2023/2024 Second Best Season of All Time (3 Viewers)

messiahrobins said:

That i have seen, i was too young to remember when we finished 6th in Div 1 as it was back then and played in Europe.
1987 obviously the greatest ever season, but this season has given so much joy and wonderful memories for a lifetime, i cannot think of a better season other than 87.
Some are obviously upset we didnt make the play offs and blame the FA Cup run, but honestly, would people really have swapped the FA Cup run and beating Man Utd in that manner (we won really) at Wembley for a play off spot, when we probably wouldn't have gone up anyway as defensively we are not quite there yet.
I hope nobody chimes in with any season in the Strachan era, we chronically underachieved under him given the squads he had.

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messiahrobins said:

And failed to make it when we had a squad that should have made it and that failure arguably financially ruined us for 2 decades as we had budgeted for European football.

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messiahrobins said:

If you recall back then Richardson had huge hopes for us, i think he was quoted saying we were going to be the new Real Madrid or something whacky like that, but the point being the club back then, like a few others at the time, massively spent beyond their means chasing European football which was where the huge money was. Chippo Hadji Keano (remmember that song lol) and others such as Mcallister before them were on by our standards massive wages.
Strachan was like a kid in a candy store and instead of playing players in their best positions even if it meant leaving star players on the bench, just put all the big names in the side often some out of position.
He also dropped Oggy for no reason when Hedman (who could have been a top keeper for us) wasnt ready to start.

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messiahrobins said:

And failed to make it when we had a squad that should have made it and that failure arguably financially ruined us for 2 decades as we had budgeted for European football.

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pusbccfc said:

It's been a brilliant season. Once the dust has settled in a month's time, people will look back on it and remember the games and moments. I've enjoyed it more than last season personally.

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messiahrobins said:

Second time in our histroy we made the Fa Cup final (which in reality we did do).

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messiahrobins said:

Second time in our histroy we made the Fa Cup final (which in reality we did do).

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MalcSB said:

I haven’t. I feel a bit disappointed this season. Other than the 4-0 loss to Stoke when I had taken a friend to his first City match, watching Hamer and Vik destroy teams was really enjoyable. Overcoming the pitch debacle, seeing Wasps go bust and fuck off in to oblivion, Wilson scoring v Blackburn, the playoff semis and the trip to Wembley itself were all fantastic. This season has started and finished like a damp squib. I am not sure losing to Man Utd at Wembley makes up for it.

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pusbccfc said:

The Leeds, Leicester and Birmingham games were as good if not better than any home game last season.

Wembley for the FA Cup was better than the play offs too. In fact, I'd put Wolves on par with Middlesbrough away too.

Crowds much higher, we've scored a lot more goals and played much bigger sides too.

None of that compares to Wasps going bust, I'll give you that!

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MalcSB said:

How could I have omitted including SISU following Wasps out of the city in my list making last season preferable to this one.

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Alan Dugdales Moustache said:

Nowhere near the second best season ever. We're not even in the premier league .
A couple of years under Gordon Milne following that end of season 2-2 with Bristol City were the best I can remember. We beat anyone we fancied at home. No one liked coming to Highfield Road. We were fantastic to watch .
Hutch, Wallace, Ferguson, Powell, Yorath, McDonald, Graydon, Lloyd, Blyth etc etc.

Absolutely no disrespect to Mark Robins on this one because he's hauled us out of the arse end of the football league and Gordon Milne didn't have to. Football has changed dramatically since those days and I would probably consider Robins on a par with Jimmy Hill if he gets us promoted, given our circumstances.

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stupot07 said:

The trip to Wembley was brilliant, the Wolves win was brilliant, we had a couple of big wins against Leicester and Leeds at home, to say it's the second best season ever, is basically basing it on four games. The rest of the season has been so so, and this final run of 4 points from 21 is hugely disappointing. We also got beat by Rotherham, 25% of their total seasons wins. Our record against the top half of the table hasn't been great either.

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Skybluecol said:

2nd best season in the last 2 years if you ask me

I get we had the FA Cup but the run in to make the play offs and then win vs Boro and the final with us being soo close to the Prem....last season I enjoyed more.

Feel next season is so important for us as a club

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pusbccfc said:

Easy to forget the awful times last season though. The final 2 months were amazing but the start of the season was embarrassing with the pitch. The Christmas and January period was seriously grim. That cup loss to Wrexham was as bad as any game I've been. They took the piss all game.

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messiahrobins said:

But we failed to win the play offs so it was all for nought. The Fa Cup run however increased our profile as a club 100 fold and will make a difference recruitment wise for players from abroad i would think

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fernandopartridge said:

Please find this Real Madrid quote.

Your timeline doesn't work, Chippo, Hadji, Keane were all signed in 1999 after this failed European push. After a season where we'd finished 15th iirc.

Oggy was past it by then and making regular errors, Hedman came in and was great to begin with. It was only later on that his form declined actually.

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messiahrobins said:

We made the Cup final. We won 4-3, that is a fact, cannot just blindly accept blatant corruption.
As for the play offs, squad isnt deep enough to sustain a challenge in 2 tournaments so cannot say we failed. We picked the FA Cup this season and that was the right thing to do inmho.

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