Far be it from me to defend Twatlor, but the reality of the situation isn't quite as portrayed.
Firstly, a disclaimer: Twatlor was and remains a thoroughly over-rated coach and a piss poor manager.
However, when he joined us, he provided the board with a list of players that he wanted to sign. This list largely comprised of young, talented English players. For example, one was Paul Robinson who was then the Leeds reserve keeper behind Martyn. Unfortunately, a combination of Leeds reluctance to sell and an injury to Martyn prevented the move. In the end, we purchased a much inferior alternative (the massively over-rated Walker). This same thing, due to all manner of reasons, happened to almost all his original targets. By the time the rebuilding job was done, and we can debate the necessity of this at the time, he ended up with second, third and fourth choice targets. Not surprisingly, we became a shite team. Had the board got his original targets, the squad would have been much stronger.
In respect to this article, we have to accept the situation that we are in. We're a national story and so the media will look for any angle, or any association, to try to make a headline about us. This is a typical example of a story that is utterly meaningless and not worthy of the application of brain cells.