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Drico
Player Valuation: £60m
The decline accelerated under Colin. I say "accelerated" because I think we were actually in decline the year we won the title for a second time - one of the great title wins given the unbelievable injuries we suffered that season.
We didn't strengthen adequately when he took over, and seemed to wait a full year before backing him properly - and then he spent badly.
I think the seeds of our decline were already planted, but he couldn't arrest it. From a perception perspective, his biggest mistake was probably coming back again as Kendall's number two straight after being sacked. It gave the impression he was never a manager and his time in charge was an aberration. Maybe he wasn't, and maybe it was. It said a lot for the man, though, in that he was humble enough to do that and return to what he was truly great as: coach.
Lao
Player Valuation: £35m
Argh, I was looking at the third game back at home.
John BCN
Player Valuation: £8m
You are correct. Highlights here. If you watch the kick off, you can see Trevor Steven at left midfield.
Cameron Manning
Player Valuation: £35m
I doubt Kendall would have been as successful as he was without him bringing Colin Harvey in as his assistant coach the first time round!
Leylo
Player Valuation: £35m
It was probably me
blackie_jones75
Player Valuation: £750k
Correct we didn’t strengthen
, Liverpool I think signed Barnes, Beardsley, Houghtin and Aldridge who all clicked straightaway. The next season we signed Neil McDonald , McCall? , Cottee and Pat Nevin? who all underwhelmed to put it mildly. Every signing later was almost pure sh1te , Rehn, Attaveld, Mike Milligan to name a few.
Gilbert..
Player Valuation: £50m
Many factors could possibly account for the decline. The europe ban.
But we also just never recruited like for like quality. Neil Mcdonald for Gary stevens. Stuart Mcall for Peter Reid. Pat nevin for Trevor Steven. The title winning players were slowly going out the door and we wasnt replacing with the same quality. As much as i dislike to admit it those over the park recruited better the year we were Champions with the likes of john barnes, beardsley, ray houghton etc. We never.
Harryflashman
Player Valuation: £60m
That night was absolutely one you don’t forget and certainly character building . The lads I was with headed outside early and we didn’t know he’d scored . I had no idea why they were so angry and my god they were angry !I went 'kin mental when Tricky equalised,some bifters going on outside with the Smoggies that night
Harryflashman
Player Valuation: £60m
A lot of talk of a real split between the old guard and the new . the older players furious that new signings who’d achieved nothing had landed on big money .
It must have been really difficult to navigate for what was a rookie manager .
I was living in Middlesbrough in those days (great times) and quite close to Ayresome Park. I could see the long lines forming for tickets at 6pm as i walked to my girlfriend's house (she had insisted on coming). Despite my pleas for her to 'get a move on, we need to be queuing now' it took her aaages to 'get her hair right'. By the time we got to the ground it was a lock-out. I ended up listening to the match on the radio in the local pub and cheering when the equaliser went in. Luckily, my accent was Teesside enough to get away with it.
She didn't last much longer
She didn't last much longer
Drico
Player Valuation: £60m
They left us in the dust in the summer of 87. They signed brilliant players. We signed very ordinary ones.
Mental when you think about it. The squad had already been stretched to it's limit with injuries on the title winning season, so you'd think they'd have really invested heavily to keep us right up there challenging. You see the signings the rs made and we made and it's night and day.
