Kalinic or Nyland in goal, CB pairings for most of that crap run were Chester on one leg, and either Elphick or Bree, and even when Mings came in that was a player with only about 10 league starts in the previous 3+ years so took time to get up to speed. I'm amazed we weren't smashing the league with a defence that wasn't really worthy of the name.

In the three years we were in the second division we used Gollini, Bunn, Johnstone, Steer, Nyland, Kalinic, plus Moreira in the LC. We really did piss away a small fortune as a second tier club.

Quote from: dcdavecollett on August 13, 2022, 12:59:56 AM

Ah, the old Grealish 'one-man team' myth.

Ah, the old "can't be bothered to actually look at the results with him and without him" routine.

That depends on which manager you’re looking at him under. There’s a sharp rise in the percentage relating to overall wins of the side in all competitions when he was involved (83% on average for 3 seasons) under one manager in particular, which drops to 60% under another and then to 50% under a further different manager. That’s just appearances, not direct goal contributions (goals or assists). But again, the numbers on those  jump sharply under one manager more than others. This one manager found a way to improve Joe’s direct goal contributions and how he could help the team win more than others, even with accounting for the frequent injuries Joe would have in a season.

Going back to your list, PWS -of course, Steer was on the books for the whole time!

He's had his injury issues here but he's never let anyone down.

Great read!
It maybe the romantic in me but I still think DS would have finished higher than SG did.