On their day (and their day always seems to be against us) I agree with you totally. But they still failed to beat a ten man opposition at Wembley though. As soon as we saw what was left of our defence at Pride Park we all knew the game was up, although even with a full strength XI I think they...
Unlikely, as the backroom staff were broadly similar to the previous season, and Vicente was on our books too, yet the wage bill was only £14.6 million. The wage bill rose 44% in 2012/13, which seems inconsistent with your assertion that the club wasn't making a serious attempt to go up.