| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like 17:09 - Aug 3 with 3260 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
"we know we didn’t play a lot of entertaining football last season.
We are trying to change that and we need the fans behind us."
And then in the very next sentence....
"We need to get back to the season before when Portman Road was a fortress. It was always hard for teams to come here and get something out of the game."
Now if we can play entertaining football AND get back to having a fortress at home then well done us, but knowing both how stubborn Mick is and his preferred style over the last few years, I really do fear that by late October we will be back to a more pragmatic style of football, built on defence first.
I hope not, but we've been here before. |  |
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| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 17:20 - Aug 3 with 3212 views | J2BLUE |
I'm sure we'd all take the fortress to be fair. |  |
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| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 17:22 - Aug 3 with 3210 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 17:20 - Aug 3 by J2BLUE |
I'm sure we'd all take the fortress to be fair. |
I'm not sure we would If it meant a return to the turgid stuff. | |
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| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 17:24 - Aug 3 with 3198 views | J2BLUE |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 17:22 - Aug 3 by Cheltenham_Blue |
I'm not sure we would If it meant a return to the turgid stuff. |
Even if it was the miracle season we need to go up? | |
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| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 18:16 - Aug 3 with 3132 views | chislehurstblue |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 17:24 - Aug 3 by J2BLUE |
Even if it was the miracle season we need to go up? |
you need to understand that our fans is unrealistic.
They want free flowing football, quality players, promotion all on very little out lay.
I can only assume in their lives they all live the champagne lifestyle on lemonade money!!
MMs remit from the owner is to keep us in this division. Why is that so hard to understand??
Gone are the days when we were a side that used to start the season with promotion or play off hopes - now our fans must understand that its about staying in this league.
The issue is that our fans live in the past. Things change and move on. Its time our fans got their head out of their bottoms and looked at the bigger picture - Our owner wont and cant compete |  | | |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 19:27 - Aug 3 with 3068 views | sundaze |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 18:16 - Aug 3 by chislehurstblue |
you need to understand that our fans is unrealistic.
They want free flowing football, quality players, promotion all on very little out lay.
I can only assume in their lives they all live the champagne lifestyle on lemonade money!!
MMs remit from the owner is to keep us in this division. Why is that so hard to understand??
Gone are the days when we were a side that used to start the season with promotion or play off hopes - now our fans must understand that its about staying in this league.
The issue is that our fans live in the past. Things change and move on. Its time our fans got their head out of their bottoms and looked at the bigger picture - Our owner wont and cant compete |
So the fans are expected to watch a team play negative football, while at the same time they must understand that it is never going to get any better and the total sum of our ambition is to stay in this league forever. I believe you do a disservice to the many fans who pay hard earned money each week to travel and watch their team.You think they have no right to expect entertaining football, what do they deserve for their loyalty, the dismal thought of never getting out of this endless groundhog day?
At the end you say we have an owner who wont and can't compete, you were half correct, he wont compete, perhaps you have had your head up your own backside for too long and it has got stuck. |  | | |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 19:33 - Aug 3 with 3052 views | jas0999 |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 19:27 - Aug 3 by sundaze |
So the fans are expected to watch a team play negative football, while at the same time they must understand that it is never going to get any better and the total sum of our ambition is to stay in this league forever. I believe you do a disservice to the many fans who pay hard earned money each week to travel and watch their team.You think they have no right to expect entertaining football, what do they deserve for their loyalty, the dismal thought of never getting out of this endless groundhog day?
At the end you say we have an owner who wont and can't compete, you were half correct, he wont compete, perhaps you have had your head up your own backside for too long and it has got stuck. |
Not really. Several thousand refused to renew season tickets as they really don't want to watch boring negative football. |  | | |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 20:32 - Aug 3 with 2961 views | WicklowBlue |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 17:22 - Aug 3 by Cheltenham_Blue |
I'm not sure we would If it meant a return to the turgid stuff. |
If we were winning games I wouldnt care about the style we played. |  | | |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 20:49 - Aug 3 with 2936 views | PJH |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 20:32 - Aug 3 by WicklowBlue |
If we were winning games I wouldnt care about the style we played. |
I cannot understand why anyone should be bothered how their team is winning if they are winning. |  | | |
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| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 20:59 - Aug 3 with 2916 views | pointofblue |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 19:27 - Aug 3 by sundaze |
So the fans are expected to watch a team play negative football, while at the same time they must understand that it is never going to get any better and the total sum of our ambition is to stay in this league forever. I believe you do a disservice to the many fans who pay hard earned money each week to travel and watch their team.You think they have no right to expect entertaining football, what do they deserve for their loyalty, the dismal thought of never getting out of this endless groundhog day?
At the end you say we have an owner who wont and can't compete, you were half correct, he wont compete, perhaps you have had your head up your own backside for too long and it has got stuck. |
I was about to say something akin to this - what's the end game to this treading water?Waiting to get tired of simply keeping our heads above water and eventually drowning, resulting in relegation? Hoping to pull off a minor miracle and finishing in the top six? If it's for Mick to see his contract out with dignity, stabilsing us in the process, then bringing in a new young manager with a vision and more funds then... fair play to them, at least there's a plan in place. | |
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| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 06:43 - Aug 4 with 2811 views | chislehurstblue |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 19:27 - Aug 3 by sundaze |
So the fans are expected to watch a team play negative football, while at the same time they must understand that it is never going to get any better and the total sum of our ambition is to stay in this league forever. I believe you do a disservice to the many fans who pay hard earned money each week to travel and watch their team.You think they have no right to expect entertaining football, what do they deserve for their loyalty, the dismal thought of never getting out of this endless groundhog day?
At the end you say we have an owner who wont and can't compete, you were half correct, he wont compete, perhaps you have had your head up your own backside for too long and it has got stuck. |
ME doesn't care about the fans that's obvious isn't it??
The club has one aim - stay in the division by any means possible. That means defence first and try not to be beaten and nick games.
Just because you want something difference doesn't mean the club will listen
Your comments are everything that's wrong with the modern day football fan - I pay my money so entertain me!
If you want entertainment I suggest you go and watch another team or spend your Saturdays doing something else. We are on for another season of survival football. | | | |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 06:51 - Aug 4 with 2803 views | chislehurstblue |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 20:59 - Aug 3 by pointofblue |
I was about to say something akin to this - what's the end game to this treading water?Waiting to get tired of simply keeping our heads above water and eventually drowning, resulting in relegation? Hoping to pull off a minor miracle and finishing in the top six? If it's for Mick to see his contract out with dignity, stabilsing us in the process, then bringing in a new young manager with a vision and more funds then... fair play to them, at least there's a plan in place. |
You have to understand that the clubs amibitions have changed. Football has changed - can't people see that?!!
We aren't going to get promoted back into the PL, unless football or the budget changes. Simple
We are now a club that has similar amibitions to teams like Barnsley, QPR, Preston, Millwall etc. The aim is stay up, spend very little and every couple of seasons sell our best player/s to try to help balance the books.
I really struggle with why fans refuse to accept it and go on about we deserve better and we should be playing this type of football because we deserved to be entertained.
Who honestly believes we the squad we have that's it's top 6 or even top half?? We have spent money to insure survival. | | | |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 07:09 - Aug 4 with 2781 views | SomethingBlue |
Why is it hard? | |
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| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 07:44 - Aug 4 with 2754 views | Plums |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 06:51 - Aug 4 by chislehurstblue |
You have to understand that the clubs amibitions have changed. Football has changed - can't people see that?!!
We aren't going to get promoted back into the PL, unless football or the budget changes. Simple
We are now a club that has similar amibitions to teams like Barnsley, QPR, Preston, Millwall etc. The aim is stay up, spend very little and every couple of seasons sell our best player/s to try to help balance the books.
I really struggle with why fans refuse to accept it and go on about we deserve better and we should be playing this type of football because we deserved to be entertained.
Who honestly believes we the squad we have that's it's top 6 or even top half?? We have spent money to insure survival. |
You're doing a lot of fans a disservice here. There is a huge difference between understanding our position and accepting it. Much of what you say is true but there is no way I will accept that the only way to play football is the MM way, even on a small transfer (not wage) budget. Fo me, supporting my club isn't just about the result, that's about supporting the team on the day but I want the best for the club too - long term. Is that wrong? |  |
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| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 07:46 - Aug 4 with 2751 views | Herbivore |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 19:33 - Aug 3 by jas0999 |
Not really. Several thousand refused to renew season tickets as they really don't want to watch boring negative football. |
Several thousand? Isn't it more like two thousand? |  |
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| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 08:04 - Aug 4 with 2736 views | chislehurstblue |
| Not Barts fault but Its hard reading lines like on 07:44 - Aug 4 by Plums |
You're doing a lot of fans a disservice here. There is a huge difference between understanding our position and accepting it. Much of what you say is true but there is no way I will accept that the only way to play football is the MM way, even on a small transfer (not wage) budget. Fo me, supporting my club isn't just about the result, that's about supporting the team on the day but I want the best for the club too - long term. Is that wrong? |
I too want the best for the club and at the moment thats to survive in this division.
We have to be realistic on what we can achieve with the players we have currently, the level of investment and what ME wants with the club.
At the moment it appears that the fans are frustrated as we have fallen as a club from promotion prospects to survival. But some of the fans are acting like brats suggesting we have some right to be successful, play good football etc.
MM works within a tiny budget and whilst results have been indifferent he has kept us up and we have had a season where we finished 6th.
Its clear the little money we have spent this year is to help with survival rather than challenge the top 6th or even half. We are hoping that players keep fit and one of the kids steps up.
We are a selling club with one ambition - stay in this league.
Long term we need a new owner as nothing changes without that. | | | |
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