tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post4411353055430994653..comments2023-08-24T20:58:46.196-07:00Comments on DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: SEASON REVIEW: THROUGH OPPONENTS' EYESSimon Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01814416205256696455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-42324483391440741632013-06-04T08:11:44.118-07:002013-06-04T08:11:44.118-07:00Quite. I'm not sure anyone in football knows h...Quite. I'm not sure anyone in football knows how to move on after winning the league like that, to be honest, with the possible exception of Thucydides. You certainly can't beat it for excitement. Even holding onto the title would not have felt the same. <br />At least there is some consensus amongst our friends about what went wrong. Next question will split opinion a little more! Will post it tonight.Simon Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01814416205256696455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-61501738725485959202013-06-04T08:00:19.011-07:002013-06-04T08:00:19.011-07:00So the consensus is the signings were poor, and th...So the consensus is the signings were poor, and the manager failed to inspire. Hardly earth-shattering.<br /><br />May I suggest that last season's triumph was mightily aided by a liberal dollop of good fortune (and just a pinch of Crazy Joey Barton). The club came to expect miracles, which is a dangerous and peril-fraught way to live. As Thucydides writes, "Avoid the mistake so often made by those who meet with some extraordinary piece of good luck and then go on pressing forward in the hope of more still, because of the very unexpectedness of their first success....those who have had most experience of changes for the better and the worse are rightly the least inclined to believe that good luck will last."CortMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523325625543524432noreply@blogger.com