(Today, 11:28 AM)Salvatore Matrecano Wrote: The failing to capitalise on Paul Harts exciting young team when it needed a bit of investment was the worst bit. Instead it was allowed to crumble in the space of a few months ending with bringing in Joe Kinnear and the inevitable consequence the following season.
Yep. Looking back, it's almost like Doughty and Arthur were gaslighting us by telling us how lucky we were to have those two. Looking at it from today's vantage point, we were in a period of managed decline back then, where mediocrity was the norm. The owner was consistently telling us how unsustainable the club was while the likes of Wigan, Bolton and Hull were in the premier league and clubs like Brentford, Brighton and Palace were overtaking us to get there.