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I was present at the boxing day "massacre," I saw the Don Givens missed pen that sent us down to Division 4.
I was there when we used to average 12,000 crowds in the 80s, Mark Stein relegate us at Chelsea, ofcourse I witnessed United lose their premier league status after only needing only a point to survive, all the play off failures and countless star players sold just when we needed them most.
But after witnessing all this shit over the years.
Why do I feel so low now?
 

It's simple, the clubs gone stagnant. There's no highs or crushing lows, just a steady wave of mediocrity eminating from the club.
It was very similar between the mid/late 90's and early 00's, except that we were in a higher division and half the players weren't complete bell ends.
 
CarlosMcblade said:
I was present at the boxing day "massacre," I saw the Don Givens missed pen that sent us down to Division 4.
I was there when we used to average 12,000 crowds in the 80s, Mark Stein relegate us at Chelsea, ofcourse I witnessed United lose their premier league status after only needing only a point to survive, all the play off failures and countless star players sold just when we needed them most.
But after witnessing all this shit over the years.
Why do I feel so low now?
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I don't feel low at all. Not with how wank other teams around us are and the results at the weekend sort of showed that.

This league is bloody awful this season and if we can do some business during this transfer window then we could still go up.

Or we could just throw in the towel and give up now, sack Adkins and see if Robson wants another crack at the job?
 
CarlosMcblade said:
I was present at the boxing day "massacre," I saw the Don Givens missed pen that sent us down to Division 4.
I was there when we used to average 12,000 crowds in the 80s, Mark Stein relegate us at Chelsea, ofcourse I witnessed United lose their premier league status after only needing only a point to survive, all the play off failures and countless star players sold just when we needed them most.
But after witnessing all this shit over the years.
Why do I feel so low now?
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Sounds to me like you are a bit of a jinx mate to be honest........;)
 
Bladesman said:
I don't feel low at all. Not with how wank other teams around us are and the results at the weekend sort of showed that.

This league is bloody awful this season and if we can do some business during this transfer window then we could still go up.

Or we could just throw in the towel and give up now, sack Adkins and see if Robson wants another crack at the job?
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Oh I forgot the appointment of Robson in my list.
 
Because it is so unnecessary for us to be outside the top six in a crap division. Our squad isn't good , but I could pick a better team than NA. And I could get them playing better than he does. Christ knows what coaching he does or what instructions he gives on match days. Harry Bassett or even Colin could get this squad out of this division no problem.
 
CarlosMcblade said:
I was present at the boxing day "massacre," I saw the Don Givens missed pen that sent us down to Division 4.
I was there when we used to average 12,000 crowds in the 80s, Mark Stein relegate us at Chelsea, ofcourse I witnessed United lose their premier league status after only needing only a point to survive, all the play off failures and countless star players sold just when we needed them most.
But after witnessing all this shit over the years.
Why do I feel so low now?
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Because the current management team (Board and Team Management) do not appear to have a clue !
 
CarlosMcblade said:
I was present at the boxing day "massacre," I saw the Don Givens missed pen that sent us down to Division 4.
I was there when we used to average 12,000 crowds in the 80s, Mark Stein relegate us at Chelsea, ofcourse I witnessed United lose their premier league status after only needing only a point to survive, all the play off failures and countless star players sold just when we needed them most.
But after witnessing all this shit over the years.
Why do I feel so low now?
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lows give us massive highs the following season we are going nowhere at the moment ! and yes I sat on the kop and cried after givens penalty but darlington away still got the hangover o_O
 
Tyler Durden said:
It's simple, the clubs gone stagnant. There's no highs or crushing lows, just a steady wave of mediocrity eminating from the club.
It was very similar between the mid/late 90's and early 00's, except that we were in a higher division and half the players weren't complete bell ends.
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You didn't experience a high at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final less than two years ago? Or didn't you go?
 

CarlosMcblade said:
I was present at the boxing day "massacre," I saw the Don Givens missed pen that sent us down to Division 4.
I was there when we used to average 12,000 crowds in the 80s, Mark Stein relegate us at Chelsea, ofcourse I witnessed United lose their premier league status after only needing only a point to survive, all the play off failures and countless star players sold just when we needed them most.
But after witnessing all this shit over the years.
Why do I feel so low now?
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Probably because the team really is devoid of entertainment or excitement now. That's how I see it.
 
CarlosMcblade said:
I was present at the boxing day "massacre," I saw the Don Givens missed pen that sent us down to Division 4.
I was there when we used to average 12,000 crowds in the 80s, Mark Stein relegate us at Chelsea, ofcourse I witnessed United lose their premier league status after only needing only a point to survive, all the play off failures and countless star players sold just when we needed them most.
But after witnessing all this shit over the years.
Why do I feel so low now?
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internet , it multiplies it all by several thousand
 
judge said:
So you count losing in a semi final.as your blades highlight ?
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Well as I've been going since 1966, I count four semi-finals as highlights, along with countless playoff finals, losing 2-0 at Man Utd in 1971 when we were top of the league, various victories over Sheffield Wednesday, winning promotion on several occasions, fantastic players, fantastic memories win, lose or draw. To me this is what being a supporter of the club means. And believe me, there have been worse bad patches than the one we are going through now.
 
It wasn't supposed to be a cry for help. Im not needing Samaritans just yet.
But isn't anyone else totally bewildered and frustrated by the state of this club.
Football is the simplest game in the world Why do SUFC consistently struggle with this concept?
 
Newbury Blade said:
Well as I've been going since 1966, I count four semi-finals as highlights, along with countless playoff finals, losing 2-0 at Man Utd in 1971 when we were top of the league, various victories over Sheffield Wednesday, winning promotion on several occasions, fantastic players, fantastic memories win, lose or draw. To me this is what being a supporter of the club means. And believe me, there have been worse bad patches than the one we are going through now.
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Newbury Blade said:
... however, if you reread the original post and my reply, he said there had been "no highs" recently and I said that the semi-final against Hull, barely 18 months ago, was clearly a high, and any fan would surely agree.
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funny but im.always gutted when we lose a llay off or a cup semi final
Wouldnt class them as highlights
 
No highs? Winning the League Cup quarter final last season and making the semi was a high. As was reaching Wembley to face Hull the season before, knowing that we were one game from the FA Cup Final and probably the Europa League. Winning the 2012 Play Off Semi Final was arguably a high, though it was followed by a greater low. We've had more excitement than most clubs over the past three years or so. I still get a high every time we score a goal.
 
Yeah, for real, we played in a League Cup semi final a year ago on Thursday and were one Louis Reed miss hit away from a sensational comeback and a Wembley final. The season before, we actually got to Wembley, breaking a club record for the amount of wins/clean sheets in a row, (Stats gents, do correct me if I'm wrong) scored in a big game for the first time in a generation and were fucking 2-1 up at half time, all this after Wavey-Davey Weir's reign of boredom left us rock bottom 6 months previous. We've contested 3 out of a possible 4 play-off campaigns since relegation and beaten the stuffing out of several top teams, one of them being Forest, a big, BIG rival. Byeah, fuck all happens.
 
CarlosMcblade said:
I was present at the boxing day "massacre," I saw the Don Givens missed pen that sent us down to Division 4.
I was there when we used to average 12,000 crowds in the 80s, Mark Stein relegate us at Chelsea, ofcourse I witnessed United lose their premier league status after only needing only a point to survive, all the play off failures and countless star players sold just when we needed them most.
But after witnessing all this shit over the years.
Why do I feel so low now?
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Because we've got unambitious nobs running the club?

Like you done all that at spent a fortune on the tee shirts. You forgot to mention the D4 away games. Funny though, don't know if it's age but I feel the same. Shocked myself and two sons who've been going with me for 21/25 years when I blurted out I don't think I'll ever see success again in my lifetime! When you're younger there's always time to improve.
 
Yep but if you are like me, you thought we'd turned a big corner under Warnock. Slowly we improved and got back to the top league. Wednesday were floundering and we could buy their best players (or three) for free if we wanted. We could go to Leeds and win 4 nowt. We had young players playing for England. At last a better ground then Hillsborough. The money situation was good . We didn't have a crook as chairman. What could go wrong? If I said we should never have let him go would that be hijacking a thread or just stating the obvious now?
 

CarlosMcblade said:
I was present at the boxing day "massacre," I saw the Don Givens missed pen that sent us down to Division 4.
I was there when we used to average 12,000 crowds in the 80s, Mark Stein relegate us at Chelsea, ofcourse I witnessed United lose their premier league status after only needing only a point to survive, all the play off failures and countless star players sold just when we needed them most.
But after witnessing all this shit over the years.
Why do I feel so low now?
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Yer half Argie, half Jock?
 
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