Not quite, I'd imagine it was more the mentality of 'you score 4, we score 5', fun times those crazy Ozzie tactics
Most exciting teams that never won anything
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Benitez's Liverpool from 2008 to the end.
WBA around 1978.
Too many egos and also we lacked balance in the team. We had amazing center backs but average fullbacks, and with Paulo Sousa becoming a permanent injured player we lost the only top quality defensive midfielder we had. They still managed to make a very solid Euro 2000. Nuno Gomes was a solid forward but not a player that would score that many goals unfortunately.
Tommy Doc's united. Yes they won the 2nd division title and FA- Cup but that team were fantastic to watch and should have won a lot more.
Spalleti’s Roma with his 4-6-0 formation?
Hector Cuper's Valencia
This Southampton team were good when they put it together.
Also, City after the financial rule-breaking judgement lands.
Also, City after the financial rule-breaking judgement lands.
Eintracht Frankfurt 91-94
Uwe Bein (one of the greatest passers of the era), Tony Yeboah, Andy Möller, Jay-Jay Okocha, Maurizio Gaudino. They played scintillating football. The rainbow flick is still known as the Okocha Trick in Frankfurt. The '91 team threw the league title to already relegated Rostock in the last game. The '94 team won their first 11 games of the season. When the wheels came off, Toppmöller was replaced by Heynckes, who proceeded to exterminate every creative fibre of that team. Something which still makes him persona non grata in Frankfurt.
Uwe Bein (one of the greatest passers of the era), Tony Yeboah, Andy Möller, Jay-Jay Okocha, Maurizio Gaudino. They played scintillating football. The rainbow flick is still known as the Okocha Trick in Frankfurt. The '91 team threw the league title to already relegated Rostock in the last game. The '94 team won their first 11 games of the season. When the wheels came off, Toppmöller was replaced by Heynckes, who proceeded to exterminate every creative fibre of that team. Something which still makes him persona non grata in Frankfurt.
2007-08 Arsenal was probably the best iteration of Wengerball with Kids TM. And a side capable of beating the best. Just couldn't hack the mental side of the full season plus zero depth after injuries to the main cogs.
Luton 23/24.
Barton was 15 when Keegan left Newcastle, and Shearer was never part of the most entertaining team. He only played 18 games under Keegan.
You’ve blurred Some time there but of course they were a fantastic attacking team. They were so naive but really swashbuckling at times. Always on the front foot. Really fun side.
But it wasn't an exciting team. Only in 2018, I remember the team was able to dominate and play fun games (for me the best side in the WC) . On 2014 and 2016, it was a boring team, centered around defense and physicality.
Warren Barton you plum.
Man City 2008-24 once the punishments are dished out?
United 2011/12, those first two months with Anderson and Clev in the midfield.
Not bothered to read through the thread to see if it's been mentioned but Napoli under Sarri. For a team to have a 66% win rate over three seasons and not have a single trophy to show for it is wild.
Back then I remember being so excited to have Sarri as the Chelsea manager too. Napoli had just had a 91 point league season and that side was excellent.
Back then I remember being so excited to have Sarri as the Chelsea manager too. Napoli had just had a 91 point league season and that side was excellent.