Ronaldo Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 That's fair enough but it doesn't explain how we let a 12 points lead become a 4 point deficit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Our away from cost us the title that season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 There was another knock on effect from that great season. We were 'The entertainers' , everyone wanted to watch us and the neutrals wanted us to win. We launched Sky Sports on the road to where it is today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 There was another knock on effect from that great season. We were 'The entertainers' , everyone wanted to watch us and the neutrals wanted us to win. We launched Sky Sports on the road to where it is today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Think 93-94 more than played its part in that, mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 There was another knock on effect from that great season. We were 'The entertainers' , everyone wanted to watch us and the neutrals wanted us to win. We launched Sky Sports on the road to where it is today. Not really true though, if you look at most forums of other clubs they will tell you, this wasn't the case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 That's fair enough but it doesn't explain how we let a 12 points lead become a 4 point deficit. That 1-0 was the decider ultimately. Even taking into consideration the 3-4, 1-2 at Rovers, 3-3 at City afterwards...if we win that game v Man Utd which we should have done, that point we got at Forest would have won us the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 That's fair enough but it doesn't explain how we let a 12 points lead become a 4 point deficit. That 1-0 was the decider ultimately. Even taking into consideration the 3-4, 1-2 at Rovers, 3-3 at City afterwards...if we win that game v Man Utd which we should have done, that point we got at Forest would have won us the league. Yeah and Ferdinand's finishing in that game was poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Recoba Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Batty in, Clarke out - that was as much a reason as any for results dipping that season. Clarkey played it forward whenever possible, whereas Batty was all about keeping possession and so didnt look for the forward pass as often, or as quickly. The team was better at attacking quickly, Sir Les especially, and so just didnt do as well after that switch. Not sure whether Shearer would have done any better than Les in that run in as it was, but I reckon he'd have argued for getting the ball forward more quickly as a basic tactic I've always thought this. Clarke's contribution to our fluidity was over looked imo. He'd get the ball deep and look for Lee or Beardsley, we missed this when Batty came in. Clark* howay man spell the lads name right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 There are quite a few reasons you could cite. But there's pressure in being the front runner, and neither the manager nor the players had the experience and composure to close things out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes1986 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 If we had a good keeper who won us a few points that would have made the difference. Someone like Given for example. There was various reasons why we didn't win it, but that one is a particularly big reason for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Keegan exacerbated that situation by swapping them (the keepers) frequently. If he'd stuck with Hislop all season I have no doubt we'd have won it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 What's this Twitter stuff about shearer's coat?? something Dan walker was tweeting about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 What's this Twitter stuff about shearer's coat?? something Dan walker was tweeting about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Seen worse on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 That's not exactly a glowing endorsement though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Seen worse on here. Only what Messi posts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cort Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Not bad company to keep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Ronaldo'll end up top, then. Quite a fantastic achievement given that fact he wasn't seen as a goalscorer till about 7 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gino14 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 It might depend how long Messi plays as well. I think in Football today if anyone is going to break it they need to be in the Spanish league. Ronaldo is amazing, but I'm not sure he'd be banging in a hat trick every other week in the Premier League. I have no doubt he'd be the top scorer though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 He'd get 35 goals in the PL no bother. It'll be close but I think Ronaldo's lead will tell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gino14 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 It'll be fun seeing just how many he can get that's for sure. He was fantastic tonight. He did get 31 goals one season for Man Utd, but he also only got 18 in his last season. I'm sure he'd get loads here and he has improved since moving to Madrid. He did go straight from 18 in 33 for Man Utd to 26 in 29 in his first season at Madrid. So I'm just not sure the defences make it quite as tough there. Having said that Costa has come here and has been just as prolific, so maybe I'm overstating the difference a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Not bad company to keep. Ronaldo overtaken shearer tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Not bad company to keep. Ronaldo overtaken shearer tonight. What fills me with pride is Shearer basically hasn't been surpassed by anyone in the modern era bar Ronaldo tonight and Messi eventually. Shearer did it at a time when football was probably a tad harder and had 2 horrific injuries that slowed down his career - where's Ronaldo and Messi have essentially played so much damn football (I know they've been dealing with injuries recently). But my word, Shearer truly is one of the greatest scorers in league-play of all time - fucking amazing to see him on that list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 It might depend how long Messi plays as well. I think in Football today if anyone is going to break it they need to be in the Spanish league. Ronaldo is amazing, but I'm not sure he'd be banging in a hat trick every other week in the Premier League. I have no doubt he'd be the top scorer though. Do you watch La Liga? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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