Not going a bad job for us isnt a good enough return on pissing about force fitting the whole team around him, consistantly wasting a starting 11 spot on him and subsequent substitution while he built his fitness up, and god knows how much budget.
He fell in love with the idea of signing a coup who has experience in higher leagues. Because of his stupid fascination with him and Bigi we fell off
i wouldnt say he fell in love with anything. he clearly throught experience and superior ability could make a big difference. after all it was his plan A for this season too. unfortuntley he didnt get the targets thiough
joe cole was always good when i saw him
joe cole was always good when i saw him
Bit harsh - i'm with Covcity4life - granted he did not have the Dennis Wise effect but he had some effect and a few goals plus free kicks which we now waste everytime
The irony of someone with your username trying to back mowbrays signings is hilarious
How much was spent on these players, answer zero hence no investment of the right type of below.
Hold on mowbray had his own budget and made that very clear. Whether he spent it on wages or transfers was his choice.
So the manager didn't have an unlimited budget like the rest of league one, you are right, it's outrageous.
I'd add continued rotating of the midfield and lack of plan b
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I have to admit it was the worst season I can remember because of the sheer fall from grace. Would have been easier to take if we'd have been shit all season
This I have to agree on. We finished 8th but it felt like a very poor season due to the momentus slide down the table.
It felt so much like failure as we seemed to be destined for top 6 minimum.
I can't see how it can be judged as anything other than a failure when we missed out on a play-off place having had a place firmly held within our grasp.
The frustrating thing is we dominated the Walsall match for the first hour, and were comfortably the better side in the first half v Burton. It was only after Phillips' inexcusable mistake that it fell apart.
That was a big, big turning point.
The second that goal went it, it was like all life and belief was sucked out of us.
and to think people stood up for phillips!
and even now people say stuff like sterry is ok,nothing more
but hes still alottttttttt better than phillips
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and even now people say stuff like sterry is ok,nothing more
but hes still alottttttttt better than phillips
upgrade
You hit the nail on the head, and then he did a runner with his tail between his legs.
You know, with all the argument about cole, or rotation, or Mowbray etc, I still believe that if we had a fit Reda or Ben Turner in for the whole season, then we would have finished in the top 6.
I believe if Turner hadn't got injured, we'd be playing Championship football today.
Nothing to do with being fickle cc4l. It's not the finishing 8th(Normally good finish) but the way we finished 8th that is s**t.
and that is completly udnerstandable. i agree mate. but its now october, time to take a step back and realise it wasnt a awful season overall.
Yeah, BEFORE the season.
During the season we were top, then top 3 for some time and then top 6 and 11 points clear of 7th.
Doesn't matter what we believed before the season started. We outdid ourselves and what we predicted previously was irrelevant.
Surely we should only be focusing on the position we were in when we were entrenched in the top 6 and totally blew it.
Well it's all about opinions, but I see little in Sterry or Page over our own grown players apart from physique.and to think people stood up for phillips!
and even now people say stuff like sterry is ok,nothing more
but hes still alottttttttt better than phillips
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Which is naturally a factor in this league.
However I think Kelly Evans, Haynes and Harries can justifiably wonder just what they've done wrong.
Two biggest factors were: loss of JOB and arrival of Cole and Madders actually reduced our dynamism going forward and made Areas goals dry up. And losing Read then Turner meant the ball stayed down our end more again meaning less chances for our sterling attack.
The fact that a big fucker and someone with JOBs energy in the middle weren't top of our transfer list is one reason I don't mind losing Mowbray even though I rated him. It was clear how important a big fucker at the back is and we either aimed too high or failed to identify enough targets.
The fact that a big fucker and someone with JOBs energy in the middle weren't top of our transfer list is one reason I don't mind losing Mowbray even though I rated him. It was clear how important a big fucker at the back is and we either aimed too high or failed to identify enough targets.
Yes, we played at a quicker attacking tempo early on in the season. Cole's arrival slowed us down and Maddison on his comeback started to play like Cole.
I'd just like take the opportunity to let you know how much I laughed loud at your repeated description of "big fucker" hahaha. Made my evening