Horton Heath Saint Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 Even though we reached the heights of Kevin Keegan, Bally, Channon, Armstrong in the eighties, this, with the amount of money we have spent, shows our true intent, we have never spent as big with salaries etc. Expectations now for us to deliver. Bring it on, this is our ever biggest season!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 I'd agree with this. I can never remember us being so well-equipped, on paper at least, at the start of any season in the Premier League era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 *like* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 I'd agree with this. I can never remember us being so well-equipped, on paper at least, at the start of any season in the Premier League era.Spoken like someone who truly believes football began in 1992 Pappy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 Surely it can only be our biggest ever season if we win the championship, seeing as we were runners up in 1984 ? Cant see that happening, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 Spoken like someone who truly believes football began in 1992 Pappy! Leave it out Kraks. I'm old enough to remember our near miss in 84. The city was buzzing. Would love to see that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 #titledreamstillalive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 Leave it out Kraks. I'm old enough to remember our near miss in 84. The city was buzzing. Would love to see that again. To be fair you have a point. Post Lawrie (and one superb season from Chris Nichol aside), apart from the odd mid table finish here or there at the Dell our top flight stay was punctuated far too often with near-misses of relegation. Even a cynic such as me who still prefers our endeavours in L1 and the Champo compared to the Premier League moneyopoly is starting to think there's some genuine merit to our fortunes this time round beyond thinking that 8th place is an alternative form of utopia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 Leave it out Kraks. I'm old enough to remember our near miss in 84. The city was buzzing. Would love to see that again. Apart from it not being a near miss you're right the city was buzzing, a lot of history has been rewritten about that season. , we should have won the FA Cup that season, that was the one that got away, not the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 To be fair you have a point. Post Lawrie (and one superb season from Chris Nichol aside), apart from the odd mid table finish here or there at the Dell our top flight stay was punctuated far too often with near-misses of relegation. Even a cynic such as me who still prefers our endeavours in L1 and the Champo compared to the Premier League moneyopoly is starting to think there's some genuine merit to our fortunes this time round beyond thinking that 8th place is an alternative form of utopia. I thought we'd turned a corner under Bally when we finished 10th, only for him to bugger off to City afterward. This season, eighth might be a good shout. The missus used to wind me up about us being a one-man team. That's not remotely true, but with Rickie getting most of the goals, you can see how it might appear that way. I think we've relied on certain players in the past and were weak past the first team, especially last year. Apart from Cork being out at the start of the season, we were quite lucky with injuries. We've brought in three major signings, have three young players who look at home on a Premier League pitch, our established performers that propelled us up the leagues, and most importantly, no f*ckery on the goalkeeping berth. There's also no question of who is going to be managing the team. I think we're set for a good season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 Apart from it not being a near miss you're right the city was buzzing, a lot of history has been rewritten about that season. , we should have won the FA Cup that season, that was the one that got away, not the title. Remember that too. Semi-final. Wasn't it Adrian Heath who broke hearts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 Remember that too. Semi-final. Wasn't it Adrian Heath who broke hearts? Yep, three minutes from the end of extra time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Posted 23 August, 2013 Share Posted 23 August, 2013 even though we reached the heights of kevin keegan, bally, channon, armstrong in the eighties, this, with the amount of money we have spent, shows our true intent, we have never spent as big with salaries etc. Expectations now for us to deliver. Bring it on, this is our ever biggest season!! our ever biggest season!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 24 August, 2013 Share Posted 24 August, 2013 Even though we reached the heights of Kevin Keegan, Bally, Channon, Armstrong in the eighties, this, with the amount of money we have spent, shows our true intent, we have never spent as big with salaries etc. Expectations now for us to deliver. Bring it on, this is our ever biggest season!! Always very hard to compare with the past. We had some excellent squads during the Div1/Premiership years although once The Dell went all-seater and capacity dropped to 15,000 it felt as if we couldn't compete and St Maryy's took so muych in resources there wasn't enough left for the team. But compared to when we had the likes of Channon, Ball, Keegan, Williams, Shilton and later MLT, the bigger clubs had not built such massive squads of internationals. We are faced with harder competition these days so although our squad looks good, so do a lot of the others. I think we'll do well this year but not the heights of second place as in 1984. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 24 August, 2013 Share Posted 24 August, 2013 Remember that too. Semi-final. Wasn't it Adrian Heath who broke hearts? I thought mentioning that little wa^kers name on here was an immediate lifetime ban. or it should be anyway. PS is he on twitter, i feel like sending him some abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meknoy Posted 24 August, 2013 Share Posted 24 August, 2013 I wish I could remember '84. But only being born in '88 unfortunately I dont. I do, however remember the dell, and le tiss. I also remember the amazing saints summer camps, and going to the training ground to watch the saints train regularly. Not to mention the amazing birthday partys at the dell. But I kinda lost interest once that all went when we built st marys. Its only been since going back into the lower leagues ive started following saints like I used to. And this time around in the premiership is really exciting! It does feel different. It feels like we aren't trying to wing it like it has been for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 24 August, 2013 Share Posted 24 August, 2013 Surely securing our first season PL survival meant that the 2012/13 season will remain the 'biggest' in this clubs recent history. We may have finished in a relatively comfortable 14th place, but the truth is for long time our prospects looked pretty bleak - a couple of serious injuries to key players and methinks we would perhaps have been relegated. With 3 expensive (and top quality) reinforcements now signed I'd be extremely disappointed to see us flirt with relegation again this season. Indeed with such a strong squad at MP's disposal I'd be disappointed with anything worse that a 10th place finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 24 August, 2013 Share Posted 24 August, 2013 No one season is bigger than any other, every year since 1962 i have hoped we would win the league we are in and the FA cup but Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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