Grendel
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The game he is referring to we won With a brace from Lee Hughes - partridge wasn’t even at the club
Bringing in Jim Smith as the assistant manager Roland Nilssen didn’t need. He signed Paul Trollope and Horacio Carbonari and literally organised fights between players in training.
On a similar note, and i've mentioned this on here before... first season down in the championship, fairly early on, we were doing well and were at home to Norwich... i think (possibly incorrectly) that Norwich were top and we were 2nd... a win for us would have put us either top, or clear in 2nd with a decent gap above the playoffs...
It was an evening match and i was in the West terrace, it was the match where Ritchie Partridge scored an absolute screamer to give us the lead. We were cruising to victory but then a horrific deflection right near the end gave them an underserved equaliser.
We drew 1-1, never managed to create that gap over the chasing pack, and our form dipped from there.
I honestly believe that had we held on and won that match, we would have gone straight back up automatically. Even the national radio/tv pundits were saying at the time that we were looking like a Premier League team just waiting to go back up.
And the rest is history...!
Assume he’s got the years mixed up, he did score in a draw against Norwich the year after though we nearly got relegatedWe best Norwich 2-1
Assume he’s got the years mixed up, he did score in a draw against Norwich the year after though we nearly got relegated
Oli McBurnie and Joe Rodon played in that game. Around 25 million worth of player. (Not really worth it at all, but you know.)For me I felt rock bottom was when we were about to go out of the Checkatrade to Swansea U23s (whilst being relegated with 9 wins all season in L1)...last minute own goal equaliser...won on pens, beat Wycombe (obviously) and then we finally realised we could be winners v Oxford -
I genuinely feel that was the turning point, so nominate Adnan Matric as the man who finally stirred the phoenix
I lived in the Black Country when Ron was manager at West Brom. Their fans seemed to think Ron had got lucky inheriting a brilliant team. Think it was Ronnie Allen then Johnny Giles who built most of the team that built his rep. They were brilliant however. beating us 6-1 I remember when I went. At Man U he seemed to buy good players with absolutely no idea how they would fit together. Using Birtles as a traditional centre forward that did not work. Did he sell Laurie Cunningham?
It is worth saying though that Strachan was the manager of the "entertainers" era which was the high point of supporting City for me. So I don't hold anything against him.
(i am quite aware that the over-spending of that era has most probably led to where we found ourselves over the past decade or so.....)
Being the pedant that I am I have to say that wearing the chocolate kit, we were beaten 7-1 by West Brom. (They did also beat us 6-1 but that was a good few years before Atkinson).! The worst scoreline ( not necessarily performance) that I have been unlucky enough to witness. We lost regularly to Albion in that period, so much so that Arkinson used to say he kept Gordon Milne on his mantlepiece.I lived in the Black Country when Ron was manager at West Brom. Their fans seemed to think Ron had got lucky inheriting a brilliant team. Think it was Ronnie Allen then Johnny Giles who built most of the team that built his rep. They were brilliant however. beating us 6-1 I remember when I went. At Man U he seemed to buy good players with absolutely no idea how they would fit together. Using Birtles as a traditional centre forward that did not work. Did he sell Laurie Cunningham?
Being the pedant that I am I have to say that wearing the chocolate kit, we were beaten 7-1 by West Brom. (They did also beat us 6-1 but that was a good few years before Atkinson).! The worst scoreline ( not necessarily performance) that I have been unlucky enough to witness. We lost regularly to Albion in that period, so much so that Arkinson used to say he kept Gordon Milne on his mantlepiece.
Yeah I never got the obsession with this oneEric Black hasn’t had a managers job since being sacked. There isn’t much evidence to suggest he would have been a long term success here.
He already has twiceThe pivotal moment in recent history was no doubt getting MR back in as as manager. Let’s hope he can take us to the next level
You should have been better behaved then.Pivotal moment for me .........the day my Dad first took me to Highfield Road in 1968
They’ve given out many hammerings to us, remember that really good team they had under Mowbray with Gera and Brunt. Think they beat us 5-0 two years running.
Most annoying thing of that era ws that we didn't improve the defence much, if at all. To have Williams and Shaw as our main pair for that many years at that level is criminal and IMO the main reason we never pushed on despite some decent talent elsewhere in the team.
Talking of missed opportunities I watched a program yesterday and in part of it it showed Brian Clough and his influence and successes at Nottingham Forest league title, league cups, two European ( champions league)cups and thought that could have been us or at least challenging for honours, he was almost signed and sealed along with Peter Taylor coming here to replace Noel Cantwell there was a press conference set up but it would have clashed with some tv work Cloughie was booked to go on, so he postponed the conference our chairman Derrick Robins bit of a pompous character himself took the hump and gave Clough some sort of ultimatum Cloughie being the abrasive individual he was told Robins to stick the job where the sun don’t shine. When I look at the fortunes of Forest two or three years later I wonder what if.
I think you are correct re: Peter Taylor the story goes Taylor was a goalkeeper here in the 1950s and his wife and family were from Cov and when the Coventry job became vacant he and Clough had either resigned from Derby after falling out with their board or were about to. I think you are correct about Derrick Robins too they would definitely have clashed I think Robins was to say the least was difficult.Cloughie was still to have his Brighton & Leeds spells at this point though too. Much though its nice to think we could have gone onto Forest's success the likelihood is he would have soon fallen out with Robins as you alluded to & left us before we got anywhere near that point. From what I understand Clough was never really interested in coming to us, and it was more Peter Taylor that wanted to come anyway.
It is worth saying though that Strachan was the manager of the "entertainers" era which was the high point of supporting City for me. So I don't hold anything against him.
(i am quite aware that the over-spending of that era has most probably led to where we found ourselves over the past decade or so.....)
I just feel he got stale and the squad would have stayed up should the normal jettisoning at most other clubs have happened here.Got to disagree Travs. Taking us down with the talent and money at his disposal - continuously failing to improve in key positions during his seasons in charge - it was simply poor management with dire consequences.
To be fair to Strachan it was his first managerial post - should never have been given the job from the start.
(I also loved the entertainers but doesn't excuse the disaster that followed).
Taking the 7m from Inter for Keane.
He would have kept us up for years.
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Two pivotal moments for me on the pitch, Steve Bull not signing at the 11th hour and Strachan turning down Ruud van Nistolroy.
Wasn’t Andy Carroll another one mentioned around that time alsoIs the latter true? It’s easy for a manager/scout to claim a player after they’ve made it. I remember Ranson saying we could have had Henderson, he was 18 and only ever here for experience.
He turned him down because he felt we had enough up front, I believe we had Huckerby, Whelan & Dublin at the timeIs the latter true? It’s easy for a manager/scout to claim a player after they’ve made it. I remember Ranson saying we could have had Henderson, he was 18 and only ever here for experience.
Ranson reckoned he had negotiated deals for Henderson, Carroll & Jack Cork but SISU wouldn't back himWasn’t Andy Carroll another one mentioned around that time also
Ranson reckoned he had negotiated deals for Henderson, Carroll & Jack Cork but SISU wouldn't back him
He turned him down because he felt we had enough up front, I believe we had Huckerby, Whelan & Dublin at the time
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