5 years ago tonight

[Stud mark of doom]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55241014
 

Only 5 years ago - unlucky to only take a point at 15th placed Arsenal. 

A win would have put us top. We had to make do with third. 
 

Before people in charge started saying things like “if something is working well, consider breaking it”. 
 

Worth listening to the Ralph interview.

 

Edited 16 December, 2025 by Stud mark of doom

[Holmes_and_Watson]

I reckon with the financial support of a new owner, who can invest where Gao can't, that our future is bright with Ralph.

[LiberalCommunist]

That season now feels like some wispy dream. 

[trousers]

Only 5 years since we were challenging at the top of the Premier League. Well, that's cheered me up no end. Thanks a bunch for the reminder of how far we've fallen in such a short period of time! 😭 

[bangkoksaint]

I seem to remember going to Villa when we had good form and we got dicked with Ings getting a brace I believe. This was when our form nosedived. Without looking I’m assuming this Arsenal game was around the same time 

[S-Clarke]

3 hours ago, bangkoksaint said:

I seem to remember going to Villa when we had good form and we got dicked with Ings getting a brace I believe. This was when our form nosedived. Without looking I’m assuming this Arsenal game was around the same time 

I know the game you're thinking of, Villa 4-0 winners against us at their place. Ings scored.

That was the following season 21/22 In Feb time I think, and yeah our season collapsed from that point. 

This 1-1 mentioned here wasn't too far away from that 9-0 Man Utd away game in 20/21, our season kinda plateaued up to that and then collapsed afterwards. So we were still a basket case, even in 2020, 2021.

Edited 17 December, 2025 by S-Clarke

[Saint86]

How far we have fallen....

Also, i do miss Ralph as manager.

Edited 17 December, 2025 by Saint86

[Maggie May]

10 hours ago, bangkoksaint said:

I seem to remember going to Villa when we had good form and we got dicked with Ings getting a brace I believe. This was when our form nosedived. Without looking I’m assuming this Arsenal game was around the same time 

I’ve said this many times on this forum but the Villa game is the exact moment we went into free fall as a club and we’ve never recovered.

[bangkoksaint]

16 hours ago, Maggie May said:

I’ve said this many times on this forum but the Villa game is the exact moment we went into free fall as a club and we’ve never recovered.

Absolutely. I remember going into the ground full of optimism and coming out wondering how we had played and collapsed like we did.