Guest Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 15 minutes ago, Beth said: Yes he replaced Venison but lasted only a season before Barton replaced him. A bit of a sideways upgrade really. If we'd kept Hottiger and Watson and say spent the £4m Barton money on Southgate before he went to Villa and starred at Euro 96 we'd have been champions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomYam Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Kid Icarus said: My lass's dad has Craig in his all time XI but he adores Trippier. I'll have to ask him if Trippier makes the cut yet. David Craig was outstanding both in defence and initiating an attack. He was fast and athletic, but his career was increasingly blighted by injury and he missed both the '74 and '76 Cup Finals. Tripps is probably not as strong defensively, but his leadership and dead ball game probably give him the edge. Sadly we've only got KT for the tail end of his career, while DC was a one club player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 We got Tripps late but he's our new standard for the position. The next guy will be younger and of a similar potential. We're fucking massive from now on, no more flukes in a sea of shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said: If we'd kept Hottiger and Watson and say spent the £4m Barton money on Southgate before he went to Villa and starred at Euro 96 we'd have been champions. Perhaps, Southgate was better than Peacock, though I suspect if we'd spent it on a GK we'd have been guaranteed it. It's worth remembering that our defence wasn't awful; it was our forwards and midfielders who completely lost form in the second half of the season (Ginola, Beardsley, Lee, Ferdinand, Gillespie - none played particularly well after NYD). Christ, the abuse Barton got that first season or two. He was a waste of that fee (I'm trying to remember - was he a world record fee for a defender, or just for a full back?) - but he's also clearly a top gadgie, so I do feel bad about that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said: Perhaps, Southgate was better than Peacock, though I suspect if we'd spent it on a GK we'd have been guaranteed it. It's worth remembering that our defence wasn't awful; it was our forwards and midfielders who completely lost form in the second half of the season (Ginola, Beardsley, Lee, Ferdinand, Gillespie - none played particularly well after NYD). Christ, the abuse Barton got that first season or two. He was a waste of that fee (I'm trying to remember - was he a world record fee for a defender, or just for a full back?) - but he's also clearly a top gadgie, so I do feel bad about that. We could have had Southgate & Martyn from Palace after their relegation for about £1m more than we spent on Barton & Hislop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: We could have had Southgate & Martyn from Palace after their relegation for about £1m more than we spent on Barton & Hislop. Yeah, that's right. Bloody hell. KK really should have let someone else buy defenders and keepers for him ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 19 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said: If we'd kept Hottiger and Watson and say spent the £4m Barton money on Southgate before he went to Villa and starred at Euro 96 we'd have been champions. Having two mediocre keepers didn't help like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Mentioned in passing on Pod on the Tyne but they said Trippier reckons he's playing the best football of his career currently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 It's believable. He's 4th in PL in terms of rating behind Haaland, de Bruyne and Jesus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 That's got me wondering; who was our last player to get in a PL team of the season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Just now, wormy said: That's got me wondering; who was our last player to get in a PL team of the season? Coloccini I think, year we finished 5th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Just now, MrRaspberryJam said: Coloccini I think, year we finished 5th Fgured it would be but wondered if I was forgetting anyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Not even surprising that Messi is over a point ahead of most of the best 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, wormy said: Fgured it would be but wondered if I was forgetting anyone. Just been checking the history, didn't realise Dyer got in the 02-03 Team of the Year. Not surprised Shearer got in it. Didn't realise Given got in 05-06 either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Batty in the 97/98 one ahead of Keane, Scholes, Vieira, Petit etc is the one that'll always stand out for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I would go for Almiron because of the context and highlight reel, but Trippier is a very solid shout for it as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 We're fuckin massive like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Miggy all day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 I can't remember us having a dominant period like this honestly since the start of 94/95 and 95/96 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cf Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 He been in the England team recently? Has to be a shout for the world cup? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greydos Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 What we don't want is to split the toon vote so that someone else sneaks in and wins. Vote Miggy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 8 hours ago, Kid Icarus said: I can't remember us having a dominant period like this honestly since the start of 94/95 and 95/96 Definitely not. 01-03 was overrunning teams but... We didn't send tremors through the game like we have lately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 6 hours ago, greydos said: What we don't want is to split the toon vote so that someone else sneaks in and wins. Vote Miggy. Bruno alluded to the same thing on Twitter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, 80 said: Definitely not. 01-03 was overrunning teams but... We didn't send tremors through the game like we have lately. December 2001 probably when we were hovering around the top places then beat two title contenders away from home back to back going into Xmas top of the league. Remember a quote from Ron Atkinson randomly where he said he thought after the Arsenal win we were just keeping top place warm for one of the other teams but after the Leeds win he thought we could win it. Edited November 4, 2022 by Optimistic Nut Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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