[Football] SAMI - 10 years on

[Jimmy Grimble]

I can remember going to that Wolves away game with a group of us.

We had never been particularly punctual in getting to away games on time, so with the utter dross we had been serving up that year we were in no intention of leaving the pub early, especially as it was a bit of an Xmas piss—up. We drank in Birmingham rather than Wolves which also probably signalled our intentions. It got close to 3pm and we eventually left the pub in a couple of cabs to Molineux. Bent scored on our drive to the ground and one of the cabs dropped our mates off by the home end. Stewards saw them and took pity on how late they were and took them in through the home end, escorting them to the away end by going pitchside, getting abused all the way

I really do remember little of the football in those Hyppia days despite going to most games. A stark reminder that when you’re shit, going to football is really not about the football.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Is it really 10 years ago.?

That Fulham away game under Nathan Jones, though.
What a night that was.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Better money touring with Bono, TBF.

See post #66

<sigh>

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Felt sorry for Sami, I liked the wingback system and felt like we played good football under him. Just couldn't get results with a Poundshop team that had about six loans and looked like it had been cobbled together last minute

Very much this.
i would argue that Sami was ahead of his time. His problem was accepting that the players at his disposal weren’t capable of playing his style of football.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Ken Brown CEO at Withdean and the first season at the Amex. There were a couple of concourse sales to get rid of the excess stock.

They were great - especially the excess training gear that you could get very cheaply.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Very much this.
i would argue that Sami was ahead of his time. His problem was accepting that the players at his disposal weren’t capable of playing his style of fofootball.

I'm not buying this ahead of his time thing. He's done nothing since. Yes he wanted high full backs, but that was it. Joe Bennett went on to have a decent career, winning promotion and playing in the Prem. But he was wank for us.

Someone on here says the xG was good. Maybe that's why Bloom got Darrent Bent in. Which was an absolutely mental signing at the time. And yet we were still shite.

 

[macbeth]

thqt was it. i remember the Argus having a story saying we'd swooped for Clayton, Baldock and Ward and just, for a minute, it alll looked rosy.

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as irritating as it was at the time, i can’t but feel it helped us massively in the long run. players like him, grabban, and later on pritchard would’ve likely been first 11 material for a good few years, and none of them ended up making a dent at PL level, but the players we ended up buying instead such as kayal, hemed, knockaert were much better and got us promoted