Rose tinted glasses?

[M61Exile]

Just reading about the injuries to Kouassi and Lavery, I was thinking back to a time before 2000 (but will use the 2000/01 season as an example). Is it me or bar really serious injuries, did players pick up way fewer knocks. I look at our team that beat Orient 4-2 and wasn't that basically the team for that season bar a few changes along the way?

GK	1	Phil Barnes
DF	3	John Hills
DF	33	Gary Parkinson
DF	5	Ian Hughes
DF	6	Brian Reid
MF	12	Danny Coid
MF	14	Richie Wellens		88'
MF	8	Phil Clarkson
MF	25	Paul Simpson		88'
FW	16	Brett Ormerod		89'
FW	9	John Murphy

 

[Chunkylad]

Coidy playing ahead of Parky as a RW.

Forgot that.

 

[1966_and_all_that]

Just reading about the injuries to Kouassi and Lavery, I was thinking back to a time before 2000 (but will use the 2000/01 season as an example). Is it me or bar really serious injuries, did players pick up way fewer knocks. I look at our team that beat Orient 4-2 and wasn't that basically the team for that season bar a few changes along the way?

GK	1	Phil Barnes
DF	3	John Hills
DF	33	Gary Parkinson
DF	5	Ian Hughes
DF	6	Brian Reid
MF	12	Danny Coid
MF	14	Richie Wellens		88'
MF	8	Phil Clarkson
MF	25	Paul Simpson		88'
FW	16	Brett Ormerod		89'
FW	9	John Murphy

Pretty much. Ian Hughes lost his place to Danny Shittu in the second half of the season but he was contractually barred from playing in the play-offs.

 

[the_dog]

Pretty much. Ian Hughes lost his place to Danny Shittu in the second half of the season but he was contractually barred from playing in the play-offs.

I remember that - weren't there a load of 'Do it for Shittu' Banners?!

 

[1966_and_all_that]

I remember that - weren't there a load of 'Do it for Shittu' Banners?!

Do it for Danny - yes.

 

[April13th1970]

Just reading about the injuries to Kouassi and Lavery, I was thinking back to a time before 2000 (but will use the 2000/01 season as an example). Is it me or bar really serious injuries, did players pick up way fewer knocks. I look at our team that beat Orient 4-2 and wasn't that basically the team for that season bar a few changes along the way?

GK	1	Phil Barnes
DF	3	John Hills
DF	33	Gary Parkinson
DF	5	Ian Hughes
DF	6	Brian Reid
MF	12	Danny Coid
MF	14	Richie Wellens		88'
MF	8	Phil Clarkson
MF	25	Paul Simpson		88'
FW	16	Brett Ormerod		89'
FW	9	John Murphy

Perhaps they played through minor niggles back then because they were mollycoddled by a whole surfeit of medical staff