My point really was that he had both the pace to stay ahead and the savvy to steal in behind them in the first place.
In my mind, he's a better (or, without blue&white tinted glasses, equal) version of Lambert and look at what he's gone on to do at the top level.
Jordan Rhodes cost £8 million in the league below. DO ONE, Leicester (if it's even true)
I'd take £8.5 mil if Ross McCormack (clearly Prem bound) and Troy Deeney were interested in joining us.