| 4 years ago today - last Championship game 10:46 - May 5 with 3572 views | TractorCam |
Collin Quaner scores this hilarious last minute winner. Points to take from this:
- That was our fifth win of the season, now we win 5 in just 14 days.
- That was the second time we scored 3 in a game, this season we've managed that 20 times.
- Attendance was 20,895, that was considered a bumper crowd at the time but now we haven't had any as low as that in the league this season.
[Post edited 5 May 2023 10:49]
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:03 - May 5 with 3387 views | BluePG |
Someone told me that we were paying him £20,000 a week. Surely not?! |  |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:03 - May 5 with 3387 views | Hipsterectomy |
The fact we finished below a team that was in absolute shambles and hadn’t paid their players for months shows just how unacceptable our squad was that season. It takes impressive effort to be worse than players who are literally not being paid |  |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:12 - May 5 with 3303 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:03 - May 5 by Hipsterectomy |
The fact we finished below a team that was in absolute shambles and hadn’t paid their players for months shows just how unacceptable our squad was that season. It takes impressive effort to be worse than players who are literally not being paid |
It didn't stop though our fans to applaud those frauds after the game. |  | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:17 - May 5 with 3256 views | davblue |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:12 - May 5 by Mach_foreignBlue |
It didn't stop though our fans to applaud those frauds after the game. |
Im not sure they were frauds as such.
They just weren't anywhere good enough. The culture wasn't great granted but that was an exceptionally poor side. |  | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:19 - May 5 with 3231 views | SitfcB |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:17 - May 5 by davblue |
Im not sure they were frauds as such.
They just weren't anywhere good enough. The culture wasn't great granted but that was an exceptionally poor side. |
Makes me sick that people clapped and cheered Lambert.
Made me sick at the time n’all. |  |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:25 - May 5 with 3161 views | davblue |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:19 - May 5 by SitfcB |
Makes me sick that people clapped and cheered Lambert.
Made me sick at the time n’all. |
That was a massive mistake no doubt about it.
Lambert was the end for me, that's when i knew 100% that we were going nowhere under Evans. or should i put it we would have ended up in league 2 under his ownership, im convinced of that. It was a bad appointment and i called it at the time, he'd done nothing in the game since Norwich.
What a shambles in particular the last 4 years of Evans' reign were and some were still defending him as well which i can't get my head around. | | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:38 - May 5 with 3082 views | Illinoisblue |
Just the 13 points from safety. 5 wins from 46 ffs. As Norwich romped to the title. “Don’t worry, bout a thing…”. Jesus Christ. |  |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:42 - May 5 with 3029 views | TractorCam |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:38 - May 5 by Illinoisblue |
Just the 13 points from safety. 5 wins from 46 ffs. As Norwich romped to the title. “Don’t worry, bout a thing…”. Jesus Christ. |
That song was so cringe, although it's finally proven right. | |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:42 - May 5 with 3025 views | FrimleyBlue |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:12 - May 5 by Mach_foreignBlue |
It didn't stop though our fans to applaud those frauds after the game. |
Ah.. but based on the thoughts in the other thread
They were just being patient and could see the bigger picture. |  |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:57 - May 5 with 2959 views | Stewart27 |
Lambert got free reign to relegate us in the most pathetic fashion.
That manager, that team, that owner. Spineless losers.
But the scum are mocking our glory attendances now. There’s no way on this earth they would pull in 20k in their 17th consecutive season in the championship. Especially if they were already down. | | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 12:54 - May 5 with 2799 views | Exiled2Surrey |
I appreciate that the tone of this thread is “look how far we have come since that game” and I 100% agree with that.
But, taken in isolation, that was one of the more entertaining games of that “era”. Leeds were a pretty good side (albeit maybe saving themselves for the playoffs), and we were not terrible value for that win, despite going down to ten. | | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:00 - May 5 with 2752 views | Muncher |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:57 - May 5 by Stewart27 |
Lambert got free reign to relegate us in the most pathetic fashion.
That manager, that team, that owner. Spineless losers.
But the scum are mocking our glory attendances now. There’s no way on this earth they would pull in 20k in their 17th consecutive season in the championship. Especially if they were already down. |
https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/21407024.its-definitely-right-decision---town-chief
And to think there is still another 2 years to run on his contract! | | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:18 - May 5 with 2673 views | Churchman |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:42 - May 5 by FrimleyBlue |
Ah.. but based on the thoughts in the other thread
They were just being patient and could see the bigger picture. |
Why the unnecessary dig? Looking at the big picture when we were drawing games this season was perfectly valid. It’s notable that despite the draws we dominated games and lost only four.
There was no big picture when we were relegated. None. Relegated with no fight whatsoever. Woeful. I wasn’t at the Leeds game but if the supporters chose to applaud the manager and players that was up to them. Perhaps they were applauding a spirited performance along with a hope that it wouldn’t get any worse. Hope was just about all that was left four years ago.
For me, that season was the worst in my whole time of following ITFC. The following seasons’ promise then shambles? I had sort have accepted the only way was down while Evans stayed. Lambert? I was in two minds. I thought him useless but in the chaos he offered a bizarre sort of stability. No he didn’t - as it turned out he only offered wind and videos. Five year contract? As Mick would say, ‘bonkers’.
I’m overjoyed that we are recovering, but I’ll not forget the numbing horror of that season. The Leeds game? I was happy we won but it changed nothing for me. |  | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:20 - May 5 with 2663 views | Blueschev |
How the hell was Lambert not sacked at the end of that season. The most pathetic fight for survival ever. |  | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:30 - May 5 with 2573 views | FrimleyBlue |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:18 - May 5 by Churchman |
Why the unnecessary dig? Looking at the big picture when we were drawing games this season was perfectly valid. It’s notable that despite the draws we dominated games and lost only four.
There was no big picture when we were relegated. None. Relegated with no fight whatsoever. Woeful. I wasn’t at the Leeds game but if the supporters chose to applaud the manager and players that was up to them. Perhaps they were applauding a spirited performance along with a hope that it wouldn’t get any worse. Hope was just about all that was left four years ago.
For me, that season was the worst in my whole time of following ITFC. The following seasons’ promise then shambles? I had sort have accepted the only way was down while Evans stayed. Lambert? I was in two minds. I thought him useless but in the chaos he offered a bizarre sort of stability. No he didn’t - as it turned out he only offered wind and videos. Five year contract? As Mick would say, ‘bonkers’.
I’m overjoyed that we are recovering, but I’ll not forget the numbing horror of that season. The Leeds game? I was happy we won but it changed nothing for me. |
It wasn't that deep Churchman. Was in jest that they knew promotion was coming 4 years later so we're just being patient. | |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:39 - May 5 with 2522 views | FrimleyBlue |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:20 - May 5 by Blueschev |
How the hell was Lambert not sacked at the end of that season. The most pathetic fight for survival ever. |
You can slightly ever so slightly understand why. He took on a league 1 side after a league 2 manager fked it up.
What was shocking however was giving a 5 year deal | |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:48 - May 5 with 2481 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 11:03 - May 5 by BluePG |
Someone told me that we were paying him £20,000 a week. Surely not?! |
He did cost us something like that. Some of the numbers being thrown around that January for average players was a joke. Whomever had wickham at the time (Palace?) wanted 38k a week and from memory a couple of million quid. | | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 14:23 - May 5 with 2296 views | BlueBadger |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:20 - May 5 by Blueschev |
How the hell was Lambert not sacked at the end of that season. The most pathetic fight for survival ever. |
Apparently, he just got it. |  |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 14:41 - May 5 with 2259 views | Blueschev |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 14:23 - May 5 by BlueBadger |
Apparently, he just got it. |
It was certainly nee normal. | | | |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 14:42 - May 5 with 2262 views | ArnieM |
Wonder what McCarthy thinks of our “ sexy football” in League One now? I can tell him, yes thanks, I am enjoying it. How’s things for you these days Mick? |  |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 15:02 - May 5 with 2187 views | BlueBadger |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 13:39 - May 5 by FrimleyBlue |
You can slightly ever so slightly understand why. He took on a league 1 side after a league 2 manager fked it up.
What was shocking however was giving a 5 year deal |
Whilst no-one expected him to keep him up, it would have been nice to see him putting as much effort into instilling some shape, desire, structure and fight into the team rather than coasting to relegation and fuelling the whole 'this season is a free hit' mentality.
The fact that so many fell for him is a factor in WHY he got that ludicrous contract. | |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 15:06 - May 5 with 2165 views | FrimleyBlue |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 15:02 - May 5 by BlueBadger |
Whilst no-one expected him to keep him up, it would have been nice to see him putting as much effort into instilling some shape, desire, structure and fight into the team rather than coasting to relegation and fuelling the whole 'this season is a free hit' mentality.
The fact that so many fell for him is a factor in WHY he got that ludicrous contract. |
Until it was discussed after he was actually sacked. I hadn't even realised how bad that championship season was. It was bad enough for us to go down.. but I'd always thought lambert wasn't given much time.. then realised he had something like 31 games where he won 4. Excellent work. Lol. | |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 15:33 - May 5 with 2049 views | belgablue |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 15:06 - May 5 by FrimleyBlue |
Until it was discussed after he was actually sacked. I hadn't even realised how bad that championship season was. It was bad enough for us to go down.. but I'd always thought lambert wasn't given much time.. then realised he had something like 31 games where he won 4. Excellent work. Lol. |
It was horrific. I remember hearing the five year contract news and being totally baffled. That decision by Evans was the action of a madman. |  |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 15:39 - May 5 with 2035 views | BlueBadger |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 14:42 - May 5 by ArnieM |
Wonder what McCarthy thinks of our “ sexy football” in League One now? I can tell him, yes thanks, I am enjoying it. How’s things for you these days Mick? |
I suspect that Mick, being the good chap and legend that he is is pleased for us. | |
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| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 16:15 - May 5 with 1947 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| 4 years ago today - last Championship game on 15:02 - May 5 by BlueBadger |
Whilst no-one expected him to keep him up, it would have been nice to see him putting as much effort into instilling some shape, desire, structure and fight into the team rather than coasting to relegation and fuelling the whole 'this season is a free hit' mentality.
The fact that so many fell for him is a factor in WHY he got that ludicrous contract. |
Some felled for him , others like yourself felled for the players.....for the certain ones obviously , for the 'legends'. [Post edited 5 May 2023 18:59]
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