We were offered Phil Jones? Surely not, wasn't he breaking into the Blackburn team at the time...
Regarding Higdon he's a very good player for us but I think it's a bit unfair on him to rely on him for 90mins 35+ times a season. He'd probably score the same amount of goals starting 10 less games a season. Sadly, McCall doesn't like to alter our style of play to play without a big frontman from time to time. Watching Hibs today, some of the interplay between Griffiths, Doyle and Cairney was a joy to watch.