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oucho
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Funny that injury limited him so much at Wimbledon and, to a lesser extent, us, so much so that moves to Rangers etc fell through due to injury concerns. Then he goes to Celtic and does really well. Would he have stayed fit enough to make a big impact, as he did for Celtic, for us in the Championship? I have my doubts but ultimately the question will remain unanswered....
The bigger question is, we got paid £6m for him and how did we 're-invest' the money? Lee fucking Hughes.
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More to the point if he'd joined us earlier the season we went down, we might have had a fighting chance of staying up.
fernandopartridge
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Most definitely, I reckon if he'd signed at Christmas we might have been ok
Terry Gibson's perm
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Should also have sacked strachan and his cone carrying mate
higgs
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Agree with you there he played 12 games for us and scored 6 goals had he been with us for longer we could have stayed up
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It wasn't just the goals. Strachan was completely incapable of adapting systems, and we spent the first half of the season whacking the ball long to Bellamy. At least Hartson could hold the ball up and bring others into play.
joemercersaces
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We replaced Robbie Kean with Bellamy. A big reason why we went down as he was next to useless. Missed no end of one on ones. Couldn’t believe it when we offloaded him to Newcastle for about what we paid for him. His subsequent career showed we were just unlucky (that makes a change!). Replaced him with Hughes who Albion didn’t want to sell (Wolves hadn’t wanted to sell Kean but we were the bigger club then!). Had Hartson come a couple of months earlier we’d have stayed up.
Don’t get me started on Strachan. Anyone remember the game against Boro when Hedman could barely stand up and he wouldn’t take him off, probably out of pig-headedness as the whole crowd were crying out for it. On the bench? Chris Kirkland. God knows how he felt. An arrogant, snotty little twat.
Don’t get me started on Strachan. Anyone remember the game against Boro when Hedman could barely stand up and he wouldn’t take him off, probably out of pig-headedness as the whole crowd were crying out for it. On the bench? Chris Kirkland. God knows how he felt. An arrogant, snotty little twat.
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Harsh on Kirkland!
SkyBlueRuffian
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Not with Strachan as manager no.
I_Saw_Shaw_Score
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Monday night? Was it on sky or sky paper view?
M&B Stand
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Sky I think.
I really can't stand Bellamy, but we started to see what he could do when Hartson came in. Loved big Cedric Roussel, but if only he'd buggered off to Wimbledon so we could have got Hartson in a few weeks sooner. Still, another example of our former Chairman upsetting one of our strikers by trying to force through a move against their will (just like with hawking Dion to Blackburn).
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Captain Dart
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The salary issues killed the club, not just the Arena.
oscillatewildly
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Yes. If only by a couple months. His goals/contribution would, I feel have made the difference.
What was the delay over? I can't recall.
Or was it the obvious?
TewkesburySkyBlue
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Being one for conspiracy theories I always reckoned the Referees Union conspired to send us down. Strachan was forever blaming the ref after every match. They just got their own back.
Amcoventry
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You back again! No comments on you tic toc tic toc thread lately?
robbiekeane
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I remember this! Anyone got a video?
Terry_dactyl
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I quite liked the look of Zuniga and thought he could’ve been alright.
Terry Gibson's perm
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Wasn’t Scottish or good at golf so had no chance
Terry_dactyl
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You know things are bad when clubs start having an influx of players from the Scottish league. We’re doomed!
A bit like when lawrie Sanchez started signing Northern Irish players for Fulham.
Not always been like that of course. The Liverpool side of the 80s seemed to be mostly made up of players from Scotland...and they weren’t too bad.
skyblue025
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See everyone slated Strachan but the year before we finished 11th and were known as the entertainers. Richardson wouldn't offer McAllister a new contract until it was too late despite McAllister saying he wanted to stay. He then sold Keane on the eve of the season and all creativity in the team went. We lost 20-30 goals from the team and struggled. Any manager who loses goals from the team struggles. I honestly believe Pressley would of taken us up if Clarke hadn't left and Wilson hadn't got injured. The first 1\2 of that season was unbelievable to start the season on -10 and be in the top10 by Christmas was fantastic. Just a shame it was played Sixfields and nobody watched it.
clint van damme
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the worse thing is Richardson bragged about what we had saved signing him later, 2 or 3 million I think. Yeah, that worked out well Bryan you smug twat,
SkyBlueRuffian
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Posting at 06:27, sad fucker!
Londonccfcfan
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Absolutely, as soon as we bought Hartson, we had a potentially top 10 front 2. They clicked immediately Bellamy and Hartson. Perfect partnership but was too little too late. As someone. Else posted if we bought Hartson at Xmas it may have saved us.
Captain Dart
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ISTR there were concerns over whether he had recovered from an injury, the club dithered.
Mucca Mad Boys
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The referee’s union must be very vindictive if we’ve managed to get relegated to League 2!
Amcoventry
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Not in the Tic Toc Tic Toc thread you didn't, as mentioned.
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duffer
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They are absolute bastards mate. They even use their Jedi mind powers to make your strikers miss open goals, the defence fall apart, and your midfield pass to the opposition.
They've been after us for years...
fernandopartridge
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We finished 15th in the 'entertainers' season failing to win an away game and threw away a two goal lead at home to lower league Charlton
shmmeee
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They are absolute bastards mate. They even use their Jedi mind powers to make your strikers miss open goals, the defence fall apart, and your midfield pass to the opposition.
They've been after us for years...
When we finally get relegated to the Conference, Joy will take the pitch and remove her mask to reveal it was (*quickly googles*) Paul Field, Chairman of the Referees Union all along!