Looking Back

Bravo Mystic Meg, there is a difference to believing we will go down and wanting to believe we will stay up. personally I have loved the bumpy ride that was Martinez reign, and accepted the relegation when it came.

The thing the darkside will never understand is supporting your team and enjoying it while it lasts. being a defeatest and accepting fates before they have come to pass. Must have been a sad old time for you.

Shoudl have had your money on us for the cup at the start of the season 500-1 lol[/quote]

If the truth be known, the FA Cup win papered over the cracks of a pretty disappointing final Premiership campaign that ultimately ended with us bailing out ! I wanted us to survive but saw hardly anything to give me hope and that is what I wrote, say what you see ! Bar the FA Cup there was not too much to enjoy about last season especially the the home form which was dire to say the least ! If you chose to suppress the very fact that we played like a relegation destined side then fair enough but deep down I knew that our 8 year stint was coming to an end but it was far far from a sad old time for me because I had more or less accepted the fact and was prepared ![/quote]

So had all the Lightsiders, but they didn’t keep faffing on about it like spoilt kids. B) :P[/quote]

Do you really want me to dredge up some of your super confident of avoiding the drop nuggets JR !! :cheer:[/quote]

Go ahead Phil by all means go for it. Do you really think I am ashamed of backing my team through thick and thin, its what a true supporter does isn’t it? B)[/quote]

So you didnt walk away from the DW on numerous occasions last season thinking ” Well that was shit ” did you not ? I did but it didn’t mean that I had not just got behind my team for 90mins and tried to gee them on ! Oh I did my bit, alas the team didn’t do theirs and down they went ! So I did back them through thick and thin, the difference being that I am not a one dimensional person and I have opinions that were deemed to be negative yet with hindsight realistic which is the whole point of my thread ! You keep smiling and nodding and I will form opinions ![/quote]

I think if you ask the lads I go to games with, they will tell you that I am usually the one who walks off the DW giving credit to the side that’s took 3 points of us and pointing out were I think we’ve gone wrong. Within a couple of hours after the game I’ve kicked the cat, bit the wife’s head off, clod half mi tea in the bin and on my 4th pint, I start looking forward to the next game and the positive vibes come back.
Do I feel the need to come on here slagging the manager, chairman, players off….err no.
Do I bite when the D/S come on winging like fek…….unfortunately yes.
You see I’ve been used to defending my club over the years from cheap jibes from chubster fans and the big club followers.
It just pishes me orf when our own fans do it to a degree teetering on hatred, not that you are in that catagory.

You seem to be a poster who changes your views depending on the outcome of each game almost.

I remember Griff saying a while back that if we go down, you just know that the D/S’s will be in their element bleating on about “I told you so”
So well done, you told me so and well done for having a realistic opinion, great stuff pal.[/quote]

Not really saying I told you so. I was looking back ( Hence thread title )because I was looking at the users list Karma standings and wondered who this ‘Revolution Saint’ person was with a karma of 5 and I got it into my head that they were a RL fan due to the name. I also noticed that there were a couple of the RL posters with positive karmas and so I clicked on RS’s posts and my ” And Then There Were 4 ” thread was one they had posted on ! ( Are you following me ! ha ha ha ) Anyhow, to cut a short story long I thought I would highlight a little bit of blind faith that was going on because we were playing pretty badly at the time ( Winless in last 6 and just been dicked 4-1 by Chelsea )and I was fearing the worst. As it happens we won 3 of the next 4 and it looked like I would emerge with egg on my face but a poor April reignited my initial fears. Anyhow, at the end of the day I was bored ha ha ha Oh and I told ya so ! :cheer:[/quote]

Yes Phil, but you were trying to make yourself look a little bit smug and clever when, ironically, all you have done is make yourself look a little bit daft.[/quote]

Smug? No. Clever? No. Correct? Yes. I was berated for daring to say that we may be heading for the trapdoor and berated for saying that with hindsight I was right to have formed that opinion ! Listen, The Darkside were right all along and The Lightside tried to worm their way out of it with a few chestnuts that simply did not wash with us ! ha ha ha ;) This season it would appear that I am on The Lightside for now but if I feel a need to opine for whatever reason then I will, after all that is what a forum is for ! ” They don’t like it up em Mr Mainwaring ” ! ha ha ha

I also would not swap the cup for survival and didn’t bat an eyelid when we went down or griped on here when it became final ! What I do know is that there are some on here who would have give it extra large if we had somehow have stayed up and most certainly would have said ” I told you so ” ! The thing is this forum is no different than any other football club forum and so the Lightside/Darkside comparison if anything just fuels more squabbles and singles out certain people which at the end of the day is not a healthy thing is it ! The drop may see our home crowds drop but I am pretty confident that our away support will grow which won’t be a bad thing going off Prem away support which to be fair was not the best was it ! Deep down there are many that have exhaled a massive sigh of relief at finally succumbing to relegation and I am one of them hence my lack of eyelid batting ! So, Weregoingtobarnsley ! What were the chances of that happening eh ( well 1 in 23 actually )!