Which game still hurts the most

[J R Hartley]

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Was due to stay in London for the night but just come home straight after the Blackpool game. Asked one of the boys to bring my bag home, couldnt even be arsed to go back to the hotel I was so deflated.

I always laugh at supporters who cry over a football match, or sit in their seat for ages after the game sulking, but I came close that day.

[BlueArmy 86]

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Easily Blackpool for me

Liverpool was tough because of the Ben Turner elation, only to lose a shootout a few mins later

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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He got Wolves promoted to the PL in one of his two full seasons in charge. Hardly "did the same with Wolves".

In his first season, Wolves were top of the table, 10 points clear of 3rd with 9 games to go. They lost in the playoffs.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Easily Blackpool for me

Liverpool was tough because of the Ben Turner elation, only to lose a shootout a few mins later

I never got upset over the Liverpool defeat. Once we'd equalised, I was just proud of the team and didn't really worry about winning or losing.

Now had Kenny Miller put that late chance away....

[19bluebirds27]

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Rebrand as far as I am concerned would never have happened had we beat Blackpool. That was the time the Tan was introduced - we really should have been in the PL as were, without his cash that came with his lucky red. As someone else mentioned too and I think we would have had a sustained period there.

[19bluebirds27]

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Has to be the Cup finals for me over promotions - we’ll never win the premiership.
Trophy’s are for life for any fan - even if it was 100 years ago.

We should have won them both on the day too and I will never forgot how proud I was of our club.

[jeepster]

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Blackpool

[J R Hartley]

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In his first season, Wolves were top of the table, 10 points clear of 3rd with 9 games to go. They lost in the playoffs.

He then got them promoted the second season so he didn’t always do the same at Wolves. He got them promoted at second time of asking.

We know you don’t like Jones but implying Malky was a better manager is just laughable. He won the LMA manager of the year in 1998 and kept Southampton up comfortably in the PL a couple of times. Something Warnock hasn’t managed in all his years in the game.

[Tuerto]

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He then got them promoted the second season so he didn’t always do the same at Wolves. He got them promoted at second time of asking.

We know you don’t like Jones but implying Malky was a better manager is just laughable. He won the LMA manager of the year in 1998 and kept Southampton up comfortably in the PL a couple of times. Something Warnock hasn’t managed in all his years in the game.

Dave Jones did pretty well wherever he went. Didn't he get Stockport up to the championship, or Division 1 as it was known?

[Des Parrot]

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Blackpool
Liverpool
Portsmouth
Reading

Exactly this.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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He then got them promoted the second season so he didn’t always do the same at Wolves. He got them promoted at second time of asking.

We know you don’t like Jones but implying Malky was a better manager is just laughable. He won the LMA manager of the year in 1998 and kept Southampton up comfortably in the PL a couple of times. Something Warnock hasn’t managed in all his years in the game.

Couldn't give a shit what he did at Southampton, same as I couldn't care less what Malky or Warnock has done elsewhere. It's my opinion that Malky won promotion with a poorer squad than Jones had in his last few seasons as our manager, so I rate him as a better manager of us than Jones. I also reckon that our promotion under Warnock was one of the best managerial successes at our club in many a year. Jones's CV with us will always be blighted by failure to win promotion.

[life on mars]

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FA Cup and stupid management decesions

[J R Hartley]

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Couldn't give a shit what he did at Southampton, same as I couldn't care less what Malky or Warnock has done elsewhere. It's my opinion that Malky won promotion with a poorer squad than Jones had in his last few seasons as our manager, so I rate him as a better manager of us than Jones. I also reckon that our promotion under Warnock was one of the best managerial successes at our club in many a year. Jones's CV with us will always be blighted by failure to win promotion.

So you couldn’t give a shit what Jones did elsewhere, but you were the one who brought what he did at another club - Wolves -into the equation. Tidy.

[J R Hartley]

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Dave Jones did pretty well wherever he went. Didn't he get Stockport up to the championship, or Division 1 as it was known?

He was a good manager and helped elevate this club to a club with premier league ambitions.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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He was a good manager and helped elevate this club to a club with premier league ambitions.

He had a big war chest in wages paid to quality players to do that though

It was well known in football that we were shelling out money beyond our means to get promoted

It certainly wasn't just his managerial qualities that kept us in the mix