The goal machine

What a man! Legend!

That promotion team and first season in the prem, I do miss that squad. It had a connection to the fans we haven't had since..

 

Yep, they all left us in the end..... except SKD of course. They were the two most enjoyable seasons supporting Saints since the Lawrie Mac days and 1989/90 (four yes FOUR upfront!).
I love and respect them all, even AOC, without them and Nigel we really could still be struggling to get out of the Championship now. That Championship promotion was a brilliant achievement with basically the same squad (minus AOC), that's why I was so angry that Deano wasn't given a shot in the PL and Nigel never got a fair crack at it. Although time has proved that Poch was an upgrade, everything started to disintegrate when he left for Spurs.

 

I would love to see a parallel universe whereby Cortese and Poch stayed and see where we ended up..

Granted if the rumours are true, they might not be much of a club left, but hypothetically it could have been very exciting/interesting..

In the back of my mind I always look at Leicester last season as what could of been..

But we can't take for granted what we have now!

 

Like a total eclipse, you have to wait a long time until a season like the last one comes round. The usual top teams are back in it again, sadly.