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And as the vultures pick clean the bones of another rotting qualification campaign, the best our nation can hope for is that the new manager, already being labelled the unlucky 13th, has the full compliment of players to work with.
Millions of pounds were spent on players who then became easy prey for the vultures ready to pick clean a club so desperate for cash to offset their failure to reach the lucrative Champions' League.