rather bizarrely monarch, i watched your match at huish park last week! (i was in the area...) had a nice chat with dave carolan - he was a bit surprised to see me there can't believe you've got clinton morrison playing for you now. city tried to pay £2m for his services once upon a time...
As a fan, you can do any of those you want, I just choose to rule out a couple of them, namely looking & expecting - I simply do not see why we should be looking for or expecting an away victory in the PL. I always hope, I have the desire to see Norwich City succeed, must admit I have not got round to pleading yet but I was desperately seeking something in the dark Championship days several years ago. I have been told I am wrong by a few on here tonight and that is fine, I might even be in a small minority and that is also fine. It is how I see the world and the football team I follow and no-one can deny me that. I will leave it there I think, you guys who don't agree with me, no worries. Support the team the way you want and I will continue to follow the same team from afar, the way I want. Just please don't accuse me of "getting on my high horse" because I do not agree with you or suggest your opinions may be questionable of even foolish. I had the decency to make a public apology for a few poorly chosen words in the heat of the moment but it appears it went un-noticed. Not to worry, it's not going to ruin my season.
So you only go to games where you think we can win, that's NOT being a fan/supporter that's glory hunting! Perhaps you would like to enlighten us on here as to the games we SHOULD go to where we will win so we can all save some money! I think that question does deserve an answer!!! ILD OTBC
i'm a bit confused by this thread full stop! is there really a major disagreement here? i think its more to do with how people are wording things...
You are twisting what I said ILD. I have been to most grounds in the top 2 divisions over the years and quite few in the bottom 2 also. I never went to Maine Road, and as results would show over the years, justifiably so. All I missed was a long succession of defeats, some of them of horrendous proportions. It was of the few places I would keep away from at all costs. I went to Old Trafford 3 times and never expected anything, I was fortunate enough to see us win there 2-0. I never expected anything from trips to Anfield but have seen us win their twice, Highbury, 1 win and many defeats, Stamford Bridge, 2 wins, 2 defeats, White Hart Lane, 1 win, 4 defeats. It's not like I chose to avoid all the "big teams", I didn't but Man City & Coventry City were two places where I just would not spend my hard earned on going to. Still think I am a glory hunter?
i saw us win at maine road!! i think adrian coote scored if i remember correctly. what a nightmare ground that used to be for us. saw some terrible results there - usually a guaranteed 3-1 defeat at the very least. i'm struggling with the etihad too. two games, two defeats so far
Exactly! Although most of my travelling to away grounds was in the mid 80's to mid 90's it was still a healthy % of the weekly salary and to effectively "waste" it on a trip to Maine Road or Highfield Road just didn't make any sense. Had we won (which we didn't) I may have been gutted, I was once when I missed a game at Plough Lane (another bad ground for us at the time) when we won 2-0. I did not chose to not go, I just couldn't go to that game on that day
....isn't how this all started? Anyway, I'm in full agreement with your previous post that we should stop squabbling amongst ourselves (I'm as guilty as anyone so I'm not pointing fingers) and get together behind the club we love before Saturdays game against koo pee arr, a game which I seriously hope we are all in agreement that we really should be hoping to get something from
Thai, I still can't see your logic, we are constantly told that the fans are a hugh part of the club and it's success, especially the away support! Admittedly I don't go to ALL the away games, I have other commitments that can't be ignored, but I don't pick and chose the games on possible losses, or difficult games! If people can't afford to go to all games home or away in a season, then I fully understand that, but to pick and choose based on possible outcomes is incredible! The list doesn't impress me, I've supported the club since 1960, home and away, the 70's and 80's were taking your life in your hands to support your club due to hooliganism, but support them we did. Being at places like Gillingham on a freezing November saturday being rained on, in a temporary stand with no roof was no fun, but we supported the club, and probably still would. Sorry to say this but fairweather supporters or glory hunters don't do it for me! ILD OTBC
Yellow, let's not go down the booing route please, it's not something I've ever done or condone! I agree you pay your money do what you like after that, but I don't like the glory hunting ethic, "Oh I think we can beat Wigan" so I'll go to that game, "I think we'll lose to Man City so I'll avoid that one". To me that's NOT supporting your team!! ILD OTBC
i only went to fulham in order to gain some sort of retribution, closure maybe, for the last time i went! a bit like with charlton when we won promotion at the valley... it didn't quite work on this occasion!
I am not condoning booing either, not sure whether you may have misread that. i disagree, he pays and can go to whatever games he wants. I don't think its a problem myself by choosing a game based on probability. I wouldn't do it but don't see it as not supporting the club. Besides means more tickets for the big teams away.
I'm sorry but I can't keep quiet here, I hope this isn't the way this board is going to perform because very soon it will turn into one or two of you shouting and cursing at nobody, because all the decent regulars will have gone elsewhere! In Thai's defence, I will say, initially he was a bit hasty with his retort for which he apologised, although the apology was ignored! As for the main gist of his comments, those of you that can't see that there is a world of difference between HOPING for a win and EXPRCTING a win, need to get a grip of the English language, it was stated quite plainly for all to see! Let's end this STUPID, POINTLESS bickering now and get back to discussing football! We don't all have to agree, nor do we have to resort to petty name-calling! All those of you over 12 years old - ****ing well act like it!
