@owlstalk Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 If you think the squad is bloated this season, take a look at this... Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeshater Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Pretty sure the lads in yellow are not part of the first team squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Bonvin Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Bloated? Are you referring to BFR? Anyway, it may have been a large squad but there certainly were some gems in amongst them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Dec1966 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Pablo Bonvin said: Bloated? Are you referring to BFR? Anyway, it may have been a large squad but there certainly were some gems in amongst them. And they weren't on daft wages either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbupperthongowl Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 That will be a squad which won promotion and a major trophy then..... perhaps our recruitment was optimal that year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoop Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Imagine telling some of the current lot that they’ve got to sit on the floor, would be hell on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HillsboroughOwlNI Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 minute ago, Stoop said: Imagine telling some of the current lot that they’ve got to sit on the floor, would be hell on Some wouldn’t need to sit - Bannan, Lee, FF, Harris... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 They would have been earning a mere fraction of what our current lot do. Bloated squads are far too costly these days. Every year under DC we end up with a squad of 30. Wasteful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 That front row look like ball boys. I’ve always said the squad was too big, and could never understand why we needed a thirty something back up for every position. Most squads these days will have one or two players who can cover several positions, players like Sam Hutchinson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowl Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 That must've been taken on one of the first days back training (and certainly before the season started given that Atkinson's on the photo). Quite a number of those first team players had left by the time the season started (or did soon after), and a fair number in the home top were youth team graduates that were nowhere near at the time. And obviously all the lads in the away strip were youth team players. We actually used only 21 players that season and that includes Anderson, Watson, MacKenzie, and Harkes - all of whom were signed after the photo was taken. ‘Bloated’ is the opposite word you'd use for our actual squad that season, though I suppose at the time the photo was taken it was still going through the process of fat-trimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, @owlstalk said: If you think the squad is bloated this season, take a look at this... Indeed but what did this squad achieve in 1990/91 then compare their achievement to that of our current bloated squad Sheff Wed 1990/91 Sheffield Wed 2019/20 Division 2 promotion Division 2 (Champ) - currently 15th place League Cup: Winners League Cup Third Round FA Cup Fifth Round FA Cup Fifth Round Top Scorer: David Hirst 32 goals Top Scorer Steven Fletcher 13 Average Attendance 26,604 Average Attendance 23,773 The 1990/91 team then went on to be the start of a golden era for the Owls, up to the end of the decade when we were relegated from the top flight, I don't kind of think the current team we have will even be here next season and I think a golden era for the current team is a long time away. I just hope I get to see the owls in the top flight again. I got to watch world class player play for my team and visit in the other teams, I saw European championship games at Hillsborough and an England international game (all be in a B international against N Ireland). The way things are going currently, I would be happy to see a Wednesday team turn up at home and play for full 90 minutes of a match something they have not done all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Can anyone identify any of the youngsters in that front row? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowl Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Can anyone identify any of the youngsters in that front row? I think that's Richie Barker just in front of Big Ron. Three to the right of him I think is Leroy Chambers, and two on from there is Ryan Jones. At the far right I think is Brian Linighan. I recognize the faces of a lot of them actually but I can't quite remember their names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoorDoor Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, HillsboroughOwlNI said: Some wouldn’t need to sit - Bannan, Lee, FF, Harris... Lee is 6'1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyblack Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 3 hours ago, @owlstalk said: If you think the squad is bloated this season, take a look at this... Look at the difference in quality as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 3 hours ago, bladeshater said: Pretty sure the lads in yellow are not part of the first team squad Pretty sure you're right Take those away though and look again at how many players are in the photo Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 1 hour ago, cowl said: I think that's Richie Barker just in front of Big Ron. Three to the right of him I think is Leroy Chambers, and two on from there is Ryan Jones. At the far right I think is Brian Linighan. I recognize the faces of a lot of them actually but I can't quite remember their names. Leroy Chambers had a phenomenal goalscoring record at junior level, whatever happened to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HillsboroughOwlNI Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, DoorDoor said: Lee is 6'1 Flip, never knew that! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiran_Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Rat Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 hours ago, room0035 said: Indeed but what did this squad achieve in 1990/91 then compare their achievement to that of our current bloated squad Sheff Wed 1990/91 Sheffield Wed 2019/20 Division 2 promotion Division 2 (Champ) - currently 15th place League Cup: Winners League Cup Third Round FA Cup Fifth Round FA Cup Fifth Round Top Scorer: David Hirst 32 goals Top Scorer Steven Fletcher 13 Average Attendance 26,604 Average Attendance 23,773 The 1990/91 team then went on to be the start of a golden era for the Owls, up to the end of the decade when we were relegated from the top flight, I don't kind of think the current team we have will even be here next season and I think a golden era for the current team is a long time away. I just hope I get to see the owls in the top flight again. I got to watch world class player play for my team and visit in the other teams, I saw European championship games at Hillsborough and an England international game (all be in a B international against N Ireland). The way things are going currently, I would be happy to see a Wednesday team turn up at home and play for full 90 minutes of a match something they have not done all season. 100% with you mate, our memories are identical. The stat that jumps out to me is that such a fantastic team, having an epic season led by our most charismatic ever manager couldn’t manage 3000 more attendees per game than this dreary shower we are watching now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, Magic Rat said: 100% with you mate, our memories are identical. The stat that jumps out to me is that such a fantastic team, having an epic season led by our most charismatic ever manager couldn’t manage 3000 more attendees per game than this dreary shower we are watching now. I was sat in the Lep end in 1996 watching the Euros as Davel Sukur chipped the god that was Peter Schmeichel. The one memory that will thankfully never happen again was a red and white kop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f27qcJLokQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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