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[Brian Johnson]

1 minute ago, mr.hobblesworth said:

We finished 4 points outside the playoffs in '96-'97

I would argue that that's not really knocking.

Knocking would be at least getting into the play offs or at least a play off final to call it knocking.

[mr.hobblesworth]

In the context of what's being discussed, it's knocking. Unless you want an argument for the sake of it?

[Fosse69]

34 minutes ago, Brian Johnson said:

We have never knocked on the door of the Premier League unless I have missed your point 

From memory we were 4th with 3 games to go, but just got 1 point at Palace. Within the realms of possibility at the time.

 

[Guppys left peg]

1 minute ago, Fosse69 said:

From memory we were 4th with 3 games to go, but just got 1 point at Palace. Within the realms of possibility at the time.

 

I think we lost to the <ovf censored> at their old dump and then at home to Wolves so we were out of the running on the last day if I remember rightly.

[Fosse69]

3 minutes ago, Guppys left peg said:

I think we lost to the <ovf censored> at their old dump and then at home to Wolves so we were out of the running on the last day if I remember rightly.

Indeed, Wolves already sure of a PO had the Hamil and Bycars as I remember and outclassed us.

[mr.hobblesworth]

According to wikipedia, we were 5th after beating Oldham, were down to 6th after the Stoke game and then ended up 8th. Incredible to think we were so close.

[Guppys left peg]

1 minute ago, Fosse69 said:

Indeed, Wolves had the Hamil and Bycars as I remember and outclassed us.

I think the time they gave them the Hamil and Bycars was when we went down a few years later as I think that was Mark Goodlads debut for us. Back in them days they’d give the really big away followings the Hamil and then the Lorne Street side of the Hamil. 

[philpvfc]

6 minutes ago, Guppys left peg said:

I think we lost to the <ovf censored> at their old dump and then at home to Wolves so we were out of the running on the last day if I remember rightly.

Correct, drew at Palace last game who had already taken the last play off place, they ended up going up in the play offs. So I would say we were knocking on the door that season.

[Guppys left peg]

1 minute ago, mr.hobblesworth said:

According to wikipedia, we were 5th after beating Oldham, were down to 6th after the Stoke game and then ended up 8th. Incredible to think we were so close.

Indeed it was an incredible season. I think Lee Mills had some ridiculous scoring run at the back end of that season. I don’t think it’s controversial to say that if we had held on to Guppy we’d have made the playoffs. Obviously nothing is guaranteed and I get why we didn’t want to lose him on a Bosman but I think that was the difference.

[Fosse69]

6 minutes ago, Guppys left peg said:

Indeed it was an incredible season. I think Lee Mills had some ridiculous scoring run at the back end of that season. I don’t think it’s controversial to say that if we had held on to Guppy we’d have made the playoffs. Obviously nothing is guaranteed and I get why we didn’t want to lose him on a Bosman but I think that was the difference.

Didnt Mills go to Bradford City and they ended up in the Prem a season or 2 later?

[philpvfc]

5 minutes ago, Fosse69 said:

Didnt Mills go to Bradford City and they ended up in the Prem a season or 2 later?

I thought Mills went to Bradford when they were in the Premiership 

[mr.hobblesworth]

Nah, we played them the season after he left and he got a hat trick. 

[philpvfc]

13 minutes ago, Guppys left peg said:

Indeed it was an incredible season. I think Lee Mills had some ridiculous scoring run at the back end of that season. I don’t think it’s controversial to say that if we had held on to Guppy we’d have made the playoffs. Obviously nothing is guaranteed and I get why we didn’t want to lose him on a Bosman but I think that was the difference.

Didn’t we have Guppy till the end of the season? I thought him and McCarthy left at the same time.

[Guppys left peg]

1 minute ago, philpvfc said:

Didn’t we have Guppy till the end of the season? I thought him and McCarthy left at the same time.

No Guppy got sold to Leicester for about £900k some time before what used to be the old transfer deadline in around March as they tried giving Wayne Corden a go. McCarthy then went to Blues a few months into the season after when Ainsworth came in.

[mr.hobblesworth]

Forgot Mills went on to play briefly for Manchester City (and Sjoke 🤢).

And look at him now, back at Wolves...