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Or is the board still infested with j.c.l. know it all moaning bar stewards?
Thats why I havent been on this board in some time.
Too many `what I would do’ know it alls. And the moment you
have an opinion, your wrong. :(Or is the board still infested with j.c.l. know it all moaning bar stewards?
Thats why I havent been on this board in some time.
Too many `what I would do’ know it alls. And the moment you
have an opinion, your wrong. :( [/quote]Unfortunately you are right……..
Or is the board still infested with j.c.l. know it all moaning bar stewards?Theyres some deluded blinkered clueless bar stewards knocking about.
Or is the board still infested with j.c.l. know it all moaning bar stewards?
Theyres some deluded blinkered clueless bar stewards knocking about.[/quote]
The Superfans are beginning to gather.
Could you define your description of a superfan o might one.?
Just wonered if I am one,as I only go to big games but think Martinez is a ledgend who will get it right.Or is the board still infested with j.c.l. know it all moaning bar stewards?
Theyres some deluded blinkered clueless bar stewards knocking about.[/quote]
I have always been in the camp that always got behind their team, it isn’t about delusion, denial or plain optimism, it is about being a fan of a club I have followed since I was 5. What does booing the team achieve?
Does it make the team play better?
Does it make a particular player do better?
Does it make you feel better?
Does it alter the result?
Does it create a good atmosphere?
Does it help to attract more fans?
Will it stop us getting relegated?The answer is NO to all but one of these questions.
You know, in 1992/93 we had arguably the worst team going, but you know what, I NEVER booed them. We got relegated that season, the only time we have ever been relegated and you know what, I was there again the next season shouting the lads on.
Click these for a reality check on where we are now (use shift for new window):
There is a big difference between losing to (with respect) Hartlepool, Mansfield, Plymouth, Port Vale, Chester etc – compared to who we play now. The season was even longer to endure as well.
In 93/94 it was touch and go whether we were going to stay in the football league at all, missing the drop by 7 points. Had we not got 12 points in the last 8 games we wouldn’t have had a football league club at all. But you know what, the atmosphere for those last 4 home games was electric and saw the lads through. Funnily enough we were only getting around 1200 home fans then, but they were fans.
A fan brushes him/herself down after every game and goes back to get behind the lads, or am I Or deluded?
I still think we are in a massive transition and it is not going to happen overnight, but one thing for sure is that boo’s and abuse is not going to get better results or performances, that’s a fact.
FA Cup Winners 2013, sounds good that
Good post jat but has Landgate said thad best get thowd tin hat ready
Has anyone on here actually admitted to booing ? I for one have vehemently denied any booing but have been known to vent my spleen, as after all it is a forum is it not !
Has anyone on here actually admitted to booing ? I for one have vehemently denied any booing but have been known to vent my spleen, as after all it is a forum is it not !I think the problem is the same people posting the same stuff about the same people(martinez/whelen etc) on every thread! Of course vent your spleen but try to keep it on one or two thread,s not on every single thread!
I am a post match moaning get then once I have vented my spleen I get on with my life !! Sometimes pure boredom draws me into a trivial argument about the team,manager,chairman or anything WAFC ! But hey that is why we have a forum ! To put it into perspective,it could be worse,I could be a Nob Ender or worse a Noblot 6 fingered freak !!
“What does booing the team achieve?”
I completely take your point & not saying that I’m a boo-er, but can I just ask how a supporter is supposed to let a manager know of their displeasure at his decisions or at players for their perceived lack of effort?
Booing might in all probability not make a blind bit of difference but was does blindly applauding whatever is dished up or saying and doing nowt achieve?As for the rest about how bad we were in 1993 – with all due respect that was 17 years ago & has no relevance (IMO) to something that is happening in 2010. Yes it was gutting watching us lose to Plymouth from the grass hill in the away end (I was a steward at the time) to confirm our relegation & yes it was even worse the season after as we fought for our football league survival & had to endure 3-1 tonkings at home to Torquay (although we wouldn’t have got relegated anyway coz Kidderminster’s ground who were conference champs didn’t have enough seats to be a league ground – even though they had more seats that Latics).
It hurts no less being beaten by 9-1 Tottenham than it did being beaten 5-2 by Shrewsbury.
In those 17 years, Latics have moved on & supporters sights have shifted accordingly & rightly so. The 1200 there back then were no more fans than the 14,000 or so who were there on Sunday & I remember plenty of “Swain Out” chants througout that season – I even ended up in a scrap with someone at Leek in the cup for having a go at a young lad who was chanting it
I also remember plenty of performances getting booed tooYou’re right in that a fan brushes themselves down after every game & starts again & that’s what people are doing. For the most part they are still turning up – they have a right to voice their opinion after forking out whatever they’ve paid at the ground & have just as much right to then come on here & let the world know how bad they think we are or where they think Bobby & co are going wrong
It shows they care. Its the “what can we do/look how far we’ve come/it could be worse we could be Pompey” attitudes I find odd!!!
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