To be fair to Jordan he just listed off Barnes, Tueart and Malcolm Allison & Joe Mercer's later 60s/early 70s team when having this discussion on Real Madrid & Barcelona being bigger draws than City could ever be, which surprised me as most genuinely think we failed to do anything of note before 2008.
The subject of how 'big' a football club is is never a set in stone narrative imo. It is subjective to the individuals own views on football & on what makes a football club, so I never understand why so many get riled up by it. There is no right or wrong answer as it only exists in the mind of the football fan giving the opinion.
Jordan is clearly given the role of the City basher in his Talk Sport duties, with Trevor Sinclair given the good cop narrative (to us). It is a formula they use across all their football debates & club discussions to garner clicks and interest in their shows, & it still amazes me how many across the football landscape fall for it. What I will say, is when he delves into FFP with clearly incorrect views on our history with it, it'd be nice to hear one of the posters on here such as
@laserblue who just posted a great analysis of our 2014 'settlement', take him down piece by piece, but TS would never allow that to happen so it's a mute point.