01-09-2019, 13:46
Thanks for posting the report, Dancing. I couldn`t get up myself yesterday so it`s good to get a run-down on what happened.
What is with us and these bloody draws? It`s getting to be just like last season. I suppose one consolation is that we seem to be able to claw our way back into games fairly regularly, which suggests that the spirit within the team is still pretty good even though nothing much else seems to be. I`m beginning to think that JS has backed himself into a very tight corner with Gerrard and he`ll keep on playing him out of sheer stubbornness. Certainly, nobody else seems to rate him either and from what I saw at Stockport his lack of pace is going to get exposed fairly regularly at this level.
I can see this season developing on the same lines as last; namely, that the players get so much flak from the home ‘support’ that they`re more comfortable and therefore play better away from home. I normally sit at the back of the East Stand when I come up, but I`m getting so fed up with a couple old gits (yes, I know; that`s a bit rich coming from me) behind me moaning their bleedin` guts up from the moment the first ball is kicked that I`m going to start sitting somewhere else. I know we`re all thoroughly pissed off with how things are at present, but can these people genuinely not realise that getting on the players` backs throughout the game is counter-productive? They may not be Messis and Neymars admittedly, but they sure as hell wouldn`t be playing for us if they were. If all they want to do is moan, they`d serve the team better by staying away and going up the pub for the afternoon.
I`m afraid, Mr Allen, you`ve got nowhere to hide now. Having blamed anybody and everybody else for our decline and fall over the past few years and told us that our 2 days out at Wembley a few years ago outweighs our descent to the bottom of the National League, there are no excuses now. Bringing back JS was entirely your idea – as, presumably, was the accompanying fanfare that made his appointment look like something equivalent to the second coming of the Messiah – and if he falls flat on his face (or some other part of his anatomy) as he is undoubtedly doing at the moment, then the buck most definitely stops with you. Please don`t still be telling us that ”we`ve never had it so good” if, as Matt suggests, we`re playing Matlock Town in the Northern Premier League in a few years` time. A bit of humility might go down well with the support now – but I suspect that humble pie never has been and never will be on your menu.
For what it`s worth, Dancing, I`m inclined to agree with you about JBW. I reckon as well that he`ll prove a point to us as before the season`s out; and good luck to him if he does.
What is with us and these bloody draws? It`s getting to be just like last season. I suppose one consolation is that we seem to be able to claw our way back into games fairly regularly, which suggests that the spirit within the team is still pretty good even though nothing much else seems to be. I`m beginning to think that JS has backed himself into a very tight corner with Gerrard and he`ll keep on playing him out of sheer stubbornness. Certainly, nobody else seems to rate him either and from what I saw at Stockport his lack of pace is going to get exposed fairly regularly at this level.
I can see this season developing on the same lines as last; namely, that the players get so much flak from the home ‘support’ that they`re more comfortable and therefore play better away from home. I normally sit at the back of the East Stand when I come up, but I`m getting so fed up with a couple old gits (yes, I know; that`s a bit rich coming from me) behind me moaning their bleedin` guts up from the moment the first ball is kicked that I`m going to start sitting somewhere else. I know we`re all thoroughly pissed off with how things are at present, but can these people genuinely not realise that getting on the players` backs throughout the game is counter-productive? They may not be Messis and Neymars admittedly, but they sure as hell wouldn`t be playing for us if they were. If all they want to do is moan, they`d serve the team better by staying away and going up the pub for the afternoon.
I`m afraid, Mr Allen, you`ve got nowhere to hide now. Having blamed anybody and everybody else for our decline and fall over the past few years and told us that our 2 days out at Wembley a few years ago outweighs our descent to the bottom of the National League, there are no excuses now. Bringing back JS was entirely your idea – as, presumably, was the accompanying fanfare that made his appointment look like something equivalent to the second coming of the Messiah – and if he falls flat on his face (or some other part of his anatomy) as he is undoubtedly doing at the moment, then the buck most definitely stops with you. Please don`t still be telling us that ”we`ve never had it so good” if, as Matt suggests, we`re playing Matlock Town in the Northern Premier League in a few years` time. A bit of humility might go down well with the support now – but I suspect that humble pie never has been and never will be on your menu.
For what it`s worth, Dancing, I`m inclined to agree with you about JBW. I reckon as well that he`ll prove a point to us as before the season`s out; and good luck to him if he does.