- This topic has 7 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 6 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Anyone listen to the phone in on Saturday night? They kept asking for Wigan fans to call in, but only one bothered – which just about sums up our support really. Before you ask, I was driving. 160 mile trip home for me after every home game.
Anyway a West Ham fan rang in (sounded just like Ray Winston). He was basically complaining about the modern football fan, or ‘the Sky Sports generation’ to use his exact phrase. As he put it, they expect too much and expect their team to win all the time. He went on that he’s older than most and knows that being a football supporter means he will see the good times, the bad times and even the downright indifferent times. It’s part of the whole being a supporter experience. If a player makes a mistake, so what. If the manager isn’t getting the results, so what. His job as a supporter is to support his team through all of it. He may not like certain players, the owners, or the manager, but he isn’t going waste his time whining about it. He told how for half of last season a bloke behind him whined and moaned every week. Eventually he’d had enough, stood up, turned around and gave him a mouthful. Then about a dozen others all joined in. It seems the silent majority are usually quite positive and supportive.
Oh, and the Wigan fan that called in thought we played really well. Just a bit unlucky was how he summed it up. Couldn’t have agreed more.
Anyone listen to the phone in on Saturday night? They kept asking for Wigan fans to call in, but only one bothered – which just about sums up our support really. Before you ask, I was driving. 160 mile trip home for me after every home game.Anyway a West Ham fan rang in (sounded just like Ray Winston). He was basically complaining about the modern football fan, or ‘the Sky Sports generation’ to use his exact phrase. As he put it, they expect too much and expect their team to win all the time. He went on that he’s older than most and knows that being a football supporter means he will see the good times, the bad times and even the downright indifferent times. It’s part of the whole being a supporter experience. If a player makes a mistake, so what. If the manager isn’t getting the results, so what. His job as a supporter is to support his team through all of it. He may not like certain players, the owners, or the manager, but he isn’t going waste his time whining about it. He told how for half of last season a bloke behind him whined and moaned every week. Eventually he’d had enough, stood up, turned around and gave him a mouthful. Then about a dozen others all joined in. It seems the silent majority are usually quite positive and supportive.
Oh, and the Wigan fan that called in thought we played really well. Just a bit unlucky was how he summed it up. Couldn’t have agreed more.
Yes, but being positive and supportive of your team equals doesn’t know anything about football on this forum, I’m afraid.
To be honest, in some ways I hope Martinez does resign today. We’ll have a couple of days of hysterical “I told you so” and a week-long w@nk-fest and the we might get a bit of epace and quiet for a bit. That is before Whelan employs his next cheap option managaer – probably Graeme Jones – and it all kicks off again.
The reality being, the only thing we can probably do to effect the team is to support them. The vast majority of armchair fans believe they know the perfect way to turn things around, and if that were true, you know what go and do it then. Start a career in football and see how easy it is.
We are where we are and may as well just accept the fait that Whelan has set for us.
Progress with Unity !
Anyone listen to the phone in on Saturday night? They kept asking for Wigan fans to call in, but only one bothered – which just about sums up our support really. Before you ask, I was driving. 160 mile trip home for me after every home game.Anyway a West Ham fan rang in (sounded just like Ray Winston). He was basically complaining about the modern football fan, or ‘the Sky Sports generation’ to use his exact phrase. As he put it, they expect too much and expect their team to win all the time. He went on that he’s older than most and knows that being a football supporter means he will see the good times, the bad times and even the downright indifferent times. It’s part of the whole being a supporter experience. If a player makes a mistake, so what. If the manager isn’t getting the results, so what. His job as a supporter is to support his team through all of it. He may not like certain players, the owners, or the manager, but he isn’t going waste his time whining about it. He told how for half of last season a bloke behind him whined and moaned every week. Eventually he’d had enough, stood up, turned around and gave him a mouthful. Then about a dozen others all joined in. It seems the silent majority are usually quite positive and supportive.
I agree with that but only in so much as when you’re at the game.
For me the whole point of internet forums like these is to vent your spleenThe reality being, the only thing we can probably do to effect the team is to support them. The vast majority of armchair fans believe they know the perfect way to turn things around, and if that were true, you know what go and do it then. Start a career in football and see how easy it is.We are where we are and may as well just accept the fait that Whelan has set for us.
Progress with Unity !
Why do you keep going on about armchair fans ? From what I can gather the majority who post on here go regularly !
Its a phrase that fits most people who sit back and judge from a far, people who are sure they know better without being involved and have never done it before. No different to your average Sky fan !
Its a phrase that fits most people who sit back and judge from a far, people who are sure they know better without being involved and have never done it before. No different to your average Sky fan !Ambiguity of a forum ! I hold my hand up sir ! :blush:
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
