Aye. If he'd have learned to get his head and knee over the ball and pass it into the net rather than leaning back and trying to take the roof of the net out, which invariably meant he blasted it way over the bar from 6-10 yds out when he played for us and missed more sitters than I care to remember, he might have had more of a career with the Prima Donna's rather than being down in the bottom half of the Chumpionship for most of his career since he left us. You'd have thought his "know it all" dad would have told him that bit of basic football let alone anyone who called themselves a half decent football coach at ours or Smoke-on-Stench.

Then again, I'm sure the Potters were paying him far more money than us when we came back down and his relegation clause kicked in, even if they've not done much better than us. At least we more or less broke even on that transfer deal, even if our purchase from Direby was "undisclosed". Those £2million add-on's likely never saw light of day given Smoke's dismal performances since they were relegated.