I’ll be honest, I’m not even going to watch it on the telly. Heading out on a bike ride as the weather looks mint. Hope the atmosphere is a good one and the support coalesce around the playoff push
Wish I could be there to applaud them as it is richly deserved after the season we have had. But for some injuries and a couple of poor performances e would have been pushing right to the end. Time to celebrate and refocus for the next tests.
Always stay till the end anyway, but I, for one, regardless of today’s result will be clapping my hands raw for this team. **** the ups and downs a season is declared overall and we’ve had a great season. They deserve it, more than deserve it.
Whatever the case we’ve seen some wonderful talent and fabulous goals that deserve some appreciation … … I’d guess we've seen more excellent goals this season than most.
I don't think they did. My mate did and he said there was a few thousand left and it looked deflated.
I stayed with about 4/5 thousand others to show my appreciation of a brilliant year for such a young team. Comments around was they deserved better and I was a little disgusted by everyone turning their back. I only hope that the 13th is the time for true appreciate and celebration going on to Wembley and a successful end to an excellent season. I'm not a happy clapper or an old codger and know if we go up it will be a struggle but I will still enjoy supporting my team no matter what!
Absolutely mate. As you should. I do see why the vast majority didn't want to stay though. Winning brings confidence, confidence brings togetherness and unity. I think a load are a bit sick of how we have been playing and the results in the final 1/4 of the season have been abysmal. Thinks it's 5 straight defeats and pretty much 0 goals scored. I just wish we had some good scenes in the final few games or even yday. A big win yday would have seen a good crowd and a good push into the play offs. Personally, and I do feel that a lot of others have the same, it's apathy at the moment. I don't feel confident at all in the play offs. Ask me a couple of months ago, I would be. I think the tie will be dead after the first game.
There has become division on this board over the last 6 months or so. In my opinion. And it is turning into a lack of respect between posters. The early leaver conversation is a prime example of it for me. Yesterday, the final day of the regular season, and we had two threads on the subject on the first page. Recently a lad joined to ask us to complete a research survey for his studies and the thread was closed by mods because it was hijacked by the early leaver debate. It was suggested people like me, who at times choose to leave early, werent real supporters because of it. Lets be honest, it is a crap conversation. One that will always cause divide and cast some as good guys and some as bad guys. I dont believe for one minute staying to the end makes you a better supporter. It would be like me arguing I travel 5 hours for a game so I am better than anyone living in Sunderland. It would be nonsense. People need to remember sometimes factors you dont know drive decisions. In a really simplistic world every one would be in the ground 45 minutes before to cheer them on for the warm up, cheer them on to the pitch, roar like mad at the first whistle and not leave their seat until every last player has disappeared down the tunnel. The world isnt like that and to create a sense of good fans bad fans is poor for me. It isnt the only divisive debate we have. But lets think on it for a bit. The board is going downhill fast imo. It isnt because of different opinions. That is healthy. But it is because they become arguments that lead into oneupmanship. I support my team as strongly as anyone I believe. I believe everyone else does the same too. Not everyone, does, or can, do it in the same way. Some are unable to attend games but they are as good a fan as anyone who goes to all. If we cant all be on the same page now then we dont deserve promotion to be honest. Fans need to be in unison and behind one common cause. You can only have that if respect exists. We had that years ago, I wonder if we will ever get it back?
Absolutely spot on. It's why proper moderation is needed not a friendship group that just like and back each other up when pile ins happen in relation to going or leaving early. It's not good enough. It needs to be better.
All of this. Thankfully my 13yr old is the same. He's been going week in, week out since he was 5 and had to put up with Grayson, Coleman, Ross, Parkinson and Johnson. Bring on the Cov!!
Your post and the fact that about 30,000 left the ground before the players walk around brings to my mind one of the chants often heard at matches, “you only sing when you’re winning”. It seems support these days relies on success, and a period of poor results quickly shows how fickle it can be.
Not really. Season tickets all my adult life, all through league one etc. I think the majority of safc fans are not happy with current form and the performances mean people walked away yday. If we were playing well, maybe the club would get more appreciation? Btw I am not knocking a single person who stayed, unlike others who are knocking people who didn't. Have a think on that one...
