East Yorks Owl Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Have to say I was impressed with Abdi on Saturday; he looks a cool customer in the heat of battle which is something I feel we are crying out for. On Saturday it felt like a few of our players struggled to stay composed/hold their nerve, but in fairness to Abdi I thought he looked the most composed player on the park. Obviously he's been with us for a while, but hefeels like a new player due to the lack of playing time. Given a run of games I'd be very interested to see if he could pull the strings like Sheridan used to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto_Man Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 4 hours ago, HOOTIE AND THE bobbar TU said: Not one of the current crop would get in 90/91 promotion team Westwood would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geedee Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I remember beating manchester united 1-0 with about 8 games to go, Wednesday were crap and United were worse I thought we then lost all but one of the remaining games. The United fans wanted to sack there relatively new manager of a couple of seasons a certain Alex Ferguson. United were a real possibility for relegation Fergie stopped the rot and won the fa Cup the rest is history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlyegg Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 6 hours ago, lanzaroteowl said: Back then we had some great players but until November '89 we were misfiring and struggling to find form. Then like now we had something missing Someone to knit it all together, someone to see a pass to the wings or direct to the forwards That person was John Sheridan. With the transfer window now shut who in our squad could step up and do that job? Abdi, Bannan, bring FF into center mid? Did we miss the boat Houlihan? Will this missing piece eventually cost us this season? Let's hope not Onwards and upwards to the Premiership. This team, or maybe the style of play is no way no how anything like the side of 1989. The team of 89 was exciting to watch, and nearly every game..the results may have wandered slightly but you just knew they would click most times, you knew they would go for it every game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No 2 is r nilsson Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I think a fit Abdi is the key to getting the midfield to click. Like someone said in an earlier thread, we then need to get the partnerships working between full backs and wide players to make space in behind. This felt like a feature of that team back in the day. Getting Lees back to command the box like Pearson did would also make a difference. Could Rhodes be our modern day Hirst? I'd like to think so but we'll see. The power and pace of Hirst was absolutely magic to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash60s Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 get Carlton kitted up he'd rattle a few in our squad for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoOkOut Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nothing like 89/90 Lanze.. We actually played well the season we got relegated bar the last game v forest and we had terrible luck, I remember going to villa park and totally out playing villa and then against the run of play David platt scored for them and we lost 1-0, that year I think villa finished 3rd. This season we have big players for this league but we play terrible football with a manager that makes stranger decisions by the week ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzaroteowl Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 1 hour ago, LoOkOut said: Nothing like 89/90 Lanze.. We actually played well the season we got relegated bar the last game v forest and we had terrible luck, I remember going to villa park and totally out playing villa and then against the run of play David platt scored for them and we lost 1-0, that year I think villa finished 3rd. This season we have big players for this league but we play terrible football with a manager that makes stranger decisions by the week ! That was my point, until we introduced Sheridan in November we were misfiring We need to find someone to emulate that link up play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 2 hours ago, sherlyegg said: This team, or maybe the style of play is no way no how anything like the side of 1989. The team of 89 was exciting to watch, and nearly every game..the results may have wandered slightly but you just knew they would click most times, you knew they would go for it every game the side of 89 was terrible at the start of the season it only scored 2 goals in the first 10 games ...yes it picked up when Sheridan ,nilsson & king arrived but we still got relegated that we scored just 35 goals in 38 games and conceded 51 suggests it didn't click very often .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlyegg Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 1 minute ago, torryowl said: the side of 89 was terrible at the start of the season it only scored 2 goals in the first 10 games ...yes it picked up when Sheridan ,nilsson & king arrived but we still got relegated that we scored just 35 goals in 38 games and conceded 51 suggests it didn't click very often .......... Maybe I got mixed up with 1990.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Just now, sherlyegg said: Maybe I got mixed up with 1990.. I think you did ......now that was an exciting team . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhgate Owl Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 9 hours ago, lanzaroteowl said: Houlihan/Hourihan whatever, I'd be bothered to get it right if he'd signed for us. apparently he was set to sign for us ,hence the delay in the Winnall announcement to make it a double signing.but after all the fuss with the Barnsley fans moaning and that director quitting ,Barnsley refused to sell to us ,that's why he ended up at villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 20 hours ago, belfast owl lad said: all that firepower we have,pity no bugger is about to supply them. That's the crunch point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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