Greg Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 I know. I'm just being contrary for s***s and giggles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Imagine if Rafa had of been able to bring in key players during the season like KK did......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 The only stat I care about is on the left column here: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Nice post Paully. Puts it in context. 5 fewer goals scored and 2 points less. Funny how the outcome skews your memory of the whole season. Just had a look at who signed when, and Keegan signed Rob Lee just after the season started (towards end of Sep 1992: 36 starts, 10 goals) who was a fucking colossus that year. Only other signings were in March (about 13 games left): Mark Robinson (2 starts), Sellars (13 starts, 2 goals) and a young chap named Cole (11 starts 12 goals!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Points comparisons across different seasons in general are fairly pointless like. Irritating how much it comes up recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Points comparisons across different seasons in general are fairly pointless like. Irritating how much it comes up recently. Agreed. Especially as pre Keegan we were on a fair way down the road to oblivion, not a Premier league team looking for an instant return to the top tier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 I loved the way Keegan gutted that team in a short space of time too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Didn't we win our first 10 games in a row under Keegan? Maybe I remember it wrong but it felt like promotion was a formality that season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Didn't we win our first 10 games in a row under Keegan? Maybe I remember it wrong but it felt like promotion was a formality that season. 11. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 The side had a dip mid-season over Xmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Didn't we win our first 10 games in a row under Keegan? Maybe I remember it wrong but it felt like promotion was a formality that season. Promotion was always pretty comfortable but in terms of the title, despite that rip roaring start, for a 24 hour period around April (the weekend when we beat Sunderland at home I think), Portsmouth overtook us and went top of the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 The only stat I care about is on the left column here: The only stat that matters is the 'P' next to the team name Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Lots of things matter, to some degree, hence all the frigging moaning (myself included, btw), but promotion is obviously the main objective. I was generally surprised at how little difference there was between the 1992-93 results ('exciting' KK team) and 2016-17 results ('boring' Rafa team). It's a bit like how KK's 1995-96 side being defensively frail has become a commonly accepted truth, but they only conceded 2 goals less than Man U (who actually scored 7 more league goals than us). What mainly made the difference that season (imo) wasn't the absence of a defence/tactical naïveté, Asprilla or Batty or anybody else spoiling our style of play, it was our only home loss (we had one draw as well): after battering Man U 0-1. If we'd won, as we clearly deserved to, everything else being equal we'd have had 81 points to their 79. Long time ago, I know, but I can't let it lie... sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Lots of things matter, to some degree, hence all the frigging moaning (myself included, btw), but promotion is obviously the main objective. I was generally surprised at how little difference there was between the 1992-93 results ('exciting' KK team) and 2016-17 results ('boring' Rafa team). It's a bit like how KK's 1995-96 side being defensively frail has become a commonly accepted truth, but they only conceded 2 goals less than Man U (who actually scored 7 more league goals than us). What mainly made the difference that season (imo) wasn't the absence of a defence/tactical naïveté, Asprilla or Batty or anybody else spoiling our style of play, it was our only home loss (we had one draw as well): after battering Man U 0-1. If we'd won, as we clearly deserved to, everything else being equal we'd have had 81 points to their 79. Long time ago, I know, but I can't let it lie... sorry. I'm with you. Im still gutted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Just been on SSN and said he is very surprised with the referee appointment on Monday and said the target was promotion this season so he isn't unhappy if we don't win the league - he also congratulated Hughton and Brighton on gaining promotion! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I wish he hadn't mentioned the referee. It suggests that they are nervous and focusing on the wrong aspects on the match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I wish he hadn't mentioned the referee. It suggests that they are nervous and focusing on the wrong aspects on the match Mind games that man - he's just letting the ref know albeit he'll already be aware! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I wish he hadn't mentioned the referee. It suggests that they are nervous and focusing on the wrong aspects on the match Mind games that man - he's just letting the ref know albeit he'll already be aware! I'd assume he was asked, no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I wish he hadn't mentioned the referee. It suggests that they are nervous and focusing on the wrong aspects on the match Mind games that man - he's just letting the ref know albeit he'll already be aware! I'd assume he was asked, no? Oh aye! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 What's this stuff with the ref? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 What's this stuff with the ref? Huddersfield fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 What's this stuff with the ref? Huddersfield fan. Balls. The universe hates, has always hated, us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I wish he hadn't mentioned the referee. It suggests that they are nervous and focusing on the wrong aspects on the match Mind games that man - he's just letting the ref know albeit he'll already be aware! Obviously. It's what Fergie did all the time, make the ref aware that his decisions would be watched like a hawk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I wish he hadn't mentioned the referee. It suggests that they are nervous and focusing on the wrong aspects on the match Isn't Rafa on about the refs quite a lot in a roundabout way? Seems that way to me, or at the very least he's not one of these managers who'll go out of their way not to mention when a ref has been utter shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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