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Now I’ve slept on it I'm still just as fed up & angry as I was yesterday. I’m fed up with all the bad decisions we are getting, but more fed up with the constant bleating about it.
The statement that’s been released I’ve mixed feelings about as I do genuinely think think that it is time that the arrogance of officials & the PGMOL was challenged and their attitude changed. In this day & age we cannot go on with a system that is so broken that they feel the need to keep everything shrouded in secrecy it's that leads to these ridiculous conspiracy theories.
Every other sport that employs video assistance in their decision making process does it openly so that the paying supporter can follow the process and see / hear the reasons behind decisions it doesn't stop people disagreeing but at least it will have been done openly & honestly.
The whole refereeing process has to become accountable and it’s possible this might be the first step to achieving this. I don’t necessarily agree with the way the club have gone about it & it doesn’t show us up in a very good light However it might just be a case of the end justifying the means if it opens up a proper grown up debate it, personally I doubt it but we’ll see.
That just about covers what I’m fed up with but not what I am angry about, my anger revolves around the pathetic way the team & management approach these vital game like the one yesterday. I am absolutely sick of seeing this bunch of bottle free players jogging around the pitch & making half hearted attempts to block shots, put tackles in etc,. from management down they are incredibly well paid for what they do or should I say what they don’t do. These players are generally as good as any others in the lower half of the table and yet they consistently manage to fail to compete with those same teams.
If the skill levels are similar but you are not competing with those teams around you then it has to be down to other factors like application, desire, will to win, call it what you like, someone yesterday called it gutless which is as good a word as any, add to that, team organisation, motivation etc. Any team & management representing our club to lack any of these fundamentals is unforgivable but I’m afraid it is those qualities that are lacking.
For me Nuno is not the man to take us forward I know that the persona we see during pre & post match pressers does not necessarily reflect what he is like behind the scenes but I would suggest it is a pretty good indicator & that added to his demeanour on the touch line during games where he looks a forlorn figure suggests motivational team talks are not his strong points.
I now don't see this bunch of coaches & players having the wherewithal to lift us out of the hole that they have dug us into, we may stay up by default on the back of the shortcomings of others which is a bit pathetic in itself, but personally I am now resigned to what I consider to be almost inevitable & I am now at peace with that, and looking forward to a more enjoyable championship campaign in a VAR free environment, where we might win a few more games, & ticket availability might be easier.
Having had 2 years in the prem I am really questioning myself as to why I & others were so obsessed with what we thought was a return to the promised land. When you think about it, what do we get from it, a big pile of money for the club to waste on mediocre players, the chance to see world class players embarrass our own, inflated prices, lack of ticket availability & the vast majority of weekends ruined by the ineptitude of our team who condemn us to an awful none enjoyable season scrambling about near the bottom of the league. Is that really what we waited 23 years for, bring on the Championship.
Sorry for rambling on for so long but I'm old & have nothing else to do, at least I've got a few things off my chest
The statement that’s been released I’ve mixed feelings about as I do genuinely think think that it is time that the arrogance of officials & the PGMOL was challenged and their attitude changed. In this day & age we cannot go on with a system that is so broken that they feel the need to keep everything shrouded in secrecy it's that leads to these ridiculous conspiracy theories.
Every other sport that employs video assistance in their decision making process does it openly so that the paying supporter can follow the process and see / hear the reasons behind decisions it doesn't stop people disagreeing but at least it will have been done openly & honestly.
The whole refereeing process has to become accountable and it’s possible this might be the first step to achieving this. I don’t necessarily agree with the way the club have gone about it & it doesn’t show us up in a very good light However it might just be a case of the end justifying the means if it opens up a proper grown up debate it, personally I doubt it but we’ll see.
That just about covers what I’m fed up with but not what I am angry about, my anger revolves around the pathetic way the team & management approach these vital game like the one yesterday. I am absolutely sick of seeing this bunch of bottle free players jogging around the pitch & making half hearted attempts to block shots, put tackles in etc,. from management down they are incredibly well paid for what they do or should I say what they don’t do. These players are generally as good as any others in the lower half of the table and yet they consistently manage to fail to compete with those same teams.
If the skill levels are similar but you are not competing with those teams around you then it has to be down to other factors like application, desire, will to win, call it what you like, someone yesterday called it gutless which is as good a word as any, add to that, team organisation, motivation etc. Any team & management representing our club to lack any of these fundamentals is unforgivable but I’m afraid it is those qualities that are lacking.
For me Nuno is not the man to take us forward I know that the persona we see during pre & post match pressers does not necessarily reflect what he is like behind the scenes but I would suggest it is a pretty good indicator & that added to his demeanour on the touch line during games where he looks a forlorn figure suggests motivational team talks are not his strong points.
I now don't see this bunch of coaches & players having the wherewithal to lift us out of the hole that they have dug us into, we may stay up by default on the back of the shortcomings of others which is a bit pathetic in itself, but personally I am now resigned to what I consider to be almost inevitable & I am now at peace with that, and looking forward to a more enjoyable championship campaign in a VAR free environment, where we might win a few more games, & ticket availability might be easier.
Having had 2 years in the prem I am really questioning myself as to why I & others were so obsessed with what we thought was a return to the promised land. When you think about it, what do we get from it, a big pile of money for the club to waste on mediocre players, the chance to see world class players embarrass our own, inflated prices, lack of ticket availability & the vast majority of weekends ruined by the ineptitude of our team who condemn us to an awful none enjoyable season scrambling about near the bottom of the league. Is that really what we waited 23 years for, bring on the Championship.
Sorry for rambling on for so long but I'm old & have nothing else to do, at least I've got a few things off my chest