dankelly
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I’ve been readin these boards for well over a year and only post very very rarely, but after readin all the doom n gloom on here I feel as if I have to say something.
OK, b4 I go on. YES the team right now is performing well below what it could. YES we could well go down and yes it’s very easy to moan when things are going bad. However I still feel a lot more optimistic than when MA was in charge of then team and we were more like a working men’s club than a YMCA. We are positionally in a worse standing than when CL took over but what we need right now is support. I'm bored of reading all the threads about lack of atmosphere with the crowd, shite stewards etc - If the whole stadium got behind the team then the sound would carry, and b4 you ask, I had season tix in every part of filbo over the years (hell I even sold programmes for a while)
It seems like people get some kinda perverse pleasure of almost wanting City to fail so that they can come on here and have a good ole bitch session after. Can you honestly expect a brand new team funded by our post admin resources to challenge for even a play off spot this season? Of course when asked in press conferences, new players are gonna say 'I joined because I think we can go up or at least challenge for a playoff spot' Could you imagine the uproar on this board if any new player said anything different? He would be castrated for lack of vision, passion, ambition etc. He has to say that just to get on the right side of our (or any) fickle fans.
What it all boils down to is the fact that too many of us still have the belief that we should be in the prem on merit.... those days are gone. We have a very very young squad that lack in experience.... but who with a little bit of encouragement & support instead of negativity might actually produce something special in a season or two from now...
It’s very easy to blame CL's lack of apparent motivation skills with certain players; it’s always easier in a bad situation to pick on the fall guys. But look at Joey G for example, a player who was utter bollox under MA but has blossomed this season into perhaps our best player. Paddy M, a young CB who all of a sudden looks like a future captain who wears his heart on his sleeve- he was also fairly shite when he first joined.
We don't deserve to be anywhere except where we are right now, but after MON's biblical turnaround after THAT Sheff U game (yes I was there) we somehow expect every manager to achieve some kind of parallel, when in reality that won't happen very often.
We've gone back years in terms of financial support but our fans expectations remain unfairly the same.. These are probably the same fans who started supporting us back in 92/93 when Brian Little took over, got a few good results and all of a sudden our gate had gone up from 9000 the season b4 (pleat) to over 16000.
Its great to have that extra support and MON's success has enabled a whole new generation of fans to keep us over 20000 in our dire position. But I would rather have half of that actually being vocal enough to support us rather than our current fickle moaning headz who can't wait to have something else to rant about (in our traditional English way!)
We should stay up this season, we might not even finish around mid table next season, but stay with our boys and watch them grow - the results will come eventually.. But they need to know we're on their side too. CL has been in charge a year, nowhere near enough to really reveal his true colours. I'm somewhat dubious but am prepared to give him my full support because he is currently in a complete rebuilding job, from the grassroots up, and what he's done to the structure of the club so far is much greater then what PT & MA ever did, and having fans who expect an instant turnaround is not fair on him. We may have had the 5th highest budget in the Champ, but that has been invested in brand new foundations & stability rather than a quick fix side who would get relegated 1st time in the prem anyway.
I may be completely wrong but I really believe that our team has had to take 2 steps back to go 3 forward. What the club needs right now is your voice... and your backing..
I’ve been readin these boards for well over a year and only post very very rarely, but after readin all the doom n gloom on here I feel as if I have to say something.
OK, b4 I go on. YES the team right now is performing well below what it could. YES we could well go down and yes it’s very easy to moan when things are going bad. However I still feel a lot more optimistic than when MA was in charge of then team and we were more like a working men’s club than a YMCA. We are positionally in a worse standing than when CL took over but what we need right now is support. I'm bored of reading all the threads about lack of atmosphere with the crowd, shite stewards etc - If the whole stadium got behind the team then the sound would carry, and b4 you ask, I had season tix in every part of filbo over the years (hell I even sold programmes for a while)
It seems like people get some kinda perverse pleasure of almost wanting City to fail so that they can come on here and have a good ole bitch session after. Can you honestly expect a brand new team funded by our post admin resources to challenge for even a play off spot this season? Of course when asked in press conferences, new players are gonna say 'I joined because I think we can go up or at least challenge for a playoff spot' Could you imagine the uproar on this board if any new player said anything different? He would be castrated for lack of vision, passion, ambition etc. He has to say that just to get on the right side of our (or any) fickle fans.
What it all boils down to is the fact that too many of us still have the belief that we should be in the prem on merit.... those days are gone. We have a very very young squad that lack in experience.... but who with a little bit of encouragement & support instead of negativity might actually produce something special in a season or two from now...
It’s very easy to blame CL's lack of apparent motivation skills with certain players; it’s always easier in a bad situation to pick on the fall guys. But look at Joey G for example, a player who was utter bollox under MA but has blossomed this season into perhaps our best player. Paddy M, a young CB who all of a sudden looks like a future captain who wears his heart on his sleeve- he was also fairly shite when he first joined.
We don't deserve to be anywhere except where we are right now, but after MON's biblical turnaround after THAT Sheff U game (yes I was there) we somehow expect every manager to achieve some kind of parallel, when in reality that won't happen very often.
We've gone back years in terms of financial support but our fans expectations remain unfairly the same.. These are probably the same fans who started supporting us back in 92/93 when Brian Little took over, got a few good results and all of a sudden our gate had gone up from 9000 the season b4 (pleat) to over 16000.
Its great to have that extra support and MON's success has enabled a whole new generation of fans to keep us over 20000 in our dire position. But I would rather have half of that actually being vocal enough to support us rather than our current fickle moaning headz who can't wait to have something else to rant about (in our traditional English way!)
We should stay up this season, we might not even finish around mid table next season, but stay with our boys and watch them grow - the results will come eventually.. But they need to know we're on their side too. CL has been in charge a year, nowhere near enough to really reveal his true colours. I'm somewhat dubious but am prepared to give him my full support because he is currently in a complete rebuilding job, from the grassroots up, and what he's done to the structure of the club so far is much greater then what PT & MA ever did, and having fans who expect an instant turnaround is not fair on him. We may have had the 5th highest budget in the Champ, but that has been invested in brand new foundations & stability rather than a quick fix side who would get relegated 1st time in the prem anyway.
I may be completely wrong but I really believe that our team has had to take 2 steps back to go 3 forward. What the club needs right now is your voice... and your backing..
