We had a lot of crap in that team. Rule wasn’t even the cream of that crap.
Of the players that Neil Young signed permanently O’Hanlon, Roberts, Odejayi, Montrose and Ledsham are the only ones I recall as being half decent for the level, and Montrose and Ledsham only impressed me towards the end of his time under Jim. There were a handful of loan players who did alright too.
Yet Rule doesn’t come close to any of them. In fact looking at the starting 11 of the opening day that season on Leo’s spreadsheet is actually argue Rule was the worst player in the lineup, maybe only Gonzales was worse. Hurst, Morton, O’Hanlon, Thorniley, Roberts, Dyson, Rule, Montrose, Ledsham, Gonzales, Odejayi.