How?
Burley managed only two finishes outside of the top 10 of any league, and those were both in the top tier. Hardly a fighting scenario, it was year on year improvement up until the end, where we sold players the money was re-invested in the team in a substantial way. Burley managed to reach the quarter and semi-finals of cup competitions and we routinely beat bigger and better teams, everyone from Manchester United, Liverpool, Blackburn after having just won the league, and even Inter Milan.
This was a draw to Stoke at home, Stoke having struggled for months. We're bottom having won three games all season.
I am struggling to see how that reminds you of an extremely successful period of the club. If we were in this position in the 90's we'd be calling for the managers/chairman's head, as we did back then, which is why we got Burley and Sheepshanks in the first place. We weren't cheering on 3-0 losses to Norwich and 1-1 home draws in 1995 that's for sure. People at the time were disgusted with what had happened in 3 years since being promoted and wanted change. |
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