Cast your minds back.....
This time, 10 years ago, Dave Bassett was sacked with us facing relegation back to the old Division 1. We had stormed to promotion, had some really top players, Pierre Van-Hooijdonk, Kevin Campbell, Colin Cooper that had helped us achieve that amazing feat of winning that title. I have never seen such a buzz around the club like I did after that !
Slowly, things started deteriorating, the club captain left, our second highest scorer left, and our main striker, our top scorer and best player went on strike because he was so disillusioned with what was happening to the team ! We eventually went down, and in our first season back in Divison 1, we appointed David Platt...the rest, as they say, is history !
Ten years on, we are, if we dare speak about it, on the verge of gaining promotion back to The Premiership ! 10 Years ago, I thought we were mad to get rid of Dave Bassett, I thought if we are going back down, then who else would be better at getting us straight back up ?
So we come to Billy Davies, on the verge of taking us back into 'The Promised Land'. Things are different now, and I feel optimistic that if we did gain promotion, then we would give it a bloody good crack and not try to make a quick buck like last time.
So, one year from now, and if we find ourselves in a similar position to the one we found ourselves in ten years ago, Billy is the man I would prefer to steer our ship back again if we do come back down. I just hope that history won’t repeat itself, that we sack our manager, bring in someone with no hope of survival, and appoint an untried manager with a view to the future meaning that the last ten years come round again...
This time, 10 years ago, Dave Bassett was sacked with us facing relegation back to the old Division 1. We had stormed to promotion, had some really top players, Pierre Van-Hooijdonk, Kevin Campbell, Colin Cooper that had helped us achieve that amazing feat of winning that title. I have never seen such a buzz around the club like I did after that !
Slowly, things started deteriorating, the club captain left, our second highest scorer left, and our main striker, our top scorer and best player went on strike because he was so disillusioned with what was happening to the team ! We eventually went down, and in our first season back in Divison 1, we appointed David Platt...the rest, as they say, is history !
Ten years on, we are, if we dare speak about it, on the verge of gaining promotion back to The Premiership ! 10 Years ago, I thought we were mad to get rid of Dave Bassett, I thought if we are going back down, then who else would be better at getting us straight back up ?
So we come to Billy Davies, on the verge of taking us back into 'The Promised Land'. Things are different now, and I feel optimistic that if we did gain promotion, then we would give it a bloody good crack and not try to make a quick buck like last time.
So, one year from now, and if we find ourselves in a similar position to the one we found ourselves in ten years ago, Billy is the man I would prefer to steer our ship back again if we do come back down. I just hope that history won’t repeat itself, that we sack our manager, bring in someone with no hope of survival, and appoint an untried manager with a view to the future meaning that the last ten years come round again...
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