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Sliding Doors
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jts1882
Dean Richards
Scholar is a good call. I can't stand Sugar, but he did set us on the right road to recovery from Scholar's period. They were indeed mediocre years but not entirely Sugar's fault. Sugar made some poor decisions, but so did Levy early on. It's taken a long time to recover from Scholar.
jts1882
Dean Richards
There is a whole train of sliding doors there. Messi's penatly, Robben's penalty and then the penalty shoot out where England players score and Germans miss.
The biggest issue without comparison was the state/management of the club at the beginning of the PL era. Bar none, if we had our **** together then, we would have bankrolled our way to more success in the following decade.
Everything after that was trying to make the best of being already behind.
We certainly have been unlucky/close to things that could have significantly helped us and/or hurt our competitors, but it's always been from a catching up position.
Everything after that was trying to make the best of being already behind.
We certainly have been unlucky/close to things that could have significantly helped us and/or hurt our competitors, but it's always been from a catching up position.
Hotshot-Tottenham
Edgar Davids
Plus the fact that Balotelli should have been sent off for the stamp on Parker. Game changer, that.
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
Agree that was a major turning point. He was never the same for us again.
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
That whole sequence just defied belief.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
It was like a long shot accumulator coming in. Un****ingbelieveable.
When the last pen went in that night I stood up in the pub and left, totally gutted of course. I haven't seen them ****ers lift the cup till this day. I just pretend it didn't happen
metalgear
Luka Modric
but really do you think zidane would have become zidane playing under gerry francis?
milo
Jack L. Jones
If he'd stayed long enough, I would have been more worried about the impact of him playing under Graham
Was it hoddle who said we looked at juninho and Roberto Carlos back in the umbro cup tournament?
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Thing is, we would have lost any of those players before they reached their level. We were a mid table side, and rather than believe that ons player would make us champions, I know that a bigger club would have come calling before the player in question was at his very best.
We look at the player at his best and think, if only, but that's not the player we would have had. We would have just had the work in progress and that's if they adapted to the Premier League.
Still, could have seen some magic during their time at the club.
We look at the player at his best and think, if only, but that's not the player we would have had. We would have just had the work in progress and that's if they adapted to the Premier League.
Still, could have seen some magic during their time at the club.
Nezza
Ben Thatcher
It was like a long shot accumulator coming in. Un****ingbelieveable.
When the last pen went in that night I stood up in the pub and left, totally gutted of course. I haven't seen them ****ers lift the cup till this day. I just pretend it didn't happen
You've missed the priceless comedy gold of John Terry suddenly appearing in full kit to lift the trophy.
Rorschach
Sonny Walters
Ha. That's true but I've seen him appear (via photoshop) in so many other things at this stage I think I'll forgo the pleasure.
Yes, it still stings.
jts1882
Dean Richards
It was like a long shot accumulator coming in. Un****ingbelieveable.
When the last pen went in that night I stood up in the pub and left, totally gutted of course. I haven't seen them ****ers lift the cup till this day. I just pretend it didn't happen
That was my most miserable moment watching sport. Losing is different, it can provide a mix of emotions - disappointment, frustration, anger, resignation or even pride. That left just a stunned numbness and emptiness. There was a sort of inevitability leading up to it, even when Bayern took the lead it felt unreal and I couldn't celebrate.
Venables not knowing who the fvck that Beckham lad from our academy was.
He alone wouldn't have done much, but the increased worldwide exposure would likely have changed our fortunes.
He alone wouldn't have done much, but the increased worldwide exposure would likely have changed our fortunes.
Lost Mango
Pascal Chimbonda
"Irving is no Scholar and Soloman isn't Wise" as the T-Shirts said at the trime.
The biggest sliding door there was not being sold to Robert Maxwell. We would be extinct now probably if he had got hold of us.
Lost Mango
Pascal Chimbonda
In fairness Roberto Carlos was better at free kicks than defending - a bit like a proto-Bale. Cost Brazil at leats 2 world cups with his poor positioning.
milo
Jack L. Jones
Indeed.