Well thats it for another year. What are your thoughts on that. Talk about being on a rollercoaster.
For me we started off well in thrashing Town in the pre season friendly. Really thought our new signings would see us get a top 6 spot. Govin came injury proned. Thompson never made it on the field.Govin soon left and we never saw much of Skee until the back end or you watched the reserves.
NRC campaign was a disaster. Worst bit was walking out of derwent park with all the Town fans singing bye bye bye bye. As for the other cup that was even worse. How could we lose to Blackpool
In the end that defeat cost us a money spinning tie away at Leeds.
By now fans were voicing with their feet. Dick Raaz's infamous comments saying were the fans could go certainly didn't help. Add to that Ged was slowly losing the plot. What was the BOD thinking about when they offered him a new 2yr deal
He was starting to fall out with quite a few players. Ginge went to Town. We never saw much of Jacko or Sicey either. He said he was never a fan of the dual Reg but suddenly found himself bringing in quite a few dual reg players !!! And what about our proposed new stadium.
The Championship season started off OK. Wins against Toulouse and away at Dewsbury hinted at maybe a top 6 spot but then suddenly that horrendous 13 game losing streak which was the nail in the coffin. Attendences fell well below the 1000 mark. Rumours of administration circulating about. Players asked to take pay cuts and the ones who refused were ommitted from the team sheet. Injuries hadn't helped either. Macca was out for most of the season. We never really saw Fordy. Rudd and Jackson also out for the latter part.
As for the highs............ We finally got a win away at Keighley then the news all fans wanted to hear Ged was sacked. A win in our last game so if Leroy and Howard do hang up their boots they finish their careers with a victory. The reserves have been fabulous in winning their league. At least with all these younguns coming through the future looks fairly rosy.
In the end though a pretty miserable season.