Mase wrote:Hazy2 wrote:patrickblue wrote:Mase wrote:patrickblue wrote:Point is, he kept us up. We had the worst team in the division by far that season, and should have been down. Bolton weren't on the edge of going broke like we were. There's no debate about how awful the football was.
That’s not true at all mate. Have you actually looked at that season? Wigan, Charlton, Sheffield Utd to name a few were all worse than City that season.
Our squad wasn’t bad at all. We had some decent players. Distin was still with us then as well. It was the awful management that screwed us over. It was woeful!
All a matter of opinion really. Barton was our stand out player that year, and top scorer with six goals. Says it all. Central defence was our only saving grace, with Distin and Dunnie. And as for gorgeous George, everyone thought he was a great signing at the time, until he turned to shite.
As it ended there were six teams below us, but the only stand out crap side as I remember were Sheffield Utd. Wigan beat us home and away.
I still think Pearce did a job that season, which kept us up. If we'd gone down, I don't think the dodgy Thai would have bought us.
This.. The season of cheering a corner. Dunnie Sylvan were amazing.
So you’re saying Pearce saved us from relegation as well?
Out of interest mate how many matches did you go to that season? I ask because a lot of us were ready to give up our season tickets because of the shit tactics.
Nope, Pearce was paint drying for me Mase, terrible football, The ground was freezing back then, but he got the job done with Dunnie and Sylvan deserving the medal of HONOUR !!