BIG D Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 We were half-decent weren’t we? It’s enough to make a grown man cry. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 We were… although in hindsight that season was the start of the decline. Never recovered from that May. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Basement Jack Posted December 4, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 4, 2021 Oddly enough I associate that kit with the start of our decline Seems bizarre when you look at the players in that lineup But if you were there you knew apart from the Italians a while later standards weren’t being maintained Im just going to say it as it is … No one will ever convince me that Wednesday should not be a top ten club without any shadow of a doubt We are a living example of mismanagement from the top ( and I’m not just talking Chansiri) We stand where we are after what is turning out to be decades of decline and mismanagement it’s sad especially when you can see that ( apart from some idiots that all clubs have) we have the most loyal support in the country. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwellOwl Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Got to love a 90’s football montage. Especially one about the club playing well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 56 minutes ago, Basement Jack said: Oddly enough I associate that kit with the start of our decline Seems bizarre when you look at the players in that lineup But if you were there you knew apart from the Italians a while later standards weren’t being maintained Pre season we were seen as genuine (albeit outside) title contenders. Think it was Hansen on BBC tipped us. But we started slowly, hangover from the cup finals. I remember a 3-3 draw with Norwich in August and being very disappointed how we didn’t wipe the floor with them. Had odd matches of brilliance, but as you say, we didn’t replace with players of the same quality. Always seen it as quite symbolic how we sacked Francis two years to the day after the cup final replay. We never recovered.,., 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meadows Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Ever the pessimist said: Pre season we were seen as genuine (albeit outside) title contenders. Think it was Hansen on BBC tipped us. But we started slowly, hangover from the cup finals. I remember a 3-3 draw with Norwich in August and being very disappointed how we didn’t wipe the floor with them. Had odd matches of brilliance, but as you say, we didn’t replace with players of the same quality. Always seen it as quite symbolic how we sacked Francis two years to the day after the cup final replay. We never recovered.,., Yep cup final team broken up too quickly and poor replacements brought in 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Meadows Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Nilsson > Atherton Irish > Nolan Pearson > Andy ******** pearce Sheridan > Danny Sonner 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southie_Owl Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I started supporting the owls in 1993 when I was a 10 year old and I realised I loved football. So technically I am a glory supporter. Not gone so well since then. Imagine being that young now and starting to support one of the current top 5 clubs in England and get told that the next 28 years are going to be sh*t for your team. Not sure how I’d feel about that! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Ever the pessimist said: I remember a 3-3 draw with Norwich in August and being very disappointed how we didn’t wipe the floor with them That wasn't just any 3-3 draw, it was a 3-3 draw after we were cruising at 3-0 up. That may well have been the last time we blew a 3-0 lead, unless I've forgotten a more recent one, but it was the fourth time in a few years (even when we were good we still had 'The Wednesday Way') which is why to this day I'm still never confident even when we have a 3 goal lead. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theowlsman Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 We had some weird teams out at one point. Some line-ups were a combination of top, world class players playing alongside league 1 standard players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 AAhh John Helm and the cheesy music of those end of season videos! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengrass Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Ended up with a broken nose at this match whilst celebrating our second goal. Due to someones stray elbow at the back of the Kop. God I miss those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelerian Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 What stood out for me in that 2 minute video was just how good our full backs were, and how bad they've been pretty much ever since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Middleton Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 waddle what a star 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpowl Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 At the time the management group he top downwards get us years of decline The best shot if returning to those glory days is having rich owners that not only back you make the sound investment we seem to had got the rich owner right sadly our execution as been nothing short of diabolical which sees us in a division below with financial restrictions You just know Newcastle will be a top 5 or 3 team in the next 4 years or so they will probably relegated this year to slow them down achieving the target quicker but will bounce back immediately then the build starts money talks we squandered it but there’s no denying chansiri first season injection of cash catapulted us to so near success fine margins the rest like dropping out of the premier league is history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakefieldowl Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I think that footage was from tbe official review video ( made by YTV) Wasnt the filming awful. Taken at low level with crap music overdubbed, so you couldnt really make out what was happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOWL Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 21 hours ago, BIG D said: We were half-decent weren’t we? It’s enough to make a grown man cry. Workd beaters mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie melua Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 20 hours ago, Ever the pessimist said: Pre season we were seen as genuine (albeit outside) title contenders. Think it was Hansen on BBC tipped us. But we started slowly, hangover from the cup finals. I remember a 3-3 draw with Norwich in August and being very disappointed how we didn’t wipe the floor with them. Had odd matches of brilliance, but as you say, we didn’t replace with players of the same quality. Always seen it as quite symbolic how we sacked Francis two years to the day after the cup final replay. We never recovered.,., Trevor Brooking and Ray Stubbs tipped us to win the league that season. Signing Des Walker was a brilliant piece of business to replace Viv Anderson. That Liverpool team were on a major decline and in that season, I think they sacked Graeme Souness (month later?) and gave Roy Evans the job Think we had some really bad luck with injuries, sending a majorly depleted squad to Old Trafford and got thrashed 5-0. The next summer was the start of our decline with the replacements for the aging pro's and failing to sign a striker when we needed one. Jemson and Watson left, Hirst was always injured - we only had Mark Bright up front. Why Francis didn't sign one, I'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screen Door Slams Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 23 hours ago, Mr Meadows said: Nilsson > Atherton Irish > Nolan Pearson > Andy ******** pearce Sheridan > Danny Sonner Yep........................Francis had a complete brain fart in his last 12 months............................by the time Wilson signed Sonner we back on cheap street after that two hat Pleat had spaffed all the Charterhouse money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwë Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 12 minutes ago, Screen Door Slams said: Yep........................Francis had a complete brain fart in his last 12 months............................by the time Wilson signed Sonner we back on cheap street after that two hat Pleat had spaffed all the Charterhouse money. Charterhouse, what a mess that was. Could have propelled us to the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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