Battle of the "Nearly men"

[TommyDavo]

....I know, I was just pointing out I always associate Lyons with being chucked up top. Not his fault, of course, but it was a tactic I used to dread.

Sure I remember it working at Carrow Road In about the 85th minute. About 10 hours round trip on a special

 

[Rob17896]

No contest that. One of the great things about Thomas was how he could clip a cross in with hardly any backlift. Latchford must have got a hard on when Davey was on his game.

No, that would have been obvious. He just scored a lot.

 

[Rob17896]

It was red hot that day - having arteta might have given us a little more chance to control the pace of the game more. No disgrace losing to that Chelsea side mind

You could not breathe in that hole. We relied more on effort than Chelsea, key players missing and Hibbo half fit. To be honest I was relieved we got away so lightly. They battered us in truth.

 

[Quadvod]

You could not breathe in that hole. We relied more on effort than Chelsea, key players missing and Hibbo half fit. To be honest I was relieved we got away so lightly. They battered us in truth.

Thats how I remember it - the right hand side of hibbo and ossie seemed either overawed or just over matched that day. We never got going after the first 30 secs

 

[Sharpies volley]

Lyons & Buckley in that Lee team ahead of McNaught & Hamilton any day

Was Buckley still with us then mate

 

[Lloydystark]

What the hell is that Moyes line up?

3 up top Moyes would have a heart attack

 

[Joeharper07]

Sure I remember it working at Carrow Road In about the 85th minute. About 10 hours round trip on a special

There and Ipswich nightmare especially getting back into lime street and the emergency cord being pulled about four times between Runcorn and Lime Street

 

[MikeH72]

3 up top Moyes would have a heart attack

Not a single defensive midfielder anywhere to be seen, not even one.

 

[messymascot]

Even with the players available for 09 final Moyes could have made it more competitive. Neville should have started at RB. Gosling should have been on the RW and Osman in CM. I still think we would have struggled but it would have given us more chance.

 

[Johnny Barton]

Was Buckley still with us then mate

Yes, Gordon Lee brought Buckley in for his first game under him at the infamous Maine Road Semi final
He had a good run in the team for a year before injury meant he lost his place and eventually was sold.

 

[Sharpies volley]

Yes, Gordon Lee brought Buckley in for his first game under him at the infamous Maine Road Semi final
He had a good run in the team for a year before injury meant he lost his place and eventually was sold.

Ok mate can't remember now. Don't think I could even name that semi final line up. Might have wiped it from memory.

 

[Johnny Barton]

Ok mate can't remember now. Don't think I could even name that semi final line up. Might have wiped it from memory.

If you could bear to watch, BBC replayed it recently, I had to have a few beers first

 

[Jamo Martinez]

No comparison in these two men, Lee was very unlucky, the other a born loser.
Lee achieved more in four seasons than ginger did in eleven.
3 years out of 4 finished in what would have now been champions league place.
He was a keeper and a bent ref at Maine Road away from winning a trophy.

In 4 full season's, we finished 3rd, 4th, 18th and 15th under Lee.

 

[Johnny Barton]

In 4 full season's, we finished 3rd, 4th, 18th and 15th under Lee.

Thanks Jamo
I stand corrected, I thought it was only in his last season we started to slide

 

[mahermi1]

In 4 full season's, we finished 3rd, 4th, 18th and 15th under Lee.

Don't think there is much comparison, weren't we one of the richer clubs in Gordon Lee's days, then went to one of the very poorest in Moyes time at Everton. Moyes time at Everton also coincided with mega rich Chelsea, Man City, Man United and Liverpool throwing money around for fun.
We had Bill back of the sofa Kenwright pulling the purse strings. Moyes over Lee anytime for me.