| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years 11:10 - Aug 21 with 1937 views | Steve_M |
I think it's often forgotten that the team of Spring 1998 to Summer 2001 didn't arise instantaneously out of the mess of 94-95. It took time for Burley to turn a dreadful side that lost every week and couldn't score goals into that fluent, attractive, winning side.
Even the improvement in 95-96 to be the highest scorers in the country, achieved with only the addition of Gus Uhlenbeek and Mowbray (mid-way through the season) got off to a stuttering start. Four wins in the first 13 matches and a league cup exit to Stockport. None of that means Lambert is going to do the same or that he gets a free pass, just that turning a losing mentality round takes time however good the players might be.
Confidence and belief is a big part of football, that lot up the road gained a lot from winning matches late on in 2009-10 and it set them up for the Premier League, the money from which has kept them far above us off the pitch since. Hopefully, late goals become habitual (well, even more hopefully we win comfortably a lot of the time) for us.. I wish I was going to Bolton now but I can't get ticket in time, have to wait until next weekend for more football now I suppose.
https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1372&teamTabs=results
Working on Saturdays. I saw two home matches before I went to uni that year, Huddersfield and Charlton in my 18 month stint without seeing a win.... |  |
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| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 11:31 - Aug 21 with 1859 views | patrickswell |
I remember you saying once that the 1995-96 season was, in some respects, Burley’s finest achievement.
This season presents potential parallels with that year, though hopefully with a happier ending. |  | | |
| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 11:42 - Aug 21 with 1807 views | Steve_M |
| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 11:31 - Aug 21 by patrickswell |
I remember you saying once that the 1995-96 season was, in some respects, Burley’s finest achievement.
This season presents potential parallels with that year, though hopefully with a happier ending. |
Ha, yes, I'm sure I've come out with that a few times.
I do think that if, and it remains a big if, Lambert can get this team working and winning matches then a first promotion in 19 years might spark some of the life that last flickered in 2014-15 back into the club. If it doesn't then we're largely fked, probably for a long time. | |
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| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 11:55 - Aug 21 with 1761 views | chicoazul |
Real tea; if we go up this season it will basically be the best season the club and us supporters have had for 15 years but the fllipside of it is that there are still many at the club who are accustomed to failure, hence the nerves on the pitch and in the crowd. All about re-building confidence right now.
What we now need to do is buy a Dutch left back and promotion is assured. |  |
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| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 12:41 - Aug 21 with 1689 views | homer_123 |
| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 11:42 - Aug 21 by Steve_M |
Ha, yes, I'm sure I've come out with that a few times.
I do think that if, and it remains a big if, Lambert can get this team working and winning matches then a first promotion in 19 years might spark some of the life that last flickered in 2014-15 back into the club. If it doesn't then we're largely fked, probably for a long time. |
Still feels like a very big if at the moment though. |  |
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| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 12:45 - Aug 21 with 1673 views | SomethingBlue |
| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 12:41 - Aug 21 by homer_123 |
Still feels like a very big if at the moment though. |
Well it's already winning matches while at nothing like full strength. Think the level of negativity is a bit much just now. |  |
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| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 12:47 - Aug 21 with 1661 views | Reuser_is_God |
| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 12:41 - Aug 21 by homer_123 |
Still feels like a very big if at the moment though. |
We’ve won 8 points from 12 available.
My god I hate us being so bad at football. |  |
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| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 12:51 - Aug 21 with 1640 views | Kropotkin123 |
| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 12:47 - Aug 21 by Reuser_is_God |
We’ve won 8 points from 12 available.
My god I hate us being so bad at football. |
With the two draws against the pre-season favourites for the title and a favourite for the play-offs... |  |
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| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 13:54 - Aug 21 with 1524 views | Oxford_Blue |
We then had a very strong youth set up and produced Kieron dyer, Scowcroft, Richard Wright, Naylor etc and burley was allowed to re invest money from player sales. When dyer was sold that allowed magilton and Stewart to be bought at a critical time for us.
Not sure PL has those options. | | | |
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| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 08:00 - Aug 22 with 1300 views | Steve_M |
| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 13:54 - Aug 21 by Oxford_Blue |
We then had a very strong youth set up and produced Kieron dyer, Scowcroft, Richard Wright, Naylor etc and burley was allowed to re invest money from player sales. When dyer was sold that allowed magilton and Stewart to be bought at a critical time for us.
Not sure PL has those options. |
Yeah, definitely no players just come through from the youth team for Lambert to use. | |
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| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 08:41 - Aug 22 with 1236 views | chicoazul |
| The 1995-96 season and the Burley years on 13:54 - Aug 21 by Oxford_Blue |
We then had a very strong youth set up and produced Kieron dyer, Scowcroft, Richard Wright, Naylor etc and burley was allowed to re invest money from player sales. When dyer was sold that allowed magilton and Stewart to be bought at a critical time for us.
Not sure PL has those options. |
We're going to sell Downes for £12m next Summer but ok. | |
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