After being in the football 'wilderness' for seven years (that's what the top six supporters call it) we came back up with an explosion of excitement, young English talent & a rather large bucket of dreams.
We saw Sir Alex Ferguson retire, and one of his last quotes I remember from him was
'That's the best team performance I have seen at Old Trafford for quite a while.'
We beat every top team at least once in our time, and we played football in a manner that stirred envious glances from our rivals. We sold players, and we replaced players, the pundits started to predicted our demise some four years ago with great glee. We managed to finish higher up the table each time for the first four years, and in the actual top ten for the majority of our stay. I expect they will be on hand to take credit for their foresight in droves in the coming weeks, the insightful bunch of planks!
But, as this adventure enters a new chapter, and another long standing manager stands down. I'm glad we were there to say goodbye to Arsene Wenger. We were here at the start of his reign, and many of us witnessed his truly great regime take a grip of English football, although it felt very painful in Cardiff.
Had someone asked me in 2012 how all this would pan out, well, I would not have been scared to predict we'd upset the applecart somewhat. But, I wouldn't have guessed that we'd sell the worlds most expensive Teenage defender, bag the quickest top flight hat-trick ever, break our transfer record five times, and get £70M for one of the best players (and equally worst attitudes) I've ever seen. We kept our long standing Home European record intact & played some real quality foes.
Me, I wouldn't change a damn thing. Up The Saints.
We saw Sir Alex Ferguson retire, and one of his last quotes I remember from him was
'That's the best team performance I have seen at Old Trafford for quite a while.'
We beat every top team at least once in our time, and we played football in a manner that stirred envious glances from our rivals. We sold players, and we replaced players, the pundits started to predicted our demise some four years ago with great glee. We managed to finish higher up the table each time for the first four years, and in the actual top ten for the majority of our stay. I expect they will be on hand to take credit for their foresight in droves in the coming weeks, the insightful bunch of planks!
But, as this adventure enters a new chapter, and another long standing manager stands down. I'm glad we were there to say goodbye to Arsene Wenger. We were here at the start of his reign, and many of us witnessed his truly great regime take a grip of English football, although it felt very painful in Cardiff.
Had someone asked me in 2012 how all this would pan out, well, I would not have been scared to predict we'd upset the applecart somewhat. But, I wouldn't have guessed that we'd sell the worlds most expensive Teenage defender, bag the quickest top flight hat-trick ever, break our transfer record five times, and get £70M for one of the best players (and equally worst attitudes) I've ever seen. We kept our long standing Home European record intact & played some real quality foes.
Me, I wouldn't change a damn thing. Up The Saints.
