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Was looking through the social media this morning, and there's several bits of footage from the Accrington v Tranmere match from yesterday - Tranmere three down up to the 78th minute, and then score in the 78th, 87th, and 101st to make it 3-3.
Which got me thinking about a trip to Oakwell in March 1996.Town three down up to the 85th minute, goals coming in the 85th, 88th, and 90th minute to also make it 3-3. Seeing the Tranmere fans go absolutely berserk just made me wonder how nuts the Town support went that day when the equaliser went in.
And also, does that count as the greatest comeback we've ever had in a match? I can't think of any others where we've been three down and got something out of it, and definitely not if we're four down.
Now, be under no illusion, this season has been a massive disappointment for a number of reasons that I'm not going to go over again here, but it strikes me that out of us, Leicester, and Southampton, we're by far in the best position for the future - as things stand, one of the best young managers in the country, financially secure, a team that will be packed full of proven Championship players, and thanks to being closely associated with one of the biggest musical acts of the planet, global visibility (I do wonder if the appropriate technology had been around circa 1979, how Watford would have capitalised on their pop connection).
So, disappointed and dismayed with this season yes, but I'm not going to be wailing and gnashing my teeth over the summer (Which incidentally will only be about an 11 week close season by my reckoning due to the late finish of the Prem, and the early start of the Championship)
What does concern me is what we've talked about on here 9587 times already.
The gap.
Working on the basis that Burnley, Sheff U, and say Leeds come up. If, this time next year, they're still in the bottom three, we may as well just say "What's the point?" - especially from the point of view of Burnley and Sheffield United, as they're the ones doing the thing that we would hope to do - bounce straight back at the first attempt.
So bearing in mind that Forest, Brentford, and Brighton have thrived in recent years after going up, and it's taken Fulham and Bournemouth a couple of goes to get it right - what future is there - if the top 17 operate in a closed shop, and then there's another group of ten clubs or so who constanly yo-yo, (Say us, Sheff U, Burnley, Leeds, Southampton, Leicester, WBA, Middlesbrough, Watford, Nodge at a push), then how on earth does tat make the other 60 or so teams in the league feel?
I mean, the only other team I can possibly see do a rags to riches thing in the next few years is Wrexham, but then they're not exactly paupers anymore with their backing. We've had teams in the Prem in the past even for just one season that brought a bit of variety into it - Barnsley, Swindon, Blackpool - but it just looks like it'll be the same old faces for the forseeable.
For example - If you want to see a real rollercoaster ride, have a look at Northampton in the sixties.
1 January 1960: Division 4 1 January 1966: Division 1 1 January 1970: Division 4
Can't see that sort of thing happening again - although Luton seem to be having a crack at it.
Makes you feel all a bit disillusioned to be honest.
It's proof of the bizarre world we're in at the moment that if you type Ed Sheeran into Twitter, a lot of the pictures are him with either Taylor Swift or Mark Ashton.
Now if there's a picture of him with Taylor Swift AND Mark Ashton....
(Well, she is still in the country on Saturday, and it is an early kick off, so....)
There was a post on here a couple of weeks ago when we got Omari about how far back do you have to go in terms of transfers before we hit a combined value of £20m.
Well, with figures of £75m (so far) now being bounced around, I thought I'd try and see if I could work that out.
DISCLAIMER: Figures are taken from transfermarkt.co.uk, so might be absolute piffle.
By my reckoning, Town spent roughly £75m on transfers up to the end of last season starting with......
John McGreal.
And it's also worth bearing in mind, that again, according to that site, the total value of ALL transfers between turning professional in 1936 and the end of last season is about £87.2m.
Something along the lines of that he and McKenna had been studying the blueprints with a jewellers eyepiece, and McKenna had made amendments so he could get the things he wanted.
You wouldn't do that unless you expected to be here for the long term.
I still say the only other team he'd go to is Man Utd, but I can't see that happening for a good few years yet.
We'll still have super Kieran McKenna, never fear. And I suspect he'll know exactly what we need.
Somewhere in the depths of Elland Road, white ribbons are being untied from an identical trophy to the one Morsy lifted.
The ribbons and trophy, along with the "PROMOTED 2024" board, and all those "We're Going Up!" flags provided by the EFL and Sky Bet, are all being loaded into a van, and the van heading off down the M1.
Beautiful, isn't it?
(At least I assume that's the case. I doubt the EFL would go to the expense of having a helicopter in a field somewhere near Kettering filled with paraphernalia for a runners up prize ready to head north or east at a moments notice)
Most points in a season in our history now. Also, apparently, even if we lose the last four games (And one would hope we won't), it's now the fewest defeats in a season ever as well.
I'd have thought we were there or thereabouts on games won and goals scored as well.
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