Memories of season '98-99

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  1. Acido Tyke

    Acido Tyke Well-Known Member

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    Ok everybody, I think its time for yet another season memories thread lol.
    But I'm afraid this is season '98, the John Hendrie 'manager' season!. :oops:
    So, after Prem relegation and Danny and Redders both leaving us, we were in a difficult position.
    What were our expectations then, when that '98 season started.
     
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    Acido Tyke Well-Known Member

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    Johnnie was a popular lad wasn't he, and he played a massive part in our promotion to the Prem of course.
    But I think we maybe set our expectations too high for that season. And he/John showed that he simply wasn't up to the role. :oops:
    And after John had gone before the end of the season, our mate Eric Winnie, got the job briefly again.
     
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    My first thought was we had made a mistake giving Hendrie the job.
     
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    Hendrie was a mistake for sure, that team was good enough to get us back up.
    Has John Dennis spoken about that season? It seems the club made quite a few interesting decisions.
     
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    Yeah Jack lad, I agree. But who then should we have gone for.
     
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    Hey Johnnie meant the best didn't he, but he was just not good enough, I'm afraid. :oops:
     
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    I think there might have been a few managers that would have taken us on at that time, with a decent squad and every chance of promotion. It seemed an odd decision to give the job to the squad joker....
     
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    No John Hendrie = no Craig Hignett.
     
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    Darren Barnard's wonder goal against Huddersfield - still the best goal I've seen at Oakwell
     
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    Typical Barnsley that Huddersfield game, excellent first half, crap 2nd half ;)

    Just imagine if we could have kept that side together. We'd have píssed promotion.
     
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    Think that was the only game where Hignett, Ward and Dyer played together.
    Ward was sold to Blackburn the following week.
     
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    Expectations were that we had a good chance of getting back up. If the Fowls of S6 hadn't poached Wilson I'm pretty certain we would have.
     
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    Dunno but John Dennis wanted to appease the fans on the back of losing Wilson to Wednesday.
    Someone with experience as Hendrie was out of his depth and I think he knew it himself.

    Don't think he could adapt to being one of the lads to boss.
     
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    I think he wasn't good enough. But not the worst by any stretch. Felt really sorry for him as I believe we were suffering with main players being injured at times. Some brilliant stories when him and Shez get together. Talking about that period. And prior.
    Loved him as a player. And I'm with JT.
    Struggled a bit from jumping to boss from playing colleague.
     
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    Didn't we beat Sunderland at their ground, they're only home defeat all season?
     
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    Yes, I went to that one. Their first defeat at the Stadium of Light. Right game, we were 2-0 up with Ward scoring, missing a pen and then getting sent off in space of about 15 minutes. They got it back to 2-2 but an injury time Barnard penalty won it.
     
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    Fond memories of the FA cup run that year too. Bristol Rovers at home with Hignett's hat-trick and Dyer's volley, then eventually being knocked out by what's still one of the FA cups greatest ever goals.
     
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    For me, should have given it to Eric, continuity & all that.
     
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    I among others wanted J.H sacking at the time.Looking back we were 10th in the Championship.What w,ed give for that now.Did we act too hastily sacking him with hindsight?
     
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    Bruce Dyer gave the best performance of his career there....defending from the front...what a shift he put in
     
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