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]
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.
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 !!
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 too
You’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!!!