Blue and white Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 8 hours ago, Ozymandias Owl said: It's because the majority of fans think we're entitled to winning by playing nice football. We're going to have to fight our way out of this mess, and the last four years has been a diversion which has brought back the old dillusions. We're no longer a big club, because it's all about money today, not the number of fans you have. That's really sad, but it's the truth. The answer to your post in one word MEGSON. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnssweetshop Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 OPs spot on. There's no comparison the players today live and act like superstars and perform like average sunday league players. They EXPECT and have little if any understanding of reality. Pampered little babies who from an early age have had their backsides kissed and molly coddled, in the hope that they'll be another pay day for some agent or other. The games totally different today. In the 70's you'd see the players walk up to the training ground and then stop at the café at parkside road / lepp traffics lights and have a fry up If they weren't in the park hotel or travellers. before heading back to the ground. ( I lived on Vere Rd ) Knew all the players because we'd play football in the ground against the turnstiles ( get chased off by Ron the caretaker ) and lived and breathed the club as a kid. The players were everyday normal blokes, not pampered pets, scared of getting their hair wet. yes, there were bad days then, but the players, used to at least give it a shot... crap as they were at times. The Jimmy Mullens, Eric Potts Willie Henderson's etc etc But this lot today... THOUSANDS per week !! For what ? They think they've done their bit if they spray a pass across field once a game. Sky... Sky have ruined the game.... A simple flippingpass... is... BRILLIANT FANTASTIC... FFS...it's a cross field pass, not a ten man walk round and into the net. Anyone that has a decent game these days is catapulted into superstardom by the press.... #seanflair But we are fed it, it's what we have.... and todays players should be BETTER, than the 70's.. THEY ARE NOT. Effort is non existent at times these days. This shower of sheite that abuse our badge and take the disgusting amounts of money, are taking the pi55 out of us all. The lack of effort put forward by this bunch recently is disgusting. You'd think they'd have some pride.... There's not a shred of pride amongst them. Wimps. Play the game...walk off, don't give a throw, yet pretend they do...grab the badge etc...what a load of crap... all for show, and the possibility of a new contract It's all show...lets be seen to try... almost coached by the agents, I'm sure. The only player that had some pride and drive was Hutch... so what's happening there ? This clown of a Chairman...manager ...ceo.... bench him... WTF ??!!!! The clubs being destroyed by greed and utter mismanagement, Doyens influence has blinded a naïve chairman and they've fleeced him. They've fleeced us, and many more clubs and fans....in the hope that we can get to the premiership...and exist for one season. Give me the 70's And the fishcakes were better at the chip shop too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Monkey Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 11 hours ago, bradowl said: 1973-74 League Table P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. Middlesbrough 42 16 4 1 40 8 11 7 3 37 22 65 2. Luton Town 42 12 5 4 42 25 7 7 7 22 26 50 3. Carlisle United 42 13 5 3 40 17 7 4 10 21 31 49 4. Leyton Orient 42 9 8 4 28 17 6 10 5 27 25 48 5. Blackpool 42 11 5 5 35 17 6 8 7 22 23 47 6. Sunderland 42 11 6 4 32 15 8 3 10 26 29 47 7. Nottingham Forest 42 12 6 3 40 19 3 9 9 17 24 45 8. West Bromwich Albion 42 8 9 4 28 24 6 7 8 20 21 44 9. Hull City 42 9 9 3 25 15 4 8 9 21 32 43 10. Notts County 42 8 6 7 30 35 7 7 7 25 25 43 11. Bolton Wanderers 42 12 5 4 30 17 3 7 11 14 23 42 12. Millwall 42 10 6 5 28 16 4 8 9 23 35 42 13. Fulham 42 11 4 6 26 20 5 6 10 13 23 42 14. Aston Villa 42 8 9 4 33 21 5 6 10 15 24 41 15. Portsmouth 42 9 8 4 26 16 5 4 12 19 46 40 16. Bristol City 42 9 5 7 25 20 5 5 11 22 34 38 17. Cardiff City 42 8 7 6 27 20 2 9 10 22 42 36 18. Oxford United 42 8 8 5 27 21 2 8 11 8 25 36 19. Sheffield Wednesday 42 9 6 6 33 24 3 5 13 18 39 35 20. Crystal Palace 42 6 7 8 24 24 5 5 11 19 32 34 21. Preston North End 42 7 8 6 24 23 2 6 13 16 39 32 22. Swindon Town 42 6 7 8 22 27 1 4 16 14 45 25 1974-75 League Table P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. Manchester United 42 17 3 1 45 12 9 6 6 21 18 61 2. Aston Villa 42 16 4 1 47 6 9 4 8 32 26 58 3. Norwich City 42 14 3 4 34 17 6 10 5 24 20 53 4. Sunderland 42 14 6 1 41 8 5 7 9 24 27 51 5. Bristol City 42 14 5 2 31 10 7 3 11 16 23 50 6. West Bromwich Albion 42 13 4 4 33 15 5 5 11 21 27 45 7. Blackpool 42 12 6 3 31 17 2 11 8 7 16 45 8. Hull City 42 12 8 1 25 10 3 6 12 15 43 44 9. Fulham 42 9 8 4 29 17 4 8 9 15 22 42 10. Bolton Wanderers 42 9 7 5 27 16 6 5 10 18 25 42 11. Oxford United 42 14 3 4 30 19 1 9 11 11 32 42 12. Leyton Orient 42 8 9 4 17 16 3 11 7 11 23 42 13. Southampton 42 10 6 5 29 20 5 5 11 24 34 41 14. Notts County 42 7 11 3 34 26 5 5 11 15 33 40 15. York City 42 9 7 5 28 18 5 3 13 23 37 38 16. Nottingham Forest 42 7 7 7 24 23 5 7 9 19 32 38 17. Portsmouth 42 9 7 5 28 20 3 6 12 16 34 37 18. Oldham Athletic 42 10 7 4 28 16 0 8 13 12 32 35 19. Bristol Rovers 42 10 4 7 25 23 2 7 12 17 41 35 20. Millwall 42 8 9 4 31 19 2 3 16 13 37 32 21. Cardiff City 42 7 8 6 24 21 2 6 13 12 41 32 22. Sheffield Wednesday 42 3 7 11 17 29 2 4 15 12 35 21 1975-76 League Table P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1. Hereford United 46 14 6 3 45 24 12 5 6 41 31 63 2. Cardiff City 46 14 7 2 38 13 8 6 9 31 35 57 3. Millwall 46 16 6 1 35 14 4 10 9 19 29 56 4. Brighton & Hove Albion 46 18 3 2 58 15 4 6 13 20 38 53 5. Crystal Palace 46 7 12 4 30 20 11 5 7 31 26 53 6. Wrexham 46 13 6 4 38 21 7 6 10 28 34 52 7. Walsall 46 11 8 4 43 22 7 6 10 31 39 50 8. Preston North End 46 15 4 4 45 23 4 6 13 17 34 48 9. Shrewsbury Town 46 14 2 7 36 25 5 8 10 25 34 48 10. Peterborough United 46 12 7 4 37 23 3 11 9 26 40 48 11. Mansfield Town 46 8 11 4 31 22 8 4 11 27 30 47 12. Port Vale 46 10 10 3 33 21 5 6 12 22 33 46 13. Bury 46 11 7 5 33 16 3 9 11 18 30 44 14. Chesterfield 46 11 5 7 45 30 6 4 13 24 39 43 15. Gillingham 46 10 8 5 38 27 2 11 10 20 41 43 16. Rotherham United 46 11 6 6 35 22 4 6 13 19 43 42 17. Chester City 46 13 7 3 34 19 2 5 16 9 43 42 18. Grimsby Town 46 13 7 3 39 21 2 3 18 23 53 40 19. Swindon Town 46 11 4 8 42 31 5 4 14 20 44 40 20. Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 6 5 34 25 0 10 13 14 34 40 21. Aldershot 46 10 8 5 34 26 3 5 15 25 49 39 22. Colchester United 46 9 6 8 25 27 3 8 12 16 38 38 23. Southend United 46 9 7 7 40 31 3 6 14 25 44 37 24. Halifax Town 46 6 5 12 22 32 5 8 10 19 29 35 It was bloody terrible. In 74-75 season we went that long without scoring we started celebrating when we won a corner. I was there when we finally scored in April against Oxford (I think). Just over 7,000 there. The kop mob split into left and right and scrapped to relieve boredom....: and we scored. Anyone would have thought we’d won the cup. Truly terrible times but bizzarly, fond memories of a poo era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimisticowl Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 12 hours ago, M Royds said: We can't keep going back to the 70s. A lot of our supporters weren't born then. What's happening now is the worse for them. Our shîte team thing is a generational issue. A lot weren’t born in the 1990’s, but it won’t stop me referring to the best football that I’ve seen at Hillsborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 37 minutes ago, Charles Monkey said: I was there when we finally scored in April against Oxford (I think). Just over 7,000 there. The kop mob split into left and right and scrapped to relieve boredom....: and we scored. Anyone would have thought we’d won the cup. Truly terrible times but bizzarly, fond memories of a poo era. I was at that game too, we had gone a while since seeing us score at Hillsborough. Our previous goal being in this game...... Sat 14 Dec OLDHAM ATHLETIC......... 1-1 13,339 Bobby Brown We had only scored once away as well since turn of year and that was in a 2-1 midweek defeat at Fulham when probably very few fans travelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughdowd Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 1 hour ago, quinnssweetshop said: OPs spot on. There's no comparison the players today live and act like superstars and perform like average sunday league players. They EXPECT and have little if any understanding of reality. Pampered little babies who from an early age have had their backsides kissed and molly coddled, in the hope that they'll be another pay day for some agent or other. The games totally different today. In the 70's you'd see the players walk up to the training ground and then stop at the café at parkside road / lepp traffics lights and have a fry up If they weren't in the park hotel or travellers. before heading back to the ground. ( I lived on Vere Rd ) Knew all the players because we'd play football in the ground against the turnstiles ( get chased off by Ron the caretaker ) and lived and breathed the club as a kid. The players were everyday normal blokes, not pampered pets, scared of getting their hair wet. yes, there were bad days then, but the players, used to at least give it a shot... crap as they were at times. The Jimmy Mullens, Eric Potts Willie Henderson's etc etc But this lot today... THOUSANDS per week !! For what ? They think they've done their bit if they spray a pass across field once a game. Sky... Sky have ruined the game.... A simple flippingpass... is... BRILLIANT FANTASTIC... FFS...it's a cross field pass, not a ten man walk round and into the net. Anyone that has a decent game these days is catapulted into superstardom by the press.... #seanflair But we are fed it, it's what we have.... and todays players should be BETTER, than the 70's.. THEY ARE NOT. Effort is non existent at times these days. This shower of sheite that abuse our badge and take the disgusting amounts of money, are taking the pi55 out of us all. The lack of effort put forward by this bunch recently is disgusting. You'd think they'd have some pride.... There's not a shred of pride amongst them. Wimps. Play the game...walk off, don't give a throw, yet pretend they do...grab the badge etc...what a load of crap... all for show, and the possibility of a new contract It's all show...lets be seen to try... almost coached by the agents, I'm sure. The only player that had some pride and drive was Hutch... so what's happening there ? This clown of a Chairman...manager ...ceo.... bench him... WTF ??!!!! The clubs being destroyed by greed and utter mismanagement, Doyens influence has blinded a naïve chairman and they've fleeced him. They've fleeced us, and many more clubs and fans....in the hope that we can get to the premiership...and exist for one season. Give me the 70's And the fishcakes were better at the chip shop too. Love ya mate !!!!!!!..... SPOT ON ........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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