They had a great young team around 01/02 should’ve been title challengers
Had young and talented:
Viduka
Kewell
Rio Ferdinand
Bowyer
Milner
Robbie Keane
Alan Smith
Just to name a few
Can’t see anyone purchasing them while in League 1, especially with economic situation as f’kd as it is thanks to Covid
If they don’t go up next season I’d be pretty worried going forward 😢
Hopefully not a Bolton esque situation, Donald seems like the guy that won the lotto and splurged...
Hopefully along with that posh fwit Charlie
Feel like he bought in not realising the amount ££ required to run it successfully
As if he didn’t look the books before buying ....
Really do feel for SAFC fans deserve much more than they’re given
Great stadium with excellent facilities for the...
Would be huge to see Brentford get promoted, never really like WBA don’t know why
Griffin Park 12,763 capacity in the EPL replacing Bournemouth as the boutique stadium team
Likely they’ll go straight back down but still ...
Dream result promotion wise:
Leeds
Brentford
Nottingham Forest
Just hoping Charlton stay up, went to a game at the Valley once good set of fans for a club in a small catchment area fighting for support against Palace, Chelsea etc..
Been playing an old favourite Championship Manager 01/02
Some pearlers
Hidetoshi Nakata
Tore Andre Flo
Fabrizio Ravanelli
Juninho - Middlesbrough version
Dean Windass
Alvaro Recoba
Finalists - France vs Brazil
Winner - France
Dark Horse - Uruguay
Flop - Argentina
Golden Boot - Greizmann
Best player - Neymar
Best young player - Dele Ali
How will Australia go? - Group stage exit with 2 losses and 1 draw
Dario Silva scored first goal in 2nd leg world cup qualifier away in Montevideo against Uruguay.
He played for Portsmouth in the premiership. But later had a car accident and lost a leg.
Shunsuke Nakamura was huge at Celtic scoring some amazing free kicks and nominated for the 2007 Balloon d'Or
Another Japanese playing around that time who was one of the biggest Asian players of that generation Hidetoshi Nakata
Dean Windass, fat, slow and an ugly bastard too…. but as a youngster I still recall his goal for Bradford City at The Valley in a 1-0 win to keep them in the Premierleague (late 90's I think?
In saying that I know the thread is on forgotten players but, Bradford City where is that club now?
I lived in England for a couple of years Pompey was the local team, went many games at Fratton Park (best atmosphere ever witnessed at the Portsmouth v AC Milan game) Benjani was a crowd fav, always remember the song "Benjani whoahh Benjani, he comes from zimbabwe he's gonna score today, Benjani...
Ludovic Giuly was highly touted french player was at Barca for a while
Mateja Kezman came to Chelsea with an amazing goal scoring record in Holland was a flop.
Adrian Mutu, played at Chelsea and then the whole drugs scandal, think he was at Juventus for a while?
David Nugent, one of Harry Redknapps worst signings at Pompey
Diego Forlan @ Man Utd
Mateja Kezman anyone? had an amazing goalscoring record in the dutch league signs a big money deal to Chelsea and does sweet FA
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