You missed Vardy, a Championship player (at best) these days on Champions League wages, from your list of shame.
Rudkin's decision to give him a new deal, while a popular one at the time, proved to be a huge factor in our impending demise.
Yes, he scored a shedload of goals last season.
But Sammie Szmodics scored even more (while playing in a far weaker side) and has also sunk within trace at a higher level.
I'm at an age to have lived through 77-78, 94-95, 01-02 and 07-08 - four of the most dismal, depressing seasons this club and its fans have ever endured.
Yet in three of the above cases we found the strength to bounce back with promotion the following year (the fourth time, under Jock Wallace, took as long as two years).
This time around, though, the problems seem far more deep-rooted. City, both on and off the pitch, have sunk to depths on and off the pitch that even Derby never reached in 2008.
In the 17 years since, the sheep have rarely threatened a return to the top flight and currently seem likely to be returning to League 1 next season. They're not likely to escape lower-league drudgery any time soon.
Given the toxicity levels hanging over us right now, their fate is one that could very easily befall us.