I've been thinking of a few moments when it appeared something bad had happened for our club that turned out to be blessings in disguise.
1 - Administration the second time was in some ways the best thing that happened for the long term future of the club. Obviously there were individuals who were badly affected by it but in terms of our club's future it was a turning point that allowed us to progress.
2 - Murray's cruciate knee injury. Some may not agree with this one but up until the moment Murray went down, we were very much 2nd best to Brighton in the play-off tie. When Wilbraham came on, his ability to hold the ball up started to get Wilf involved, the whole team looked better. That carried on to the 2nd leg and worked for us in the final too.
3 - The defensive injury crisis that led to Wan-Bissaka getting his debut. Some great performances followed and the money we made from his sale will have made a huge difference to the club and helped plug a significant gap in our finances.
4 - Dougie deserting us. His management career after he left showed that he is capable of good winning streaks but they never lasted very long and were often followed by bad and longer lasting runs of form. I don't think we would have gone up if he had stayed and whatever people think about Holloway, the fact is he got the job done and without him we almost certainly would not have had Kevin Phillips to convert that penalty.
5 - The 5-0 thumping at Wigan that led to a management change and promotion.
6 - losing out first 3 games of the 12/13 season, which led to the much discussed 'heated conversation in the car park' and a number of great signings before deadline day which helped us to promotion.
So are there any other moments people can think of, when it seemed to have gone but ended up very well?
1 - Administration the second time was in some ways the best thing that happened for the long term future of the club. Obviously there were individuals who were badly affected by it but in terms of our club's future it was a turning point that allowed us to progress.
2 - Murray's cruciate knee injury. Some may not agree with this one but up until the moment Murray went down, we were very much 2nd best to Brighton in the play-off tie. When Wilbraham came on, his ability to hold the ball up started to get Wilf involved, the whole team looked better. That carried on to the 2nd leg and worked for us in the final too.
3 - The defensive injury crisis that led to Wan-Bissaka getting his debut. Some great performances followed and the money we made from his sale will have made a huge difference to the club and helped plug a significant gap in our finances.
4 - Dougie deserting us. His management career after he left showed that he is capable of good winning streaks but they never lasted very long and were often followed by bad and longer lasting runs of form. I don't think we would have gone up if he had stayed and whatever people think about Holloway, the fact is he got the job done and without him we almost certainly would not have had Kevin Phillips to convert that penalty.
5 - The 5-0 thumping at Wigan that led to a management change and promotion.
6 - losing out first 3 games of the 12/13 season, which led to the much discussed 'heated conversation in the car park' and a number of great signings before deadline day which helped us to promotion.
So are there any other moments people can think of, when it seemed to have gone but ended up very well?
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