You have a point. However if those two(and lets not forget Greg Stanley and in all fairness the board before them) had not have bled the club and the Goldstone dry and let it run into disrepair then i think it's likely that we would be now in the Premier League or at least flirted with it.
Reading some of that utter tripe reminds me of why I stopped buying the excuse for a programme they used to dish out.
I also remember being completely taken in at the time by the slime bag that write those programme notes.
Anyone in that position at the club now should heed the warnings and...