| Finidi vs Derby... 15:52 - Feb 24 with 2144 views | AlexGreen |
...Carayol vs Preston.
I've never seen two first half substitutions to counter one player before - he's been exceptional. |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 15:57 - Feb 24 with 2048 views | southnorfolkblue |
Shame he was doing a different sort of runs on Wednesday.... |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:24 - Feb 24 with 1917 views | Lord_Lucan |
That Finidi Derby game really screws with my head.
My tiny brain is convinced I saw it in the North Stand but apparently the NS wasn't open that day as it was a pile of rubble.
I remain convinced I was in the NS and saw him put on a cowboy hat when he scored.
By the way, despite all the stupid jibes from here I maintain that Finidi was a blooming great player for us - as was Sereni. |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:25 - Feb 24 with 1897 views | homer_123 |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:24 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
That Finidi Derby game really screws with my head.
My tiny brain is convinced I saw it in the North Stand but apparently the NS wasn't open that day as it was a pile of rubble.
I remain convinced I was in the NS and saw him put on a cowboy hat when he scored.
By the way, despite all the stupid jibes from here I maintain that Finidi was a blooming great player for us - as was Sereni. |
Had Finidi not gone to the African Nations things might have been different.
Quality player. |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:50 - Feb 24 with 1803 views | RoyKeanesDog |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:24 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
That Finidi Derby game really screws with my head.
My tiny brain is convinced I saw it in the North Stand but apparently the NS wasn't open that day as it was a pile of rubble.
I remain convinced I was in the NS and saw him put on a cowboy hat when he scored.
By the way, despite all the stupid jibes from here I maintain that Finidi was a blooming great player for us - as was Sereni. |
I remember watching the game with you in the Britannia Stand. What a game though. I thought we were going to win the Prem. |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:54 - Feb 24 with 1772 views | Superfrans |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:24 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
That Finidi Derby game really screws with my head.
My tiny brain is convinced I saw it in the North Stand but apparently the NS wasn't open that day as it was a pile of rubble.
I remain convinced I was in the NS and saw him put on a cowboy hat when he scored.
By the way, despite all the stupid jibes from here I maintain that Finidi was a blooming great player for us - as was Sereni. |
He definitely had his moments. His Opta stats were the best they’d ever seen for that Derby match weren’t they. I can see Burley’s excitement in the post match interview even now.
I think his problem was that he never quite lived up to that initial excitement again. |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:58 - Feb 24 with 1723 views | Pendejo |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:24 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
That Finidi Derby game really screws with my head.
My tiny brain is convinced I saw it in the North Stand but apparently the NS wasn't open that day as it was a pile of rubble.
I remain convinced I was in the NS and saw him put on a cowboy hat when he scored.
By the way, despite all the stupid jibes from here I maintain that Finidi was a blooming great player for us - as was Sereni. |
Pretty sure the North Stand opened the season before because I watched the Newcastle game 2000/2001 from it |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:59 - Feb 24 with 1713 views | homer_123 |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:54 - Feb 24 by Superfrans |
He definitely had his moments. His Opta stats were the best they’d ever seen for that Derby match weren’t they. I can see Burley’s excitement in the post match interview even now.
I think his problem was that he never quite lived up to that initial excitement again. |
He did though, see my post below. | |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:59 - Feb 24 with 1706 views | AlexGreen |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:24 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
That Finidi Derby game really screws with my head.
My tiny brain is convinced I saw it in the North Stand but apparently the NS wasn't open that day as it was a pile of rubble.
I remain convinced I was in the NS and saw him put on a cowboy hat when he scored.
By the way, despite all the stupid jibes from here I maintain that Finidi was a blooming great player for us - as was Sereni. |
I was in the Churchmans Upper - I remember him wheeling away to our right with two hats being thrown from the Britannia. It's up there with Armstrong's header vs Inter as two unforgettable moments from that tragic season | |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:06 - Feb 24 with 1658 views | bluelou |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:24 - Feb 24 by Lord_Lucan |
That Finidi Derby game really screws with my head.
My tiny brain is convinced I saw it in the North Stand but apparently the NS wasn't open that day as it was a pile of rubble.
I remain convinced I was in the NS and saw him put on a cowboy hat when he scored.
By the way, despite all the stupid jibes from here I maintain that Finidi was a blooming great player for us - as was Sereni. |
They were both great players for us.
Don't let the revisionists convince you otherwise.
After a season As disappointing as that people look for someone to blame but we so so very very close to staying up after that run after Xmas and if we had done then it would have been a very different story. Statistically if you stay up for two seasons then you stay at least 5. | |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:24 - Feb 24 with 1577 views | SomethingBlue |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:58 - Feb 24 by Pendejo |
Pretty sure the North Stand opened the season before because I watched the Newcastle game 2000/2001 from it |
It closed after 2000/01. | |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:26 - Feb 24 with 1563 views | hoppy |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:54 - Feb 24 by Superfrans |
He definitely had his moments. His Opta stats were the best they’d ever seen for that Derby match weren’t they. I can see Burley’s excitement in the post match interview even now.
I think his problem was that he never quite lived up to that initial excitement again. |
That's often the way with youngsters like that... |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:38 - Feb 24 with 1505 views | charlie1 |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:54 - Feb 24 by Superfrans |
He definitely had his moments. His Opta stats were the best they’d ever seen for that Derby match weren’t they. I can see Burley’s excitement in the post match interview even now.
I think his problem was that he never quite lived up to that initial excitement again. |
At the time I recall watching Burleys interview and thinking that I didn’t like the look of that excitement at all.
The previous season he’d been his usual composed, understated self and his interviews were always about how 40 points was the target, and anything on top was a bonus. Kept the players calm and let the fans get excited.
Then we have Finidis debut and George was gushing and animated, massively raising expectations.
It didn’t suit him at all and I thought at the time that it was a bad sign. | | | |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:41 - Feb 24 with 1472 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:24 - Feb 24 by SomethingBlue |
It closed after 2000/01. |
Yeah this. Was there for our first season back in the Prem, but closed during the following season when we went down |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:45 - Feb 24 with 1445 views | connorscontract |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:25 - Feb 24 by homer_123 |
Had Finidi not gone to the African Nations things might have been different.
Quality player. |
And also sometimes shockingly bad, but I agree with your point re the Africa Cup of Nations. | | | |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:54 - Feb 24 with 1406 views | ParisBlue |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 16:59 - Feb 24 by AlexGreen |
I was in the Churchmans Upper - I remember him wheeling away to our right with two hats being thrown from the Britannia. It's up there with Armstrong's header vs Inter as two unforgettable moments from that tragic season |
Charlton the following Saturday and Kevin Lisbie's freak volley was the start of the problems. We battered them that day - I still remember Reuser sitting down on the pitch for about 5 minutes after the final whistle. |  |
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| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:55 - Feb 24 with 1398 views | Superfrans |
| Finidi vs Derby... on 17:38 - Feb 24 by charlie1 |
At the time I recall watching Burleys interview and thinking that I didn’t like the look of that excitement at all.
The previous season he’d been his usual composed, understated self and his interviews were always about how 40 points was the target, and anything on top was a bonus. Kept the players calm and let the fans get excited.
Then we have Finidis debut and George was gushing and animated, massively raising expectations.
It didn’t suit him at all and I thought at the time that it was a bad sign. |
True enough. Something definitely happened to Burley after that first season in the Premiership. He seeemed to start believing his own hype.
He came to a London support restaurant event before the first season back in the Championship, so just after we got relegated, and he was just too bullish. He was talking about us getting promoted with 100 goals, 100 points. He just seeemed too confident. Not good. | |
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