I occasionally indulge in self abuse thats true, and if you are going to insist on stamping your feet I'll treat you as such but ok, if below is what passes as you discussing the subject I'll address it.
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So you don't think we are under-performing then? You don't see the once good defence becoming more fragile each game? You don't see the huge tactical errors being made game after game? You're happy with BR trotting out 'well we're disappointed.....' BR has been found out, some of us see it quicker than others.
I, for one, aspire to much greater things than what i see. Sure, I can wait, I can get behind the (right) manager.....but I don't think for a nano second that it's BR......and I have every right to say so, as has the guy you dissected above. If you are so happy with mediocrity, perhaps it's you who should look to another club? Villa could do with some support
Q.Do I think we are under performing?
A. Yes, but not as much as you obviously. For me to think we are drastically under performing I would first have to think that right this minute this collection of players can play at a much much higher level. I don't. I think the majority of these young players can definitely improve, a small few may even become exceptional but not this year and some of this squad will not get much better. These are the players I hope BR replaces with exceptional talent rather than more hopefuls & that the owners allow him to do so.
Q. A once good defence now fragile.
A. Yes, it's a concern I share & have voiced on match threads but not under the heading BR must burn! I believe part of it is down to BR insisting defenders & midfield play a system they either can't or won't play properly. I mostly lay it at the players feet however, largely in midfield laziness & a lack of mental toughness but yes, it's up to BR to adjust their thinking & he hasn't yet done it. Will he with these players? Don't know. Does he know how with any set of players? Don't yet know.
Q do You see the huge tactical errors every game?
A. No, I see some tactical naivety or more of a too dogged determination not to give in to lazy bastard players & insist they play his way. Of course if your successful in ousting this manager you've yet again reinforced in these players minds that if they can't be arsed, ignore the manager they'll get rid of him as a problem in their lives. That should bode well for BR's replacement introducing his plan a, b or c won't it? BR maybe has to learn when proving a point & getting the points diverge but I can support his effort to hammer his system into the players heads before introducing variations. I mean this lot are confused with plan A. With that in mind; would you want to introduce variations!!!
Q. You are happy with BR talking ****e?
A. No I'm not, again, like others I think he's trying to play the media game & also protect his players (bar one attempt at public chastisement) and yes when the performance of players hasn't been good enough he shouldn't use the phrase "I can't fault the effort". It makes us feel like we're being treated like mugs. But: I don't think that's his intention. As I said I think he's trying to publicly protect his players. Over all I'm glad as a lot of them are young. They won't always be.
Q. Do You see things slower?
A. I don't see far away very well if that counts?
Q. Do I have the right to my opinion?
A. Yes Kenny you do, and you've given it repeatedly in this and a fair few other threads recently. I understand. You aren't happy & you hold BR totally responsible & you want rid. So will that mean we won't get the same repetitive rant in every thread from now on or do you really mean I have to change my mind & agree with your opinion for you to be happy?
Q. Aspirations of greatness or acceptance of mediocrity?
A. I have a wee home truth for you: you can aspire to greatness all you want, it doesn't mean you get it. I also hope for the return to success we once enjoyed I just don't believe it can happen under any manager in the space of a couple of months.
I don't believe recognising what exact stage we are at & with a bit of objective & logical thought; calculating that it will take quite a bit of time to even be in a position to compete for that "greatness" is accepting mediocrity.
But then I don't appear to have this super gut instinct, this prescient power to see into the future that some others claim to have. Or maybe I just have a lower FIFA 2013 ranking.
Villa? No thanks, I love my team, I've loved them when they were sublime & I love them when they are average. And I "aspire" to love them when they are great again.
And I've backed every manager our club has employed. I don't as a tendency turn on them for a few bad results. Your namesake lost his job because a fair few fans didn't think he was the (right) manager so decided not to get behind him either. That got you Brendan. Imagine who's next?[/QUOTE]
You assume that i'm stamping my feet; couldn't be further from the truth but i suspect that you use this as a means to justify your infantile response....I may be wrong and it's because you're a complete twat
It's the players fault...they can't compete at a higher level. Utter Bullshit. Reina, Johnson, Skerts, Agger, Carra, Gerrard, Lucas, Suarez....all aren't capable? Stupid response frankly...excuse the pun.
I show my disdain for the current set up no less than you show blind faith......I may be wrong, and point this out on every thread to be fair; you seem to fail to recognize that my critique is measured and I usually respect others views - yours is more personal, so I don't respect it at all. As for giving the same repetitive 'rant' (which it never is unless you just pigeon hole everything critical into a 'stamping feet, toys out of pram, rant) - well that depends if BR keeps making the same mistakes and serving up the turgid ****e we've seen so far this season doesn't it eh?
You speak to people as though they're idiots; wee home truths? People like you seem to know everything but have no answers. there is no truth, just complete blind faith. Thats a big **** off truth. I expect more for LFC than I believe that BR is capable of giving? Why do you take such offence at that? On one hand you concede that i'm entitled to opinion, on the other you stand on the high morale ground belittling it.....I actually responded to your comment to another fan saying that he should find another club....it's pathetic.
You appear to suggest that I don't have any logical thought, that I am not rational, that I have not supported my team as you have........all personal bollocks to justify your position of complete blind faith in someone who has never delivered at the highest level.....and shows no sign of doing so....but hey, if it makes you feel better for blindly following the 'pied piper' be my guest, just don't expect me to sit by and take it because dirtyfrank said so; Unlike you, I'm no lemming
So, to summarise; just because i don't share the same views as you, it doesn't make me an idiot
there's more to life than a football forum!
