Woo Nev seriously?
We can now remember the big names from that era but in my opinion our present team would beat them.
Not to belittle MON record but it was not based on free flowing one touch football in a 4-4-2 formation. In those days we bore the hell out of the oppostion and get an 85th minute winner.
for me this team players better football and is constantly looking to win our lack of draws this season prove it.
The some of the parts is a team where we struggle to moan about single players Dyer and Kasper who have had my Ire and Konch and Drinkwater others all are absolved in my opinion.
I don't say this lightly it has taken two years to make this team and i don't think it now fair to pick out any individual given our recorded breaking run.
Hang your head in shame Tom and the like who want to pick out Dyer who has scored more goals from play than Nugent. For our team wins as a team and so is it right now for us to support the whole team those hero's who warm the bench as well knowing they are not first choice but will do there bit without moaning.
This is not an attempt at restraint of free speech or these don't dis Pearson brigade. NP and his team have created a unit it now who will get us promoted on merit.
This team is better than MON'S
posted on 4/2/14
Nev
Great provocative article – got us all engaged didn't it? The sort of subject everyone will have an opinion about.
How many articles on here usually get 40+ replies?
posted on 4/2/14
"Didn’t we sign Julian Watts at about the same time as Spencer Prior?"
No, Watts was signed at the same time as Muzzy (loan) IIRC. He was in the 1996 play off final, so he was part of the promotion team.
posted on 4/2/14
What about the ice kings of 63?
Well nev, you sparked a debate. Good work
posted on 4/2/14
Yes, I know just what you're doing, Nev – and well done for provoking so much response. But equally, it's our job to disagree with you if we think you're mistaken – that's what keeps the debate going.
In which spirit, I don't know where you got that "there are only two teams Celtic and Madrid who have won more games on the spin" idea from, but I'm sure that loads of clubs have won more than nine on the bounce, and I believe that the English league record is 14 (split four ways). It would be brilliant if we could match or beat that, but I have to say the odds are at least 10-to-1 against.
It may interest you to know, though, that several other records are more realistically within our grasp. Because we have got where we are with very few draws among the victories and defeats, our current wins-per-game average (0.724) puts us on schedule for 33 wins from the season. This is a more impressive figure than it may look. Unless I've got my figures wrong, the Football League records are…
The most wins in a second flight season since the formation of the Premier League (ie a Division 1 or Championship season) is 31
The most wins in a second flight season in any era is 32
The most wins in any English league season is 33 (Division 3 North)
As I say, we could beat the first two of those and equal the third just by maintaining our current win average. That would be nice, wouldn't it?
posted on 4/2/14
FF you are right and i even disagree with me and of course nothing is resolved till Dung delivers his pronouncement. The stats where posted on twitter for consecutive wins someone more adept than me might have the link.
FF we are experienced city fans so we are thinking we will get gubbed on saturday the old fashioned city way!
posted on 4/2/14
Good point Nev....sorry I was hammered when I wrote it.
posted on 4/2/14
I pronounce that this team must achieve success of several top 10 finish in the Premier League and an FA Cup win before it can be considered "better" than Martin O'Neill's.
More entertaining, maybe.
posted on 4/2/14
*the success
*finishes
My pronouncements must improve in the future.
posted on 4/2/14
Exactly, Nev. It's not the matches against high-flying sides that worry me. I can see us getting points against Ipswich and even at the City Ground. No, it's the fixtures against clubs in the bottom half of the table that I get nervous about. In the event that we 'turn up' and do the biz against Watford, I will immediately shove a few quid on us losing by at least two goals at home to relegation-bound Charlton.
posted on 6/2/14
Dung as pronouncments go for m the great Dung that was pants do you want to have another go?