07-10-2025, 06:09 PM
The rot started in 95 when Bohinen left. He was the key figure for me and the one who made Collymore and Roy tick in much the same way MGW provided for Wood and Elanga last season. Then Collymore left and we had the perma injured Kevin Campbell (he only came good in his final year here in the then 1st div.) Silenzi and Jason Lee were nowhere near the standard. Relegation year we got a well past his best Dean Saunders (met him once, arrogant knob). Signed Nikola Jerkan on big money because he had looked good at the World Cup but he was pretty useless here. Others just stopped performing, Bryan Roy in particular used to stroll around looking like he would rather be anywhere else.
Things just fell apart and unfortunately at about the same time was when big money from Sky started hitting and other clubs invested heavily whilst we mostly stood still.
Things just fell apart and unfortunately at about the same time was when big money from Sky started hitting and other clubs invested heavily whilst we mostly stood still.