Just following on from Whitey's thread I may be imagining this but I am sure we were linked with Nigel Winterburn John Scales Phill Babb Andy Parkinson
Babb and Winterburn on the flanks with Scales centre with someone else would have been a pretty good defence of premiership experience I have to say.
I do recall Babb being mentioned, but not sure about the others. Judging by the contracts that Bassett handed out to the players we had that were out of contract though I shudder to think who he might have brought in!
Barnard was out of contract I believe he wanted £7k a week and club said no. Ended up at Grimsby on £700 a week instead.
You may well be correct sir. That day still clouds my mind. The contract issue was pretty much how I remember it though.
Great player. Him Redfearn Ward were 3 shining lights of our premiership season. Also scorer of the best goal in BFC's history imo.
Weren't we on the verge of signing Carl Tiler back during that season from Everton? Class defender. Ah if only.
Think he may have been pushing it by the turn of the millennium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_O'Riordan
Always thought Bassett was a good manager and we was unlucky not to win playoffs against Ipswich . Hope we arnt unlucky again tomorrow against them