Nowhere near worst ever, not even top (bottom?!) 5

94-95 was the worst, the utter pits. It was just so completely unexpected! Two great seasons before, one of our best ever teams. OK we sold Sutton in the summer but we were still great and top five at Christmas. How did we get relegated from there?? I still remember the awful sick feeling of losing week after week after week … surely we couldn’t go down … surely … no … NO …NOOOOOOO … oh gosh I feel sick just thinking about it now.

Then “on loan to the Endsleigh” and genuinely thinking we’d just come straight back. The wilderness years of mid table nothingness, no money, no stars, no optimism, Rioch, Hamilton. Tumbleweed years. Losing on penalties in Cardiff and thinking we might be finished financially.

I think the relegation that hurt second most was the first Farke one. We had STORMED the champs playing some of the best football I had ever seen a City side play. We looked like a prem side in the champs, and I had such real hope. Then we were just rubbish. It was so deflating.

This one? Meh. I knew we’d be crap again. We’d lost Emi and Skipp. Farke was known to be clueless in the prem. The new signings didn’t gel and weren’t what we needed. We were down by October. It’s been inevitable and it’s been nothing like as bad as other ones because I didn’t really ever expect anything else.

Posted By: Old Git on April 23rd 2022 at 19:50:44

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I'm just wondering if this has been my least enjoyable season ever (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Apr 23, 18:59:47
- It's been horrible- I'm with you on this (NCFC) - paulg, Apr 23, 21:00:32
- Farke delivered the worst season in our history only 2 years ago (NCFC) - Ben, Apr 23, 20:30:27
  - Two years ago might have been ‘worse’ but it was more enjoyable - at least (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Apr 23, 20:51:58
  - Worst =/= least enjoyable (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 23, 20:36:52
    - Empty stadiums saved us from having to endure most of it (NCFC) - Ben, Apr 23, 20:51:48
    - For me worst = the biggest let down, ie the worst comparison between expectation & reality (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 23, 20:44:11
      - I think on the flip side it's also the reason why the (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 23, 20:50:01
        
        I expected more this season (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 23, 20:59:12
        
        Yes, I think you’re right (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 23, 20:54:02
- Roeder’s relegation to league 1 for me (n/m) (NCFC) - DH Yellow, Apr 23, 20:25:11
- Agree. miserable from start to finish. Virtually no high points. (n/m) (NCFC) - pab, Apr 23, 20:16:45
- Nowhere near worst ever, not even top (bottom?!) 5 (NCFC) - Old Git, Apr 23, 19:50:44
  - See I think ‘ Meh. I knew we’d be crap again.’ (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Apr 23, 20:54:09
    - Doesn’t make for an enjoyable season. (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Apr 23, 20:55:55
  - 100% this - given how we fared in the Prem under Farke last time (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 23, 20:25:57
  - Isn’t that the point though? (NCFC) - Linighans wake, Apr 23, 19:59:28
  - This hasn’t hurt particularly… (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Apr 23, 19:53:43
- What is it to be a football fan without hope? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Apr 23, 19:46:56
- Probably (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 23, 19:43:49
- Undoubtedly my worst total season in 62 years (NCFC) - trt354, Apr 23, 19:42:47
- Spoke to a Watford fan yesterday and he felt the same (n/m) (NCFC) - Highway, Apr 23, 19:42:46
- It’s been hard work (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Apr 23, 19:29:22
- Been to less games this season than i’ve ever been (NCFC) - littletinyphil, Apr 23, 19:28:30
  - Bet you went to fewer games last season…. (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Apr 23, 19:54:27
    - lols (n/m) (NCFC) - littletinyphil, Apr 23, 20:14:05
- I've really found I've pretty much become immune to it all over the last decade or so (NCFC) - Azteca, Apr 23, 19:22:42
  - Oh gosh the night Farke went (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 23, 19:56:46
    - definitely the worst moment of the season (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 23, 20:27:47
      - I still can’t work out why it had to be done that way (NCFC) - CWC, Apr 23, 20:30:13
        
        yep, it seemed so unnecessary (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Apr 23, 20:33:40
- The futility of Premier league football for most clubs of (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Apr 23, 19:19:24
  - That’s not entirely true though (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Apr 23, 19:47:59
- agree (NCFC) - Farkeball, Apr 23, 19:17:01
- This season does have a whiff (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Apr 23, 19:14:18
- Totally agree with most of this (NCFC) - Charles21, Apr 23, 19:13:00
  - Yes (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Apr 23, 19:13:45
- Agree with that. Haven't enjoyed this season obviously (NCFC) - Old Splat, Apr 23, 19:11:53
- Yup it’s been a relentless slog (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Apr 23, 19:06:05
  - VMT (n/m) (NCFC) - Highway, Apr 23, 19:42:16

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