Did we over-perform this season?

[porl99]

Still really disappointed about Saturday, but I don't think you can fault the players or management, everyone has given their absolute best throughout the season.  I really liked the quote before the game saying it's all about having the best team, and not the best individuals, as for me, relatively speaking this was not as good a Boston side as has previously featured in the play-offs.  That's not to say I don't think they did well, but were they really that good as individuals, or has the quality of the division deteriorated?  Did they actually over-perform this year getting to the play-offs in the first place?

Here are the four teams that have reached the play-off finals over the last ten years.   Although not an exact science as we didn't always play 4-4-2,  I've put in bold the player who I rated the best for that position. Only Thanoj and Wright get in my 'best XI' (and I'm not sure about Wright), and it also made me think about what a fantastic team we had in both 2015 and 2016.

           

	10/11	14/15	15/16	19/20
GK	Bastock	Strykek	Spiess	Crook
LB	Jelleyman	Steer	McEvoy	Whittle
CB	Murphy	Piergianni	Piergianni	Shiels
CB	Pearson	Garner	Brown	Garner
RB	Canoville	Mills	Mills	Challoner
LM	Yates	Walker	Rollins	Platt
CM	Church	Marrs	Garner	Abbott
CM	Sleath	Dixon	Roberts	Thanoj
RM	Semple	Felix	Hilliard	Rollins
ST	Weir-Daley	Newsham	Southwell	Thewlis
ST	Dudfield	Jones	Felix	Wright
Sub1	Davidson	Newsham	Burgess	Nicholson
Sub2	Stones	Hall	Johnson	Warren
Sub3	Boyes	McGhee	Jones	Knowles
Sub4	Clarke	Roberts	Marrs	Ainge
Sub5	Cullingworth	Vince	Lavelle-Moore	Mulhern
Sub6				Willis

I'm really not trying to be negative toward this year's players as clearly, as a team, they have performed very well, but do you agree with my choices?

[Pilgrim86]

14/15 was the "golden generation" of United sides over the last few seasons. 50/50 between Steer and Whittle, and I'd go Rollins ahead of Yates, and Newsham over Wright.

[bostonwoody]

14/15 was the "golden generation" of United sides over the last few seasons. 50/50 between Steer and Whittle, and I'd go Rollins ahead of Yates, and Newsham over Wright.

100% agree with that. Every generation has players they will tell their children about, in my case it was always Jimmy Raynor. I feel sure our Grandchildren will become bored with tales of Churchy and Pidge

[Pilgrim86]

I reckon CE would win the league with the 14/15 side...

[joshb]

14/15 was the "golden generation" of United sides over the last few seasons. 50/50 between Steer and Whittle, and I'd go Rollins ahead of Yates, and Newsham over Wright.

Same here

[joshb]

I reckon Scott and Hurst win the league with this team though