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Offline eric woolban woolban

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If only...
« on: November 10, 2013, 10:37:40 PM »
we had beaten Coventry 10.04.1993

and that ref hadn't played all that injury time to aide Man Utd with two late goals.

The title would have been ours.

#stillbitterafteralltheseyears


What other if only's do you have which could have changed our history (for better or worse)
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Offline Ad@m

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Re: If only...
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2013, 10:42:04 PM »
If only we'd signed Bergkamp and Arsenal had signed Savo - maybe we'd have played in the European Cup every year since (pretty much).
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richtheholtender

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Re: If only...
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2013, 10:42:13 PM »
What if Baros hadn't of scored them 2 goals when we Blues 3-1. What if Vidic had of been sent off is the obvious one.
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Online rob_bridge

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Re: If only...
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2013, 10:45:16 PM »
Quote from: richtheholtender on November 10, 2013, 10:42:13 PM
What if Baros hadn't of scored them 2 goals when we Blues 3-1. What if Vidic had of been sent off is the obvious one.

'...hadn't have...' not '...hadn't of...'
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richtheholtender

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Re: If only...
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2013, 10:46:24 PM »
Quote from: rob_bridge on November 10, 2013, 10:45:16 PM
Quote from: richtheholtender on November 10, 2013, 10:42:13 PM
What if Baros hadn't of scored them 2 goals when we Blues 3-1. What if Vidic had of been sent off is the obvious one.

'...hadn't have...' not '...hadn't of...'


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Online rob_bridge

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Re: If only...
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2013, 10:47:08 PM »
Saunders leaving in 1982. A few more trophies, likely as not.
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Offline Marlon From Bearwood

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Re: If only...
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2013, 10:51:38 PM »
If only we hadn't thrown away a two goal lead Vs Stoke.
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Offline Chipsticks

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Re: If only...
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2013, 10:53:03 PM »
- Pretty much everything about the Bradford semi-final
- What if we hadn't signed Bent in January 2011? Would we still be in the Premier League?
- What if we never appointed McLeish?
- What if MON hadn't thrown the game in Moscow.
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Offline Marlon From Bearwood

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Re: If only...
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2013, 10:53:37 PM »
If only John Gregory had shown a bit more ambition in the FA Cup final Vs Chelsea.
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Offline tomd2103

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Re: If only...
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2013, 11:35:22 PM »
Quote from: Chipsticks on November 10, 2013, 10:53:03 PM
- Pretty much everything about the Bradford semi-final
- What if we hadn't signed Bent in January 2011? Would we still be in the Premier League?
- What if we never appointed McLeish?
- What if MON hadn't thrown the game in Moscow.

Still smarting about that one and will for a few more years I'm sure.  I reckon we would have beaten Swansea in the final as well.
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Offline bob rowe

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Re: If only...
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2013, 11:52:57 PM »
Andy Lochead had hit that ball harder in the 1971 League Cup final, Perryman would never have cleared it off the line.
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Offline Chipsticks

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Re: If only...
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2013, 12:11:51 AM »
Quote from: tomd2103 on November 10, 2013, 11:35:22 PM
Quote from: Chipsticks on November 10, 2013, 10:53:03 PM
- Pretty much everything about the Bradford semi-final
- What if we hadn't signed Bent in January 2011? Would we still be in the Premier League?
- What if we never appointed McLeish?
- What if MON hadn't thrown the game in Moscow.

Still smarting about that one and will for a few more years I'm sure.  I reckon we would have beaten Swansea in the final as well.

I think about all the chances and near misses we had in the first half of the second leg... should have killed them off.
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Offline berneboy

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Re: If only...
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2013, 12:32:11 AM »
Quote from: Marlon From Bearwood on November 10, 2013, 10:53:37 PM
If only John Gregory had shown a bit more ambition in the FA Cup final Vs Chelsea.
Oh, yes, please. I was so, so disappointed with the world watching. I'd have preferred to lose 7-3 or something.
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Offline Irish villain

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Re: If only...
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2013, 12:34:16 AM »
All those mentioned so far.

I would like to add 1998-1999 to the list. Leading the table at Christmas and we didn't even manage to cling on for European qualification. I know we harp on about Juninho, but I feel we couldn't have played Juninho and Merson in the same side. For me, the injury to Ugo cost us and I am not quite sure why we bought Steve Stone.

I have a feeling that losing away at Blackburn, with Oakes getting sent off, was the start of our collapse. We must have went about 8 games without a win in the second half of that season? Awful.
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Offline Newportfred

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Re: If only...
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2013, 07:20:31 AM »
Signed Sheringham instead of Cascarino, I feel we would won the league that year
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