True but that goal drought in the spring - can't have been much more fun than last Dec/Jan.
The run lasted eleven games but now way could it have ever been as bad as last season's winter sequence. We still looked a competent team compared to the joke that we were last Christmas and were always attractive to watch even when we couldn't stick the ball in the net. This was a common feature under BFR no matter how well we'd done in any of his seasons. As much as we won a lot of matches at times and scored some magnificent goals there were always times when we looked like we couldn't burst a balloon with a sharp pin.
Anyway, I just looked at the stats to remember how bad the run was - 1 win, 5 draws, 5 defeats but no defeat was by a higher score than 2-0. We scored the one goal in that run of eleven games, a 1-0 win over Oldham at home. We had commendable 0-0 draws away at Arsenal, Leeds (who won that seasons title). We unluckily lost 1-0 to Wednesday at home in the infamous game where their goal clearly never went over the line yet the ref, George Cotton or something like that, gave it. Even the commentator said he couldn't believe it was given. Remember Les Sealey going ape shit over this decision. Thrown in there was the usual defeat away at Man United.
However we bounced back out of that to win 5 of the last 8 games and scoring 13 goals, smashing Spurs and Chelsea (when they were still their usual insignificant selves), we beat Liverpool in tight but entertaining game and then went on to stuff Coventry 2-0 in the final home game when we thought for a short while we'd actually relegated them. Remember either Regis or Yorkie scoring in the first minute or two.
After the dreadful 90-91 season 91-92 was a refreshing and entertaining breath of fresh air. Some great performances at home that year too - 3-1 vs Forest (when Yorkie scored THAT goal), 3-1 vs Arsenal, 3-1 vs City, 4-0 vs Luton. We were also unlucky - very unlucky - to lose 1-0 at home to Man Utd. Some things never change!
