Chris Hussey of course went on to sign for Real Madrid according to dongo
Don't forget the compensation from West Ham for Thorn to deliver Champions League football.I never know what we did with the £35m we made from Bigi
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This is how we lined up in the first game of the last season v Leicester at home ( one nil defeat )
How do we feel we match up? I'd take McSheffrey as he peaking at that point. That's about it though. Juke was decent, but not quite the finished article.
Baker was a League One player so was above his level at the time anyway, he did OK after that but mostly at L1 level.
There were far too many weak points in that team. The GK and two CBs were good, but everyone else were past it, not good enough or just starting out. Even Cyrus was very green.
We didn't score enough and conceded some comical goals that season.
I'm sure he changed his name by deed poll to David Bloody BellDid well with MK in the champ after us, but as i said in my post had a decent career, and actually got better, everyone else declined or fell off the face of the earth.
I mean bloody David Bell
Sammy clingan who thought he was too good for us then ended up signing for doncaster and made the whole of 6 appearances.
We gave up an insane number of points from winning positions if memory serves
Yeah, infamously from my pov was a cold January night up at Blackpool, Conor Thomas scored for City quite late and with 88 minutes gone we still led. We lost. Thorn should have been given the bullet after that.
That team isn't so bad, good enough to avoid relegation for sure- the problem was the manager.
In retrospect selling Jutkiewicz in the January window was the final nail in our coffin. Nimely & Platt were poor replacements.
It felt like we were doomed as soon as he went. He wasn't prolific but was by far the best striker we had.In retrospect selling Jutkiewicz in the January window was the final nail in our coffin. Nimely & Platt were poor replacements.
Yeah I mean I'm not saying they should have been pushing for the playoffs or anything, but I do think a good manager should have been able to scrape through and not ended up relegated.
It felt like we were doomed as soon as he went. He wasn't prolific but was by far the best striker we had.
Obviously there is time for a few more transfers but as of now our starting line up for the Bristol game will be something like: Marosi, Pask, Drysdale, McFadzean, Hyam, Giles, Hamer, Kelly, Shipley, O'Hare & Godden. Comparing this team to the one that started our last Championship season is difficult, not least because of the different formations, which means you can't just compare players like for like. It's also difficult because we still don't know how good some of or current players will end up being.
The relegated team had much more Championship experience, something many have been calling to be added to the team now. For me where our current team has the definite edge is in midfield where we are a well compact unit that work together well. That relegated team had a mish mash of players in midfield who (excluding Bell) could be good on their day, but never performed as an effective unit. Defensively there wouldn't be much between the teams, although once Dabo & Rose are back I would sway to the current team. Up front however Jutkiewicz was a more reliable Championship forward at that point than Godden is at present.
Although I'm not one of the Thorn haters on here, in that he faced a nigh on impossible task, having lost Westwood, Turner, Gunnarsson and King in the Summer, with only Murphy coming in as a replacement, the biggest difference between the 2 teams is that in MR we have a manager at the top of his game, rather than a novice.
Yeah he played, can't remember if he got injuredWas that when Hreidarsson got injured for the rest of the season?
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This is how we lined up in the first game of the last season v Leicester at home ( one nil defeat )
How do we feel we match up? I'd take McSheffrey as he peaking at that point. That's about it though. Juke was decent, but not quite the finished article.
Remember going to that game, we were absolutely awful that game. One of the worst performances I’ve seen. They were a poor side and we didn’t look like we had any idea of how to either break them down or keep them out.I actually believed we would stay up until we lost that game at Bristol City around Easter I think, but if I'm right there was a late transfer window in those days and they brought in about 6 new players which gave them some impetus. If we had won that Bristol game it would have probably stopped that in its tracks.
Remember going to that game, we were absolutely awful that game. One of the worst performances I’ve seen. They were a poor side and we didn’t look like we had any idea of how to either break them down or keep them out.
His home wasNo. Not mobile enough for that role
For me it was Forest away - we were horrendous and Baker was hauled off at half time.Yeah, infamously from my pov was a cold January night up at Blackpool, Conor Thomas scored for City quite late and with 88 minutes gone we still led. We lost. Thorn should have been given the bullet after that.
When we have the likes as Burge as a recent memory its no wonder we cling onto the belief Joe Murphy was better than Gordon BanksJoe Murphy so overated imo
Joe Murphy so overated imo
With how many?Still finished the season as top scorer despite leaving in Jan. Tells you everything you need to know.
With how many?
Average keepers in shit teams will always end up looking decent because they have so much to do. Didn’t mind Murphy but he was a huge downgrade on Westwood.Joe Murphy so overated imo
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