what i'm very happy indeed about is that we will start the game at the weekend with only four of the players who figured in the dismal defeat at stoke that saw us relegated. Those are Oakley, Mattock, Howard and Fryatt. Four of the only players i think the majority of the fans would have kept from the relegation season.
Weale, Morrisson, Tunchev, Hobbs, King, Wellens and Dyer have been added in a very ordered way and each are very comfortable in their positions. They represent much more of a TEAM than Hume, Worley, Kisnorbo, McAuley, Stearman, Bell and Hayles ever did. Of that lot, only Stearman has gone on to any sort of success - as he was oftern tipped to do. The others have plyed their trade at other struggling clubs and been very obscure.
Pearson only needs to finish mid table to really have achieved a great turnaround for the club and put us in a strong position looking forward both financially and in terms of standing within the game.
what i'm very happy indeed about is that we will start the game at the weekend with only four of the players who figured in the dismal defeat at stoke that saw us relegated.
I think you'll find we actually got a 0-0 draw, not a bad result against a team who got promoted that season, but ultimately not good enough to keep us up.
Because a certain Nigel Pearson got a 3-2 win for Southampton that day that sent us down. If they had drawn or lost that day we would have stayed up.
The guy owes us big time!
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As I remember, we played well against Stoke
my mate knows martyn waghorn quite well, he says he's shit hot.
I feel a thread coming on...
WHAT IF.... MacAuley's headed had gone in.
Haha im gunna do it.
He is hopefully good but surely if he was "outstanding" he would have followed the "blackcats superstar kid" to Ipswich, Keane must know him better than NP.
still nothing on the os
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Liverpool | 21 | 50 |
2 | Arsenal | 22 | 44 |
3 | Nottm F | 22 | 44 |
4 | Chelsea | 22 | 40 |
5 | Manchester C | 22 | 38 |
6 | Newcastle | 22 | 38 |
7 | Bournemouth | 22 | 37 |
8 | Aston Villa | 22 | 36 |
9 | Brighton | 22 | 34 |
10 | Fulham | 22 | 33 |
11 | Brentford | 22 | 28 |
12 | Palace | 22 | 27 |
13 | Manchester U | 22 | 26 |
14 | West Ham | 22 | 26 |
15 | Tottenham | 22 | 24 |
16 | Everton | 21 | 20 |
17 | Wolves | 22 | 16 |
18 | Ipswich | 22 | 16 |
19 | Leicester | 22 | 14 |
20 | Southampton | 22 | 6 |