1 think the glaring difference between the two eras was the 1960s Teams and later ,we competed for and had top quality players of that time and level ,and lots of players moved on to a higher level .after the Smith era for me it’s been the opposite .poor quality not good enough for levels we’ve played at .few players moving on to higher grade .hence the decline.I do hope we’re going to see a reversal of that as regards player quality.I know we need to be realistic but the bottom line is fans deserve a team that can compete.that will be enough for most .then we can hope the rest promotion can happen .
God knows what he would have been worth in today’s market. I know he was our leading scorer four maybe five seasons on the trot but it was in the days of the wage cap.
You are right though two seasons and someone these days would take him.
I think Colin Taylor joined Walsall in my first season (58/59.
I remember Jorge’s last game. We knew it was his last game and he was subbed near the end so he and we could say good bye. Jorge in tears, fans in tears, been a long time since we’ve had that sort of connection with a player.
Oh yeh, would defo have been pysco Jonny Keister that had benn sent off out of that lot. Guess we can stick Keats in there then and put either Goodman or tony Barras on the bench or maybe Brian Caswell or stringer
yeh got that now. I blame the OP of this thread who made me start drinking pints with double whisky chasers from 10:30 saturday morning till 10:30 Saturday night only stopping for the game. Don’t think I’ve sobbered up yet.