I liked Joachim, I'd completely erased him signing for Coventry from my mind so I checked it up on Wikipedia. Fucking hell, his career went to the pits after he left us.
Going back to the 92/93 team and the debate about why we couldn't maintain that lofty position - I think before the money came in and a select number of teams began to pull away, you tended to get a team for who the stars would align for a season and they would mount a title challenge. It would tend to be for that one season only and wouldn't be maintained after. Ipswich, Watford, Southampton all finished runners up in the 1980's.Leeds in 91/92 were probably an example of that. Had a decent season before and then just had a great season, but were no great shakes after that. Leicester were probably a throwback to that.
Leeds in 91/92 were probably an example of that
Quote from: tomd2103 on April 08, 2020, 09:50:27 PMLeeds in 91/92 were probably an example of thatI heard a theory that the introduction of the back pass rule immediately following their title success played a part in their poor title defence.
Quote from: FatSam on April 08, 2020, 10:42:54 PMQuote from: tomd2103 on April 08, 2020, 09:50:27 PMLeeds in 91/92 were probably an example of thatI heard a theory that the introduction of the back pass rule immediately following their title success played a part in their poor title defence.There could be something in that. Pre back pass rule under Wilkinson they won they second division in 1990, came fourth in the top flight in 1991 and were first division champions in 1992. The rule changed for the 1992/1993 season and they finished 17th.
Quote from: LukeJames on April 08, 2020, 08:13:09 PMI liked Joachim, I'd completely erased him signing for Coventry from my mind so I checked it up on Wikipedia. Fucking hell, his career went to the pits after he left us. Certainly did - he hit rock bottom by playing against me in a charity friendly.
My memory of this is somewhat hazy but top of the table with six games to go in 92/93 to barely avoiding relegation two seasons later minus Ron Atkinson. What are the explanations for this rapid decline? The squad wasn't that old, the likes of Daley, Atkinson, Staunton should have been at their peak and we had a young Yorke and Bosnich. The form and careers of so many players seemed to fall off a cliff after 1993.
Remy, we didn't stop Manure winning the treble in 1992/93, we stopped them winning the treble in 1993/94.I went to about 25 games in the 1992/93 season and then emigrated to NZ in late Nov 1993, missing the League Cup Final .