Do you? They were parallel divisions with their own promotion and re-election/relegation places, just as the Conference North and South operates today.
Yeah, thatâs what this is. Itâs definitely not a desperate attempt to defend a woeful season youâve been chirping on for weeks isnât as bad as being made out and that Dutton deserves a second chance (or more accurately a 14th chance), and to achieve that, denying that 68th, in a season playing teams from the third tier in a regional basis is lower than finishing 80 odd only playing teams in the fourth division (something even said manager being defended has accepted and acknowledged himself)
I know this story, where you drift into nonsense because you canât defend your position anymore. I canât explain it anymore to somebody who wonât accept reality.
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Well thatâs the debate isnât it. Not one started by me, I donât really care. But the debate is 2020/21 is Walsallâs worst ever season.
To answer that question coherently you have to put some sort of ranking on the 1952/53 league table. Otherwise youâre being disingenuous.
Or you accept that teams only had 68 positions to play for and it would be disingenuous to rank them any lower than that, especially by merging the records from two unrelated divisions.
Anyway, subjective etc.
The fact we are all debating our worst league finish either being now or in whatever season someone else thinks it is shows how far we have fallen,can we have a âis this our best season everâ thread and quick please.
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Not to mention the advantage this season of only playing tier 4 opposition, rather than a mix of both âŚ
Yes ok, but, in general, you canât then say Walsall finished 68th in 52/53 and thus was a better season than 20/21.
Yes, and if weâd finished 24th this year, thereâd be no debate,
But we didnâtâŚ
As I said further up the thread, for a few seasons in the early 50âs we finished in the lowest league position available to us - which is bad. This season weâll finish below more fellow league clubs than ever before. The latter is worse for me.
Thereâs no debate finishing 17th or lower unless you are desperately defending a position thatâs nonsense.
And donât say it isnât desperate, youâve responded to virtually all of my posts on this thread whether they are addressed to you or not and started your own vote on it. More than entitled of course, but it does come across a little desperate to defend your position.
Youâre going to have to wait a minimum of three years for that I think to get anything like a positive answer, subject to subjectivity of course.
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They called it the " old palsâ act."
Ad hominem points youâve made there. Nothing to do with whatâs being debated.
Noticed there was 40 unread replys in this thread, knew it was one of two things.
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Dutton had been sacked.
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The El nombre show
It was 2
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As far as Iâm concerned, this is our worst season in my living memory.
Worst league, worst place and worst manager!
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Subject to finishing in the bottom 4 I would think it could be Barrow or possibly Stevenage but we are now all committed to the current system so it ainât going to happen.
Thereâs no debate. This is the lowest. Might not be the worst, but it is the lowest. Thatâs objective, the other subjective.
Boom top after 1 game 
The title was worst 