Not all breaches are the same. If I shoplift 10 chocolate bars, that’s definitely not worse than murdering 2 people.

“More out than in” doesn’t make sense - it’s either out, or it’s in. If it’s a teeny weenie bit in, it’s in.

Well you said early 2000s and before that, so I included the early 2000s and a few years before that. Your statement was just plain old wrong. Not denying that Roman’s money took the club to the jext level, but they were already a team competing for top 4 pretty consistently.

So you agree, they weren’t a midtable club. Cool.

96/97 - 6th

97/98 - 4th

98/99 - 3rd

99/00 - 5th

00/01 - 6th

01/02 - 6th

02/03 - 4th

“Mid table” is pretty disingenuous, the average league position in those years leading up to Roman taking over was between 4th and 5th.