Jimmy smiths squad or schtevey

[Toddo]

C Powell and Stimac... I said to my mate the other night, Jim Smiths biggest mistake was letting Powell go and replacing him with Schnoor. Oh well. Igor was class above.

[Stimaclegend]

good post triz. are you missing asanovic? I think he joined in while we were in the 2nd tier? I may be wrong though.

I've got to be honest and say that the jim smith team was far better than the current one imo. igor and asanovic were world class players and you just don't see that in the 2nd tier now days. you look at some of the quality that stepped up to be premier league players; carsley, deano, chris powell and even daryl powell amongst the two world class Croatians.

honestly there's no comparison. how many of our current side could step up?
definitely. martin possibly. Christie maybe but would get found out defensively.

na the more I think about it, no comparison.

The gap between Division 1 and ThePremiership was nowhere near as big back then, teams could go up and be competitive. Forest got promoted and finished 3rd the next season, that will never happen again.

[Stimaclegend]

C Powell and Stimac... I said to my mate the other night, Jim Smiths biggest mistake was letting Powell go and replacing him with Schnoor. Oh well. Igor was class above.

Did Tony Dorigo come in before or after Schnoor?

[triz]

good post triz. are you missing asanovic? I think he joined in while we were in the 2nd tier? I may be wrong though.

I've got to be honest and say that the jim smith team was far better than the current one imo. igor and asanovic were world class players and you just don't see that in the 2nd tier now days. you look at some of the quality that stepped up to be premier league players; carsley, deano, chris powell and even daryl powell amongst the two world class Croatians.

honestly there's no comparison. how many of our current side could step up? hughes definitely. martin possibly. Christie maybe but would get found out defensively.

na the more I think about it, no comparison.

Asanavic came in after promotion before our first premier league ganme though. I remember seeing him slot worldy passes through for croatia in euro 96 before he had kicked a ball for us and almost jizzing myself.

Clearly our premier league team was bet

[Toddo]

According to Wiki, Schnoor 98-2000. Dorigo 98-2000.

[triz]

and dont forget russel rapid he'll be prem quality for sure...can bryson eventually match carsley too?

[Stimaclegend]

A fully fit Thorne can match Carsley

[Bear DCFC]

Dawkins or Simpson?

[Toggles]

I'd have Willems in as Martin cover.

Would take Yates,Rowett, Wassell or Igor at the back now, too

[Rapid]

and dont forget russel rapid he'll be prem quality for sure...can bryson eventually match carsley too?

I dunno mate. as others have said the gap is 10 times wider than it was back in the day. I'm a huge fan of JR but the prem would be a big step up for him. he had a slow start to this season to be fair (he found himself on the bench until fairly recently).

I think it would be a big step for Bryson too. I just hope this current bunch get the chance to show if they can make the grade.