| Why is it opposition supporters are always wrong about incoming players? 13:37 - May 31 with 3550 views | BonneNIL |
I am reading the upset about Rotherham fans having a less than positive opinion of Ladapo. While personally, I won't write him off until I see him play, I do respect the opinion of supporters from other clubs.
It's not like it's always the issue, I don't understand this idea that opposition supporters always berate people who leave, Wigan fans praised highly many of the players we signed last year. Charlton and QPR fans were broadly spot on about Bonne too. The idea that Rotherham supporters are wrong out of hand is ridiculous. They are saying he is lazy with a bad attitude broadly and not good enough for the Championship. He probably isn't good enough for the Championship otherwise there is no way Rotherham would have let him go on a free either. Hopefully, he will be a success here in our new system, personally, I feel he's no worse than Norwood who we released and has a better record in this league than Jackson so worth a signing on a free. If he does indeed have an attitude problem, then he won't last anyway and he will find himself without a job. He also performed better than Piggott did for us last season, and marginally better than Bonne. I have no complaints about a free transfer like this. I don't think we can angrily write off opposition supporters' views on players. I don't think the club should either, it's valuable feedback. In the past, we ignored warnings about the likes of Bullard, Chopra, and co, and what an absolute nightmare that all caused us.
If you look at some of our recent examples, Dozzell has almost entirely reflected at QPR what our supporters said about him on his exit. Downes was highly praised and has been a top performer in the Championship. We don't offer that opinion because we are better, I imagine most of us want to see both of these guys do well.
On the upside, signing a Rotherham player may actually help us wisen up to this league a bit, we are far too soft and naive and get mugged off far too easily by the opposition who know how to work the poor refereeing and linesmen. |  |
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| Why is it opposition supporters are always wrong about incoming players? on 12:33 - Jun 3 with 333 views | bringbacktheglory |
They are only wrong when it's negative... which I believe is the correct way to deal with it. You can see that everyone is happy to listen to the praise of Ball and lapping it up! It's human nature, we defend our own. We want to be successful and believe these new players will bring us success.
We should be supporting them from the get-go and giving each new player a clean slate, if they prove the previous fans right, so be it but we should all be hoping they prove them wrong! In order to do that we need to support them from the off and make it as likely as possible for them to be a success! |  | | |
| Why is it opposition supporters are always wrong about incoming players? on 13:05 - Jun 3 with 328 views | jayessess |
| Why is it opposition supporters are always wrong about incoming players? on 08:15 - Jun 3 by The_Flashing_Smile |
But my point is no-one joins thinking they'll be a squad player (unless perhaps an old goalkeeper at somewhere like Man Utd).
Ladapo won't have been told he's joining as a squad player and won't be thinking he's a squad player. |
Plenty of players join clubs with an awareness of where they stand in the pecking order. Last season it was pretty obvious from day one that Penney, Carroll and Aluko were intended to be options rather than nailed on starters. If we know, they'll know.
I think you'd have to be incredibly naïve as a footballer not to ask what your prospective new team have planned for you and the rest of the squad. |  |
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| Why is it opposition supporters are always wrong about incoming players? on 20:12 - Jun 3 with 274 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Why is it opposition supporters are always wrong about incoming players? on 13:05 - Jun 3 by jayessess |
Plenty of players join clubs with an awareness of where they stand in the pecking order. Last season it was pretty obvious from day one that Penney, Carroll and Aluko were intended to be options rather than nailed on starters. If we know, they'll know.
I think you'd have to be incredibly naïve as a footballer not to ask what your prospective new team have planned for you and the rest of the squad. |
No-one's a nailed-on starter. And professional footballers have belief in themselves (otherwise they'd never have made it). They all believe they're good enough to start (and they will do if they are).
There's no way Ladapo will have been told "you're coming here as back up" and he's just accepted that. |  |
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