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Post by silsdenstokie on Nov 20, 2024 17:53:12 GMT
Slightly before my time but shoukd we have John Farmer a go and spent the money on a striker?
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Post by march4 on Nov 20, 2024 18:19:56 GMT
Perhaps merge with the 50 years ago thread?
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Post by str8outtahampton on Nov 20, 2024 23:19:08 GMT
Perhaps merge with the 50 years ago thread? Perhaps merge with the "This season was ultimately a debilitating trauma, which no amount of counselling, alcohol and substances could alleviate" thread? |
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Post by Gaz on Nov 20, 2024 23:23:02 GMT
Perhaps merge with the "This season was ultimately a debilitating trauma, which no amount of counselling, alcohol and substances could alleviate" thread? I thought that was every season? |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Nov 20, 2024 23:23:53 GMT
Slightly before my time but shoukd we have John Farmer a go and spent the money on a striker? Yes if we'd stuck with Farmer, used the Shilton money to buy Osgood we'd have won the league, probably. One of Waddo's few brainfarts. |
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Post by standbutler1 on Nov 20, 2024 23:37:37 GMT
I was there v Wolves in the northbank 1st away game went on PMT from Burslem
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Post by march4 on Nov 21, 2024 9:56:29 GMT
Slightly before my time but shoukd we have John Farmer a go and spent the money on a striker? Yes if we'd stuck with Farmer, used the Shilton money to buy Osgood we'd have won the league, probably. One of Waddo's few brainfarts. As mentioned on the other thread, Osgood didn’t score a single goal for Soton, the season he was transferred and they were relegated. The urgency for a striker came when Ritchie’s leg was broken. I’m still at a loss why we didn’t replace him. |
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Nov 21, 2024 10:05:50 GMT
John Farmer most famous for playing for Cleveland Stokers of course.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Nov 21, 2024 11:11:10 GMT
Yes if we'd stuck with Farmer, used the Shilton money to buy Osgood we'd have won the league, probably. One of Waddo's few brainfarts. As mentioned on the other thread, Osgood didn’t score a single goal for Soton, the season he was transferred and they were relegated. The urgency for a striker came when Ritchie’s leg was broken. I’m still at a loss why we didn’t replace him. I think his relationship with Huddy would have been important. But yes it wasn't a dead cert I know, which is why I said "probably". |
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Nov 21, 2024 12:36:28 GMT
As mentioned on the other thread, Osgood didn’t score a single goal for Soton, the season he was transferred and they were relegated. The urgency for a striker came when Ritchie’s leg was broken. I’m still at a loss why we didn’t replace him. I think his relationship with Huddy would have been important. But yes it wasn't a dead cert I know, which is why I said "probably". Buying Shelton and going fpr the very best keeper of the time seems to work out Ok for Notts Forest after he left here |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Nov 21, 2024 12:54:18 GMT
Yes if we'd stuck with Farmer, used the Shilton money to buy Osgood we'd have won the league, probably. One of Waddo's few brainfarts. As mentioned on the other thread, Osgood didn’t score a single goal for Soton, the season he was transferred and they were relegated. The urgency for a striker came when Ritchie’s leg was broken. I’m still at a loss why we didn’t replace him. Said this many times I don’t believe Osgood would have been the answer in hindsight. At Chelsea he was scoring 1 in 2.5. At Southampton it was 1 in 4 which was also in Div 2. |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Nov 21, 2024 14:10:13 GMT
I think his relationship with Huddy would have been important. But yes it wasn't a dead cert I know, which is why I said "probably". Buying Shelton and going fpr the very best keeper of the time seems to work out Ok for Notts Forest after he left here They also bought one of the best strikers in the country at the time as well. |
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Post by J-Roar on Nov 21, 2024 16:05:34 GMT
Slightly before my time but shoukd we have John Farmer a go and spent the money on a striker? I fucking love these international breaks. |
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Post by spitthedog on Nov 21, 2024 16:39:24 GMT
I have questioned whether it was a case of Shilton or a striker before?
My understanding is that we were prepared to buy a striker as well as Shilton if Waddo wanted, so I think the either/or is very much up for debate and we will probably argue about it forever.
He did go for Osgood but he turned us down. We will never know how that would have worked out and could argue about that too, but Osgood was a huge failure at Soton apart from the FA Cup win where his inclusion in the side wasn't popular with their fans at the time because of his poor displays leading up to it, and that was in Division 2. Seems like Huddy could cut it on the booze, but perhaps Osgood couldn't?
Waddo was notoriously 'build from the back', so Shilton was consistent with that.
Anyway we should all head back to 50 Years Ago I reckon and let the story unfold!
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Post by silsdenstokie on Nov 21, 2024 17:50:06 GMT
Slightly before my time but shoukd we have John Farmer a go and spent the money on a striker? I fucking love these international breaks. I dont |
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