Agree, Davids and to an extent Naybet were huge factors in kick-starting the rise we had. We might not have been in a position to sign Bale, Modric, Berba and others if not for them.Edgar Davids, all of sudden we looked like a club with real ambitions of actually doing something
I think history will show it to be John McDermott in 2005 and Alex Inglethorpe in 2006. These guys turned out academy from a laughing stock, to one of the best in the world.