23-03-2016, 11:34
(This post was last modified: 23-03-2016, 11:37 by HerefordBull.)
Agreed Wattie.
Unfortunately football is a results business and how this was achieved gets forgotten. All that matters is what the final score was and fans and clubs demand success. Therefore when we go on a bad run, which as you correctly point out, we always do in the second part of the season, fans are quick to criticise and call for the managers head. Unfortunately they have little idea who will come in and suddenly turn things around!
Fans were talking about what we would achieve based on the results we were getting during our long unbeaten run earlier in the season. However as Lewis Stevenson pointed out we weren't playing particularly well and were getting our fair share of luck which has now deserted us and so we are where we are now. As in the past we seem able to raise our game against the Premier sides but struggle sometimes against the run of the mill Championship sides.
They then see us getting further behind Rangers and now Falkirk so all that has gone before is forgotten and they want heads to roll. This is the time we want the fans to get behind the team not only for this season as there is still a lot to play for but also in buying Season Tickets for next year.
From what I have seen this season Rangers have been the best and most consistent team in the league and if they go up as Champions as expected it is just reward for their campaign. I therefore feel we deserve to be second and we still have a chance to get there and so reduce the play offs by 2 games. Unfortunately due to so many cup games league fixtures have been put back leading to a fixture pile up and more importantly allowed Falkirk to go out and win their games putting points on the board. They also have a superior goal difference so the game against them at ER is going to be very important PROVIDED we win the games in hand ( I always prefer points on the board). As we have seen lately this is no gimme for us at present and the fans are needed just as much for these games with full support for the team and AS and not going along to hurl abuse as has happened in seasons past.
Reading what has been written on various forums I worry that our season will fall flat especially as a portion of our support are very quick to turn on the team rather than trying to get behind them more.....but as I said football has never been more, a results business, and that is all they look at.
'mon Hibs
GGTTH
Unfortunately football is a results business and how this was achieved gets forgotten. All that matters is what the final score was and fans and clubs demand success. Therefore when we go on a bad run, which as you correctly point out, we always do in the second part of the season, fans are quick to criticise and call for the managers head. Unfortunately they have little idea who will come in and suddenly turn things around!
Fans were talking about what we would achieve based on the results we were getting during our long unbeaten run earlier in the season. However as Lewis Stevenson pointed out we weren't playing particularly well and were getting our fair share of luck which has now deserted us and so we are where we are now. As in the past we seem able to raise our game against the Premier sides but struggle sometimes against the run of the mill Championship sides.
They then see us getting further behind Rangers and now Falkirk so all that has gone before is forgotten and they want heads to roll. This is the time we want the fans to get behind the team not only for this season as there is still a lot to play for but also in buying Season Tickets for next year.From what I have seen this season Rangers have been the best and most consistent team in the league and if they go up as Champions as expected it is just reward for their campaign. I therefore feel we deserve to be second and we still have a chance to get there and so reduce the play offs by 2 games. Unfortunately due to so many cup games league fixtures have been put back leading to a fixture pile up and more importantly allowed Falkirk to go out and win their games putting points on the board. They also have a superior goal difference so the game against them at ER is going to be very important PROVIDED we win the games in hand ( I always prefer points on the board). As we have seen lately this is no gimme for us at present and the fans are needed just as much for these games with full support for the team and AS and not going along to hurl abuse as has happened in seasons past.
Reading what has been written on various forums I worry that our season will fall flat especially as a portion of our support are very quick to turn on the team rather than trying to get behind them more.....but as I said football has never been more, a results business, and that is all they look at.
'mon Hibs
GGTTH
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