| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we 19:40 - Feb 11 with 45182 views | textbackup |
Even a draw after pissing about going 2-0 down isn’t good enough.
We were fcking top, points clear.
This is an absolute shtshow, we’ll probably nick a 5th 6th place finish due to the sheer amount of sht we have left to play… but I don’t see us getting anything from barnsley Bolton or Derby, might nick a point or two if we are lucky, which really then gives nobody any hope that the playoffs will result in anything but 82726 passes then concede from the only shot or two we have against us.
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:20 - May 5 with 1194 views | TalkingBlues |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:06 - May 5 by The_Flashing_Smile |
You're consistently wrong though. You're so often wrong it's a skill. You are king of the wrong people. |
You want me to be wrong, a subtle, but very significant difference. |  |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:24 - May 5 with 1150 views | textbackup |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:09 - May 5 by ITFC_Forever |
And it's taken a run of 13 wins out of 14 to achieve what we have - which as much as it is outstanding, is something that is very unusual in football. |
I mean I didn’t dare mention the freakish run we went on to achieve what we have, worried the board gurus would spin it that I’m this that or the other…
I’m just so very grateful that we have the backing we have to inject £3/4m of player into the squad in Jan, the manager to work his magic, and the players on board.
(Don’t dare say it - but part of me will be a little gutted if we don’t win the league due to dropped points, but not the end of the world is it) | |
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| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:24 - May 5 with 1142 views | FrimleyBlue |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:15 - May 5 by Dubtractor |
Tbf, there were a handful of posters (we all know who) who were thriving on the negativity, churning out thread after thread at the time.
I'm not sure Texters, a usually positive supporter who sometimes gets a bit excited (not meant as patronising as that sounds!), warrants the same stick back.
The lesson for everyone though, is that seasons don't end in January or February, and that we should never be throwing in the towel that early. |
Your first paragraph you've aimed at me a few times btw.
Which whilst yes I was negative. It was during a negative time.
I'm on the forum win lose or draw. I was stupidly a heavy supporter of cook etc.
So just want to clarify there was no thriving on negativity it was just as others are pointing out with the OP.. thoughts during a negative period.
Why people are keen to bring up posts like this op.. and then say people need to Learn lessons. There's no lessons to be learnt. We went into Feb relying on 2 new players who had struggled with injuries at previous clubs and a striker who hadn't scored in a year whilst we were dropping a scoring striker to the bench so it's not a shock some weren't positive considering at the time we hadn't recorded back to back wins since October.
You may not have aimed your first paragraph at me. But you've said it before and I'm part of this overall thread hence my post here. If you weren't. Apologies overall but feel this is an apt post regardless as seeing old posts brought up is as bad as those Wednesday fans saying they'd won the league in Feb. Both sides didn't look like putting on the runs that changed their fortunes. |  |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:27 - May 5 with 1132 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:20 - May 5 by TalkingBlues |
You want me to be wrong, a subtle, but very significant difference. |
No I'd love you to be right occasionally. |  |
| Trust the process. Trust Phil. |
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| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:27 - May 5 with 1128 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:15 - May 5 by Dubtractor |
Tbf, there were a handful of posters (we all know who) who were thriving on the negativity, churning out thread after thread at the time.
I'm not sure Texters, a usually positive supporter who sometimes gets a bit excited (not meant as patronising as that sounds!), warrants the same stick back.
The lesson for everyone though, is that seasons don't end in January or February, and that we should never be throwing in the towel that early. |
Or as Kieran would say, trust the process. |  |
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| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:29 - May 5 with 1118 views | Churchman |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 08:09 - May 5 by blueasfook |
to make posters look silly. Jan/Feb were bad times and we were on a slide. Some remained optimistic and some did not. Those who weren't so optimistic shouldn't be shamed in this way. Everyone should just be happy we are finally out of this crappy league. So simmer down b1tches. |
I didn’t contribute to this thread at the time, but certainly posted a few spur of the moment comments on others. Some of them stupid ones. The whole point of of the forum is opinion and I see no problem in people expressing views, however incorrect they are or turn out to be as long as it’s done in the right way. We all see things differently. People get annoyed because by and large they care. Nothing wrong in that.
Personally, I was desperately disappointed Jan Feb because despite having a really good team we didn’t seem to be able to get over the line in too many games and PA/SW looked unstoppable. But I always had an eye on the big picture; where the club was going and always thought failure this year would change to success next if everyone held their nerve.
The people that I’m suspicious of are those who only post when things go wrong or only do negativity. I wonder why they bother really.
Anyway, nothing at the moment can kill my mood towards ITFC. I’m just enjoying it. Sundays game? I hope we can take top spot but I’m not too bothered - the main objective has been achieved. |  | | |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:29 - May 5 with 1117 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:24 - May 5 by FrimleyBlue |
Your first paragraph you've aimed at me a few times btw.
Which whilst yes I was negative. It was during a negative time.
I'm on the forum win lose or draw. I was stupidly a heavy supporter of cook etc.
So just want to clarify there was no thriving on negativity it was just as others are pointing out with the OP.. thoughts during a negative period.
Why people are keen to bring up posts like this op.. and then say people need to Learn lessons. There's no lessons to be learnt. We went into Feb relying on 2 new players who had struggled with injuries at previous clubs and a striker who hadn't scored in a year whilst we were dropping a scoring striker to the bench so it's not a shock some weren't positive considering at the time we hadn't recorded back to back wins since October.
You may not have aimed your first paragraph at me. But you've said it before and I'm part of this overall thread hence my post here. If you weren't. Apologies overall but feel this is an apt post regardless as seeing old posts brought up is as bad as those Wednesday fans saying they'd won the league in Feb. Both sides didn't look like putting on the runs that changed their fortunes. |
"Why people are keen to bring up posts like this op.. and then say people need to Learn lessons. There's no lessons to be learnt."
There is one. Patience. | |
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| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:29 - May 5 with 1118 views | Dubtractor |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:24 - May 5 by FrimleyBlue |
Your first paragraph you've aimed at me a few times btw.
Which whilst yes I was negative. It was during a negative time.
I'm on the forum win lose or draw. I was stupidly a heavy supporter of cook etc.
So just want to clarify there was no thriving on negativity it was just as others are pointing out with the OP.. thoughts during a negative period.
Why people are keen to bring up posts like this op.. and then say people need to Learn lessons. There's no lessons to be learnt. We went into Feb relying on 2 new players who had struggled with injuries at previous clubs and a striker who hadn't scored in a year whilst we were dropping a scoring striker to the bench so it's not a shock some weren't positive considering at the time we hadn't recorded back to back wins since October.
You may not have aimed your first paragraph at me. But you've said it before and I'm part of this overall thread hence my post here. If you weren't. Apologies overall but feel this is an apt post regardless as seeing old posts brought up is as bad as those Wednesday fans saying they'd won the league in Feb. Both sides didn't look like putting on the runs that changed their fortunes. |
I disagree with trawling up old posts, and tbh I've deliberately avoided calling out posters by name because it serves no purpose.
The negativity was way ott at the time though, given the signings we had made and with so much of the season still to go. |  |
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| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:32 - May 5 with 1106 views | N2_Blue |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:24 - May 5 by FrimleyBlue |
Your first paragraph you've aimed at me a few times btw.
Which whilst yes I was negative. It was during a negative time.
I'm on the forum win lose or draw. I was stupidly a heavy supporter of cook etc.
So just want to clarify there was no thriving on negativity it was just as others are pointing out with the OP.. thoughts during a negative period.
Why people are keen to bring up posts like this op.. and then say people need to Learn lessons. There's no lessons to be learnt. We went into Feb relying on 2 new players who had struggled with injuries at previous clubs and a striker who hadn't scored in a year whilst we were dropping a scoring striker to the bench so it's not a shock some weren't positive considering at the time we hadn't recorded back to back wins since October.
You may not have aimed your first paragraph at me. But you've said it before and I'm part of this overall thread hence my post here. If you weren't. Apologies overall but feel this is an apt post regardless as seeing old posts brought up is as bad as those Wednesday fans saying they'd won the league in Feb. Both sides didn't look like putting on the runs that changed their fortunes. |
Yes but those that post this negative dribble show themselves up for not being able to see the bigger picture.
It’s kind of telling and gives a clear idea of those whose football view I respect because they understand things football wise a bit more than those that just think it’s black and white on results.
Despite the drop in form based on results it was very clear what McKenna was doing and building. Some let their frustrations obscure what was happening right in front of them.
I didn’t necessarily expect quite the run we did go on but I did fully expect we’d be winning most games and finish the season stronger then Wednesday and Plymouth as I said at the time. |  |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:33 - May 5 with 1099 views | StokieBlue |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 08:56 - May 5 by TalkingBlues |
It was a perfectly valid view at the time it was posted Texters, as we all know.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that the people pointing fingers, are the ones dragging up a thread from several months ago, criticising and attempting to belittle fellow Town fans who expressed their feelings at the time, without the benefit of hindsight, but we do have a good selection of morons on the board. |
One must own their historical opinions or give a good reason why they have moved from that default position.
It seems to be a trend on here to say "my opinions are in the moment" so they one can post absolute nonsense which isn't supported by any evidence and then forget about it without expecting anyone to highlight it at a later date.
It's a fire-and-forget strategy from some whose hands start to shake if they haven't posted a certain amount that day.
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:36 - May 5 with 1092 views | textbackup |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:33 - May 5 by StokieBlue |
One must own their historical opinions or give a good reason why they have moved from that default position.
It seems to be a trend on here to say "my opinions are in the moment" so they one can post absolute nonsense which isn't supported by any evidence and then forget about it without expecting anyone to highlight it at a later date.
It's a fire-and-forget strategy from some whose hands start to shake if they haven't posted a certain amount that day.
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My post was off the back of 4/5 poor results.
If that’s not enough for you, which I’m sure it won’t be, then you know what you can do don’t ya mate | |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:38 - May 5 with 1074 views | FrimleyBlue |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:33 - May 5 by StokieBlue |
One must own their historical opinions or give a good reason why they have moved from that default position.
It seems to be a trend on here to say "my opinions are in the moment" so they one can post absolute nonsense which isn't supported by any evidence and then forget about it without expecting anyone to highlight it at a later date.
It's a fire-and-forget strategy from some whose hands start to shake if they haven't posted a certain amount that day.
SB |
So how do you feel about Burgess now SB. You were string in your belief that he wasn't good enough.
Do you stand by your thoughts at the time? | |
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| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:39 - May 5 with 1079 views | J2BLUE |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:32 - May 5 by N2_Blue |
Yes but those that post this negative dribble show themselves up for not being able to see the bigger picture.
It’s kind of telling and gives a clear idea of those whose football view I respect because they understand things football wise a bit more than those that just think it’s black and white on results.
Despite the drop in form based on results it was very clear what McKenna was doing and building. Some let their frustrations obscure what was happening right in front of them.
I didn’t necessarily expect quite the run we did go on but I did fully expect we’d be winning most games and finish the season stronger then Wednesday and Plymouth as I said at the time. |
How far can we go back to challenge people's views? Getting kind of tired of seeing you of all people taking issue with the opinions of others.
I remember our heated debates about the takeover which you were not in favour of. Now you want to act like the oracle. You didn't see the bigger picture then did you? If you had your way we would still be under Marcus Evans.
Everyone is throwing stones from their glass houses. Disappointing that all people really seem to want to do is get one over on other posters.
Perhaps we should just all enjoy some success and stop trying to score points on the internet? |  |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:40 - May 5 with 1067 views | StokieBlue |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:36 - May 5 by textbackup |
My post was off the back of 4/5 poor results.
If that’s not enough for you, which I’m sure it won’t be, then you know what you can do don’t ya mate |
Good morning!
Rather than being insulting you could read the context of my post. I was responding to TalkingNonsense and some other forum members who don't own historical positions. They simply say that historical posts don't matter or are irrelevant - something I don't agree with.
You've held your hands up and said it was ill-judged and out of emotion and have said we have moved on and thus I've had no issue with your post because you're not wedded to it or defending it without evidence.
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:44 - May 5 with 1049 views | TalkingBlues |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:33 - May 5 by StokieBlue |
One must own their historical opinions or give a good reason why they have moved from that default position.
It seems to be a trend on here to say "my opinions are in the moment" so they one can post absolute nonsense which isn't supported by any evidence and then forget about it without expecting anyone to highlight it at a later date.
It's a fire-and-forget strategy from some whose hands start to shake if they haven't posted a certain amount that day.
SB |
I imagine a lot of people put in a disclaimer about their opinion being "at the time/of the moment" for a couple of reasons, not least of which being that they know somebody on here will drag up a thread and use it against them at a future date, as per this one this morning. Hindsight is wonderful, but all people can do, is express their views on the information to hand, whilst knowing that the information will likely change in the future and with it, their opinions. | |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:45 - May 5 with 1045 views | StokieBlue |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:38 - May 5 by FrimleyBlue |
So how do you feel about Burgess now SB. You were string in your belief that he wasn't good enough.
Do you stand by your thoughts at the time? |
I do stand by my thoughts at the time as they were backed up by evidence in my opinion. I also still feel Edmundson would have done a good job if he had remained fit.
I would also add that any attempt to say that Burgess now is the same player as Burgess when I made the comments is clearly an attempt at point-scoring. Burgess has developed hugely since Christmas and especially over the last few months - there is very little comparison between the player that started the season and the one that finished it.
Nice try though.
If we are calling out opinions:
How do you feel about "whack-a-ball" Burns finishing 3rd in the assists table? Pretty decent for someone who can't cross. What about Davis finishing top of that table? Also pretty decent for a "CB" who needs to improve their crossing.
There are endless other examples, you've been all over the place, usually with no evidence to support anything.
Now I thought you were ignoring me? Please don't respond to my posts if you don't want me to highlight how you're constantly all over the place.
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| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:46 - May 5 with 1038 views | FrimleyBlue |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:29 - May 5 by Dubtractor |
I disagree with trawling up old posts, and tbh I've deliberately avoided calling out posters by name because it serves no purpose.
The negativity was way ott at the time though, given the signings we had made and with so much of the season still to go. |
There's a fair element of hindsight there tho.
You say giving the signings we made.
Whilst when they played Luongo and Broadhead were star players. When they first came. Luongo wasn't even in the 18. Broadhead had to be managed. ( which obviously worked out well may I add) and Hirst came in as I say without a goal to his name in a year.
Clarke was different tho. He was playing all season and well.
The run put together to actually save our season and get us promoted. Was the same run we needed to get promoted last season which people said was impossible to do.. so yes going up is excellent of course, and whilst it's easy to say be patient. There was nothing to suggest after 3 wins in 4 months that we were suddenly going to win 13 out of 14. Concede just 2 goals in that time.
We can all be thankful we did. We can all look forward to next season.
And massive well done to the physio team as the likes of luongo and broadhead were of course major parts if not the most important parts of this season ending how it did. | |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:53 - May 5 with 1014 views | FrimleyBlue |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:45 - May 5 by StokieBlue |
I do stand by my thoughts at the time as they were backed up by evidence in my opinion. I also still feel Edmundson would have done a good job if he had remained fit.
I would also add that any attempt to say that Burgess now is the same player as Burgess when I made the comments is clearly an attempt at point-scoring. Burgess has developed hugely since Christmas and especially over the last few months - there is very little comparison between the player that started the season and the one that finished it.
Nice try though.
If we are calling out opinions:
How do you feel about "whack-a-ball" Burns finishing 3rd in the assists table? Pretty decent for someone who can't cross. What about Davis finishing top of that table? Also pretty decent for a "CB" who needs to improve their crossing.
There are endless other examples, you've been all over the place, usually with no evidence to support anything.
Now I thought you were ignoring me? Please don't respond to my posts if you don't want me to highlight how you're constantly all over the place.
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You can highlight what ever you like SB.
Your reply is here interesting.
You stand by your Burgess thoughts. But then go onto say how he improved.
You then bring up Burns to me.. it's interesting. As said at the time I wanted Burns to be more consistent in his performances. Calmer and more clinical with what he did on the ball. I wanted to see more 8/9 performances consistently. We got that imo and that's a big part of our run. That's great.
So it's good to see you stand by your Burgess thoughts. Just as I do with my thoughts. I'm glad like all other fans. The players stood tall and improved to put on a run as good as we had to get promoted.
So coyb :) | |
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| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:55 - May 5 with 1017 views | Dubtractor |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:46 - May 5 by FrimleyBlue |
There's a fair element of hindsight there tho.
You say giving the signings we made.
Whilst when they played Luongo and Broadhead were star players. When they first came. Luongo wasn't even in the 18. Broadhead had to be managed. ( which obviously worked out well may I add) and Hirst came in as I say without a goal to his name in a year.
Clarke was different tho. He was playing all season and well.
The run put together to actually save our season and get us promoted. Was the same run we needed to get promoted last season which people said was impossible to do.. so yes going up is excellent of course, and whilst it's easy to say be patient. There was nothing to suggest after 3 wins in 4 months that we were suddenly going to win 13 out of 14. Concede just 2 goals in that time.
We can all be thankful we did. We can all look forward to next season.
And massive well done to the physio team as the likes of luongo and broadhead were of course major parts if not the most important parts of this season ending how it did. |
It's not hindsight at all, it is patience and waiting to see what happens, rather than jumping to conclusions too quickly. | |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:56 - May 5 with 1006 views | FrimleyBlue |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:44 - May 5 by TalkingBlues |
I imagine a lot of people put in a disclaimer about their opinion being "at the time/of the moment" for a couple of reasons, not least of which being that they know somebody on here will drag up a thread and use it against them at a future date, as per this one this morning. Hindsight is wonderful, but all people can do, is express their views on the information to hand, whilst knowing that the information will likely change in the future and with it, their opinions. |
Don't worry a about SB. He has history of being the one who jumps on people.
He tells people to stand by their posts. Yet he refused to acknowledge he agreed at one point morsy needed dropping.
Best to pop him on ignore. Makes your life so much nice on here.
I've had my say back to him this morning as feel he needs to understand he's a hypocrite, but he can go back on ignore now as I've enjoyed this forum recently. | |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:57 - May 5 with 1005 views | TalkingBlues |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:40 - May 5 by StokieBlue |
Good morning!
Rather than being insulting you could read the context of my post. I was responding to TalkingNonsense and some other forum members who don't own historical positions. They simply say that historical posts don't matter or are irrelevant - something I don't agree with.
You've held your hands up and said it was ill-judged and out of emotion and have said we have moved on and thus I've had no issue with your post because you're not wedded to it or defending it without evidence.
SB |
Moaning about a poster being "insulting" whilst insulting me in the same sentence, followed by a nonsense rhetoric about "owning historical positions" as if nobody is entitled to ever change their opinion and of course, completely ignoring the fact that said historical position was perfectly valid anyway.
Yep, that's a classic "SB" post right there. | |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 10:01 - May 5 with 994 views | CityBlue |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:13 - May 5 by LegendofthePhoenix |
All but the very most optimistic (e.g. N2) truly believed we would still win the league or get autos. I consider myself to be in the hopelessly optimistic category, and even I was thinking it was now Playoffs. The thing is, we absolutely knew we were the best team in L1, and we knew that we were capable of going on an amazing run.
All the stats pointed to us being the best in the division - passes, shots, XG, you name it, we were top. You could see it with your eyes at every game, even in the Dec/Jan/Feb period. It was as though in the entire multiverse, we happened to be living in the one where ITFC had the worst luck rating, and Plymouth the highest. Maybe there is a god* and s/he is a Norwich supporter. So when you are playing the best football, but all the results keep going against you, it takes a helluva lot of belief to still say we are gonna win the league (fair play N2).
But then, in mid Feb, something happened. Maybe s/he did a reverse Delia - binned the yellow and green rosette and decided to support ITFC. Our Jan signings blossomed, and our luck turned - we actually started getting a few decisions. And then we started getting the outcomes that we knew all season we were capable of. Lets hope that things go our way on Sunday, just need Vale to play a blinder and Plymouth to fail to get a 25 yd Bali Mumba deflected winner in the 96th minute.
*for clarity, there is no god. |
after seeing McKennas influence last season I happily predicted we would be in the Premier League for the 24/25 season and as such renewed four season tickets for what has been the most pleasurable time at PR for many a season.. I stand by that prediction. |  |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 10:01 - May 5 with 988 views | BiGDonnie |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 09:45 - May 5 by StokieBlue |
I do stand by my thoughts at the time as they were backed up by evidence in my opinion. I also still feel Edmundson would have done a good job if he had remained fit.
I would also add that any attempt to say that Burgess now is the same player as Burgess when I made the comments is clearly an attempt at point-scoring. Burgess has developed hugely since Christmas and especially over the last few months - there is very little comparison between the player that started the season and the one that finished it.
Nice try though.
If we are calling out opinions:
How do you feel about "whack-a-ball" Burns finishing 3rd in the assists table? Pretty decent for someone who can't cross. What about Davis finishing top of that table? Also pretty decent for a "CB" who needs to improve their crossing.
There are endless other examples, you've been all over the place, usually with no evidence to support anything.
Now I thought you were ignoring me? Please don't respond to my posts if you don't want me to highlight how you're constantly all over the place.
SB |
Don't bother responding anymore. You've got tweedle d and tweedle dumber on your case. You can't argue with thick. |  |
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| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 10:01 - May 5 with 984 views | FrimleyBlue |
| I hate this practice of bringing old posts up on 09:55 - May 5 by Dubtractor |
It's not hindsight at all, it is patience and waiting to see what happens, rather than jumping to conclusions too quickly. |
That's the thing though. The forum is a place to discuss things as they happen. If it's not.. should it exist during the season? Is it something that should just be open in summer? So you can discuss how you hope things go. Then discuss a year later how it went. | |
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| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 10:02 - May 5 with 990 views | clive_baker |
| We have absolutely fcked this haven’t we on 08:56 - May 5 by TalkingBlues |
It was a perfectly valid view at the time it was posted Texters, as we all know.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that the people pointing fingers, are the ones dragging up a thread from several months ago, criticising and attempting to belittle fellow Town fans who expressed their feelings at the time, without the benefit of hindsight, but we do have a good selection of morons on the board. |
It wasn't valid though was it, and it's not hindsight for those who were saying the same at the time, it's foresight. It was only perfectly valid to those that were happy to draw all their conclusions from the scoreline of a single low scoring event, with opinions that change with the wind depending on how we got on that week. It was quite evident when watching us that we were developing into a force at L1 level, and still had every chance of a successful season.
Results are one thing, performances are another. We've routinely topped the league on just about every metric accepted of dominant sides. Opposing managers like Joey Barton have gone from 'probably as bad as a group of players as Ipswich have had in a long time' a few years ago to 'sorry we couldn't try and give you a game, you're just too good'.
Statistically we've battered almost everyone we've faced from the first whistle of the season to the last. We've lost 4 games all season. 1 was a farce in the fog at Oxford that should have been postponed, 1 was away at likely Champions Plymouth where we were every bit good for a point, and the other 2 were 1-0 defeats in games we utterly dominated. Against Lincoln at home we had 77% of the ball and 33 shots at goal to their 3, yet lost 0-1. We've had draws at home to Barnsley and away to Sheffield Wednesday where we were utterly robbed by sh1te referees. Performances don't always translate to results. Sometimes football works like that. Sometimes you don't get what you deserve on a game by game basis, but these things tend to work themselves out over a season.
We also had notable injuries in key positions, especially centrally, and a period of adjustment as January signings came into the side. Despite this, our 'bad spell' was pretty much a draw at home to Plymouth, who I think were good for it tbh, but relied on a 94th minute deflected equaliser, draw at home to Fleetwood thanks to a spawny 96th minute equaliser, draw at home to Cheltenham where we utterly, utterly d1cked them in a game that would've been stopped early in Boxing. That's probably the best example of a game that people wet themselves over when in reality it was a similarly dominant performance that saw us beat sides 4-0, and would've been the same result on another day. Plus draws at Cambridge and Bristol Rovers, both of which the stats will show we dominated. That's pretty much the extent of our 'poor form' that caused such an overreaction. It was probably exacerbated by the relentless form of SW and Plymouth, but the reaction wasn't valid or proportionate at all. |  |
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