by Sutekh »
29 Sep 2016 10:53
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To be fair, there was that Mackem at Elm Park who leapt over the fence and "scored" when our keeper was taking a goal kick, when they were 4-0 down. "4-1 to the blue and whites".
well, I thought it was funny. You probably had to be there.
Plenty of chuckles on the South Bank that day. Almost forgotten in the mists of time that incident, probably because we beat Sunderland 4-0 with a side that was punching at least two divisions above its weight...
Carl Asaba looked good that day iirc. It all went a little to shit later in the season though didn't it. Tommy oxf*rd Burns and his 'Magnificent' Seven as a follow on to Terry the Taxi.
Always feel Tommy gets unfair criticism for those 7. He was appointed 48 hours before the end of deadline day and knew what he had wasn't good enough so had to move quick in the market. As a result he was limited to players he knew were available and could get in, in that time, and that were within whatever JM would let him spend. Consequently some were less than "effective".
Of those brought in Howie was OK, Kelly was outstanding but we only could get him on loan, McIntyre had turned out to be decent player by the end of his contract. Fleck was a worthwhile chance given his previous.
The other 3 (Brayson, Gray and Crawford) are the ones that perhaps he should not have brought in but I guess he felt he needed cover in some areas as much as anything and when you're working to a deadline your hands are very much tied with what you can get from the market and what you can get it for.
Very sadly for us it was the start of the period of signing quantity not quality and for every Casper or Brebner we'd sign there'd be 2 or 3 Saar's, Kromheer's or sick notes...