I'm afraid it's a big fat NO from me.It hurts me very much to say it but i really don't recognise my club anymore.The malaise around the place reminds me of the nightmare Pleat years (& even then we didn't drop to Division 3,although it was a close thing) If i was to sum up the season by just one event (well the last 4 seasons really) it would be the Sheff Wed match.
Admittedly there was precious little quality football on offer from either side but we got the early goal & were definitely on top for most of the half but as soon as they equalised against the run of play that was it.Heads dropped & they sagged visibly.They didn't even turn up for the 2nd half.Add that to Hume's ridiculous penalty & you have LCFC in the 21st century.Such an utter lack of belief that a reliable penalty taker completely changes his normally successful technique in a vital game.Bottled it utterly.
Before Pleat & after Pleat the one thing you could rely on from a City side was to fight.That has been replaced by abject fear whenever we concede a goal.The root of that fear is that they don't believe they can score goals.The best evidence of that came in the Colchester game.I watched DJ fire a brilliant ball hard & low across the 6 yard box & then saw 3 city players stand & watch it as it flashed in front of them.That was the kind of ball strikers dream about...but no-one attacked it.Utter lack of belief in themselves.The entire club needs it's mindset changing because one thing is for certain,no team gets out of League 1 without a battle...& we CAN'T battle anymore.
Finances are tight for me right now & renewing was always going to be touch & go but the drop has convinced me.No way am I forking out over £300 to watch hoofball.I can watch that on Viccy Park for free thanks very much.
I'll still go to some games & then reassess at Xmas for a half season tkt but I'm not giving over any more of my money for nothing in return.
Cue withering disdain & remarks that I am not a "loyal supporter" Well feck you,I've spent thousands of pounds on this club over 33 years of my life in pocket money,dole & wages.
Travelled to disgusting places like Grimsby on freezing cold winter nights after a full days work,had my head kicked in by Scousers,Covskum & Chelsea Headhunters in the bad old days,been abused by stewards & coppers,queued for hours for tkts to big games & steadily watched my income struggle to match my passion as the price of football went from a cheap indulgence to the fecking stupidity of the Premiership age.I could watch Frank Worthington for £1 & Gary Lineker for £1.50...now they want over £20 to watch Steve Howard in Div 3? Get fecked.
I will still support the longest lasting love of my life but i will now decide when & where & do it on my terms.You can only be let down so much at these prices before you just can't take it anymore.If we had actually gone down fighting there would be a chance I'd still be there,but the abject surrender of the last few seasons has taken its toll on me I'm afraid.They are just not interested,so i'm not interested in them until they show me a change of direction.