1999/2000 season (2 Viewers)

SlowerThanPlatt · Dec 17, 2015

Surely the most underachieving side in our history?

Keane, Whelan, Aloisi, McAllister, Hadji, Frogatt, Chippo.

One of the best home records that year iirc but didn't win a single away game all season. Just 4 away wins would have put us into Europe and if we had equalled our home form that year we would/could have finished 2nd.

We scored just 9 away goals in 19 games. In contrast we scored 38 goals in 19 home matches.

CJ_covblaze · Dec 18, 2015

Add Roussel to that list too. Perfect foil for Keane.

shmmeee · Dec 18, 2015

And a year later, we went down.

no_loyalty · Dec 18, 2015

Particularly remember the Arsenal home game being the best match of our season

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · Dec 18, 2015

no_loyalty said:
Particularly remember the Arsenal home game being the best match of our season

3-2 Boxing Day followed by 2-2 draw with Chelsea a few days later (think both were on a Sky) next home game was the 3-0 cup win over Burnley when a certain chubby someone was mascot.....

oldmangroom · Dec 18, 2015

Very fond memories of that season, the home game against the Vile in particular. Some crazy Highfield Rd games, too: Leeds, Bradford, Sheff Wed and Arsenal seen to stick out.

mechaishida · Dec 18, 2015

Strachan's away game tactics were truly appalling in that season; tried going for the old Martin O'Neill suppression tactic but he didn't use Keane as a forward very often and went 5 in midfield.

Imagine the season we'd have had with a standard-ish tally of away wins? 5 or 6 maybe? We'd have been on 19 or 20 wins, top 8 definitely.

Never forgave Strachan for a lot, but his away day bungling that season was just ridiculous.

Grendel · Dec 18, 2015

Despite all the superlatives around Keane he only scored in two away games all season. He didn't score for the last 14 away games and only scored 1 in the last 10 games in total.

skybluelee · Dec 18, 2015

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
3-2 Boxing Day followed by 2-2 draw with Chelsea a few days later (think both were on a Sky) next home game was the 3-0 cup win over Burnley when a certain chubby someone was mascot..... 

Wasn't the Chelsea game the match where we took the lead twice only to concede within seconds both times, live on Sky?

MusicDating · Dec 18, 2015

I remember going to the last game of the season at the already relegated, rock bottom Watford and thinking 'surely we'll win one away game' and lost 1-0 (the highlight being the comedy moment when the sub Runar Normann got subbed).

mechaishida · Dec 18, 2015

Grendel said:
Despite all the superlatives around Keane he only scored in two away games all season. He didn't score for the last 14 away games and only scored 1 in the last 10 games in total.

That's because Strachan used very odd away day tactics, that pushed Keane too deep. Very, very negative and sloppy. We lost 5-1 to Tranmere in the cup that year, which just shows how truly abysmal Strachan's tactical ability was.

Seamus1 · Dec 18, 2015

no_loyalty said:
Particularly remember the Arsenal home game being the best match of our season

I still for the life of me cannot figure out how Keane managed to score that winning goal. What a game that was though.

albatross · Dec 18, 2015

MusicDating said:
I remember going to the last game of the season at the already relegated, rock bottom Watford and thinking 'surely we'll win one away game' and lost 1-0 (the highlight being the comedy moment when the sub Runar Normann got subbed).

I was there too but having taken on several cold ones my recollection lacks clarity

Joy Division · Dec 18, 2015

SlowerThanPlatt said:
Surely the most underachieving side in our history?

Keane, Whelan, Aloisi, McAllister, Hadji, Frogatt, Chippo.

One of the best home records that year iirc but didn't win a single away game all season. Just 4 away wins would have put us into Europe and if we had equalled our home form that year we would/could have finished 2nd.

We scored just 9 away goals in 19 games. In contrast we scored 38 goals in 19 home matches.

Disagree, I'd say only three of those were top class premiership players.

skybluelee · Dec 18, 2015

MusicDating said:
I remember going to the last game of the season at the already relegated, rock bottom Watford and thinking 'surely we'll win one away game' and lost 1-0 (the highlight being the comedy moment when the sub Runar Normann got subbed).

I went to that too. We took shed loads (4K I think). We played abysmally. And then our car broke down on the way home to top of a really sh*t day.

mechaishida · Dec 18, 2015

Joy Division said:
Disagree, I'd say only three of those were top class premiership players.

Keane, McAllister and Chippo? As much as I liked the idea of Hadji, he was very inconsistent, and in our relegation season he only performed on the last day of the season. Aloisi should have had more opportunities, and Whelan, well...talk about a wasted talent.

Froggatt was so nearly a fantastic winger, but his lack of strength held him back, imo.

Joy Division · Dec 18, 2015

mechaishida said:
Keane, McAllister and Chippo? As much as I liked the idea of Hadji, he was very inconsistent, and in our relegation season he only performed on the last day of the season. Aloisi should have had more opportunities, and Whelan, well...talk about a wasted talent.

Froggatt was so nearly a fantastic winger, but his lack of strength held him back, imo.

No. Keane, McAllister and Hadji. I agree Hadji was too inconsistent but he was a top top player, when he played well he was unstoppable. Just a shame Strachan couldn't get it out of him.

Chippo was decent and worked hard but I think he found his level in the Championship.

SlowerThanPlatt · Dec 18, 2015

We won 4 away games in the 2000/01 season. If only we had got that in 1999/2000 we would have just finished above Leicester by a point and qualified for Europe

mechaishida · Dec 18, 2015

SlowerThanPlatt said:
We won 4 away games in the 2000/01 season. If only we had got that in 1999/2000 we would have just finished above Leicester by a point and qualified for Europe

I thought along those lines too, guh. Bloody Strachan and his shit away tactics.

stevefloyd · Dec 18, 2015

no_loyalty said:
Particularly remember the Arsenal home game being the best match of our season

That was a brilliant game Huckerby could have had a hat trick by half time... nah should have had

SlowerThanPlatt · Dec 18, 2015

Grendel said:
Despite all the superlatives around Keane he only scored in two away games all season. He didn't score for the last 14 away games and only scored 1 in the last 10 games in total.

Seems like we're gonna have a similar case with Armstrong

Liquid Gold · Dec 18, 2015

We always give the wrong managers money to spend

SlowerThanPlatt · Dec 18, 2015

skybluelee said:
Wasn't the Chelsea game the match where we took the lead twice only to concede within seconds both times, live on Sky?

http://youtu.be/u_AlfbUHQg0

skybluelee · Dec 18, 2015

stevefloyd said:
That was a brilliant game Huckerby could have had a hat trick by half time... nah should have had

Huckerby???

SlowerThanPlatt · Dec 18, 2015

MusicDating said:
I remember going to the last game of the season at the already relegated, rock bottom Watford and thinking 'surely we'll win one away game' and lost 1-0 (the highlight being the comedy moment when the sub Runar Normann got subbed).

http://youtu.be/LTcMsR921fY

no_loyalty · Dec 18, 2015

MusicDating said:
I remember going to the last game of the season at the already relegated, rock bottom Watford and thinking 'surely we'll win one away game' and lost 1-0 (the highlight being the comedy moment when the sub Runar Normann got subbed).

A top day out even though we lost, had some great banter with the Watford fans in the Weatherspoon's pub in the town centre

eastwoodsdustman · Dec 18, 2015

SlowerThanPlatt said:
Surely the most underachieving side in our history?

Keane, Whelan, Aloisi, McAllister, Hadji, Frogatt, Chippo.

One of the best home records that year iirc but didn't win a single away game all season. Just 4 away wins would have put us into Europe and if we had equalled our home form that year we would/could have finished 2nd.

We scored just 9 away goals in 19 games. In contrast we scored 38 goals in 19 home matches.

That team has to be right up there with Coleman's team of 'superstars' who went out with a whimper when we needed to win at Charlton to stay up. But for the witdth of a post we were down that year and the players really didn't give a flying f**k. I remember seeing Danny Fox's face at the end when they came to celebrate with the fans that they'd stayed up and thinking that they didn't care one way or another.

lordsummerisle · Dec 18, 2015

The FA Cup game home to Derby fucked us that season, 2-0 up at half-time and cruising, then went on to lose 3-2.

Think that was the start of the total Strachan disintegration at Coventry that lead to the relegation the next season.

I_Saw_Shaw_Score · Dec 18, 2015

lordsummerisle said:
The FA Cup game home to Derby fucked us that season, 2-0 up at half-time and cruising, then went on to lose 3-2.

Think that was the start of the total Strachan disintegration at Coventry that lead to the relegation the next season.

Wasn't it Charlton we were 2 up early on Roussell then I'm sure was 2-2 at HT before they nicked it at the end.

lordsummerisle · Dec 18, 2015

I_Saw_Shaw_Score said:
Wasn't it Charlton we were 2 up early on Roussell then I'm sure was 2-2 at HT before they nicked it at the end.

Was Charlton! Sorry, was thinking of the Derby game when we beat them 2-0 on our run to the quarters.

My memory says 2-0 up at half-time, then losing, but it's increasingly hazy as time goes on.

Definitely Roussell with both goals.

My younger sister used to babysit for him in Leamington(which has nothing to do with the subject at all!)

CJ_covblaze · Dec 18, 2015

no_loyalty said:
Particularly remember the Arsenal home game being the best match of our season

That was a good game but prefer the win against the Villa.

CJ_covblaze · Dec 18, 2015

Seamus1 said:
I still for the life of me cannot figure out how Keane managed to score that winning goal. What a game that was though.

He scored a few like that. Did he score an average goal for us? Šuker's goal that day was a cracker too.

SlowerThanPlatt · Dec 18, 2015

Also remember Watford on Sky, we smashed them 4-0. Keane and Hadji both scored great goals

MusicDating · Dec 18, 2015

lordsummerisle said:
Was Charlton! Sorry, was thinking of the Derby game when we beat them 2-0 on our run to the quarters.

My memory says 2-0 up at half-time, then losing, but it's increasingly hazy as time goes on.

Definitely Roussell with both goals.

My younger sister used to babysit for him in Leamington(which has nothing to do with the subject at all!)

The Derby game was a few years before, but the scoring is spookily similar to the Charlton game -

http://www.11v11.com/matches/derby-county-v-coventry-city-26-february-1997-25552/

http://www.11v11.com/matches/coventry-city-v-charlton-athletic-29-january-2000-615/

westofrayne · Dec 18, 2015

Last away game of the season Wetherspoons in Watford town centre - if you were there you'd know, one of the best pre-game drinkup/party I've had, absolute picture on police faces as they were going to come into the pub fearing it was kicking off to see both set of fans partying. great memories.

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