To be fair, the bar was incredibly low and we weren't much better under Chris than we had been under Hyypia in terms of scoring goals. We conceded fewer, which was the key - but that team stayed up with 47 points and just 44 goals. The bottom 5 that season were rubbish. Absolute rubbish.
Where...
And gifted a squad of players who haven't thrived before or since. I think he was rubbish and unlikely to have ever been a success, but the squad he had was truly shocking and gave him absolutely no chance at all. No quality in attack, a fat man in goal and a midfield duo of Bambi and a boy...
Good to see him doing well, maybe he'll be able to carve out a solid few years in League 2 or even League 1. He was never capable of playing in the Championship, without being massively out of his depth and one of the players that makes me feel sorry for Sami Hyypia. He must keep an eye on some...
It does make you feel a bit sorry for Sami Hyypia when you consider the absolute rubbish his team was filled with. Rubbish like Chicksen, Forster-Caskey, Agustien, Fenelon, Ince and O'Grady. All now long forgotten in football.
He was great for Lewis Dunk though.
With regards to Adam...