Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
I just miss that team. If only we'd had the 4 of them (King, Bale, VDV and Modric) longer!
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VDV
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I just miss that team. If only we'd had the 4 of them (King, Bale, VDV and Modric) longer!
We all do buddy. It's just a shame people didn't appreciate it at the time we were living the dream seemingly more content slagging off the gaffer.
That team massively underachieved. With an even half-competent manager we'd have done so much more.
Baleforce
Ron Henry
I quickly convinced myself it was the start of something bigger.
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
Yeah, we should have done the double.
That team should have at least challenged to win the title. It didn't have the experience to win but had the ability to at least keep up a challenge for a whole season.
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
No argument there. 3rd should have been the minimum we achieved. Our first 11 was good enough to challenge, but our squad ultimately wasn't as good as the Manchester clubs. Poor showing to fall away like we did but we all know what happened there.
Spurs7891
Jermaine Jenas
I think Redknapp's limitations as a manager really showed in that 2011-12 season. He assembled a very good team but failed to achieve anything with it. It is annoying how a midfield of Modric, VDV, Lennon, Bale, Kranjcar, Sandro and Parker failed to finish in top 3, especially with Arsenal struggling. I really think any other decent managers would have done wonders with that team.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
A'int that the truth.
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
Agreed. But I do think think 3rd was our ceiling.
wiziwig
Steed Malbranque
Perhaps , but had we got that third which we should've done , we could've built on it the following season. I also think with the Arse then playing on the Thursdays, whilst we were in the CL, that would have sent them on a downward spiral
I can't agree. Not against the lottery winners Chelsea and Fergies United. They were always gonna finish above us.
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
Perhaps , but had we got that third which we should've done , we could've built on it the following season. I also think with the Arse then playing on the Thursdays, whilst we were in the CL, that would have sent them on a downward spiral
Perhaps, but Modric and King would have still left. VDV probably would have stayed.
Baleforce
Ron Henry
are we still talking 2011-12?
The Chelsea which finished 6th that season?
We were the best team in the league that season - and it's to the Gaffers massive credit that he played such a pivotal part in building it, such a shame he wasn't fussed about finishing the job
Jurgen the German
Tommy Harmer
Better than Emirates Marketing Project with Aguero, Toure, Kompany and Silva and United with the greatest manager of all time?
Baleforce
Ron Henry
Last two posters have a reached a very apt level on the posting ladder.
took me way too long to work that out
Best team, yes - obviously not comparable to United with a manager like SAF - just imagine what he would have done with that team we had
Baleforce
Ron Henry
I don't think we were generally better than those two but in Bale we had the best player in the league, also, January, the half way point, transfer window still open, we were a handful of points off top, we were very unlucky to lose to City despite being the better side and wasting ample chances to win the game, we finished 20 points off top, we all know how it played out