That last paragraph seems to be the status quo. This eternal loop of anger at individuals needs not being met needing to be verified by others. Odd world we live in. Kae Tempest calls it the ‘palace of me’ I think.
Good to see your level headed and thoughtful post. Well done in leaving a critique of the new owners for a follow up.
The club management are in a no win situation with fans forums. They are almost forced into them by fans who complain about being "kept in the dark" or "nobody tells us anything" and then throw a strop when they are told something they don't like. My impression of Semmens is that far from being a "defensive arrogant twat" or "not sure Semmens should be allowed to speak publicly" is the complete opposite. In fact I think he is a real asset to the club. I also think he tries to be as open and and honest as he can be for a person in his position but that then leads to these futile fans forums. He is a victim of trying to do the right thing. Platforms like twitter and so on are a godsend to the ****wits who shout the loudest. That may sound condescending but **** it, I'm tired of listening to the views of people who are as thick as mince and think they speak for us all. Comments on this board last night. But just to be clear, not who I was referring to as ****wits.
I’ve managed to catch up with the forum now and I agree entirely with this. I cannot possibly see how anything Martin Semmens said could cause offence to anyone unless they were deliberately wanting to be offended. After decades of watching my club being mismanaged by the likes of Lowe and Wilde, and more recently by Reed and Krueger, the current board are beginning to prove their worth, especially now they have some serious financial backing which didn’t appear from Gao.
Exactly. It’s frankly pathetic, and is it any wonder there’s sometimes frustration toward the fans when they act like that.
Someone made a good point to me about angry football fans several years ago. She opined that she suspects many of them are in jobs where they have no control. Once a week they can forget that they can't affect their working lives, they can forget their terrible marriages, money worries and horrible kids and have permission to shout and rant for 90 minutes about how much better they could do than the idiots on the pitch, the utter fool on the touchline guiding them, the pricks in the director's box who have more money than sense and (obviously) the ****er in the black. Football is their safe outlet (who can prove they couldn't do better than that lot?) for rages against other aspects of their lives. I've always considered that there may be something in what she said. Vin
He was signed after a successful trial to add “depth to their B team”, doesn’t sound like somebody they are signing for any other reason than they were short in the position.
Which is kind of what I expected - a step up more in line with one the average person would expect - a higher profile “company” and a pay rise. Not an indication he is premier league standard. Especially not at right back which isn’t his main position
Gosh there are times I get really down, notably about not having a partner and kids. It’s always sobering to get a reminder that some people have that and things are not necessarily rosey as a result Because whilst it is not everyone I can believe there are a fair proportion among the average football fans who fit that description above
I refuse to post it. It's pretty much a whole article undermining Ralph with players going behind his back to the board. It's ****ing outrageous quite frankly.
The timing of it is just too convenient. The day after the fans forum. It's pure clickbait and it's absolute trash even by their hideously low standards. The club should ban all Mail reporters from the stadium and training ground with immediate effect. ****s.
I have found it. It is just about as vague as you could get. You could easily write such an article with no actual sources Timing also seems deliberate because by accounts I have seen Ralph came across well at the forum last night i also find it amazing that some people are so desperate for this to be true and it validate their opinion that they are seizing upon this when it comes from…the daily mail. Yikes It could be true but I’d want a little more than the daily mail to tell me so. Also football journalists have a very interesting definition of “stars”. For all we know it could be Walcott, McCarthy and Jack Stephens who are doing the complaining.
