Right Chunks, out of respect to you, as a good supporter/poster, I've waded through forty pages of a thread I mainly kept off as I found many of the comments to be sickening ... not how I see people from the NE and their reputation for fairness and hospitality. I've no problem with my posts which were trying to calm things down, not stir them up.
Take a look, they're quite benign.
I have to accept you're right in that there were 5 or 6 posters who posted much more, than you, and were ten times as negative and abusive. I shouldn't have lumped you in with them so I do sincerely apologise for that error. In my defence I'd seen exactly the same comments posted on multiple threads and repeated over and over on this one which was really tedious.
Whether people realise or not they were basically, from the start, calling other people thick* as below, simply for saying we should be a little more patient, The comments were that people were 'slow to learn' 'ill advised' 'clueless' or 'blind' but, basically, making them out to be less intelligent. Yet they seem horrified if people take offence and react. Believe me, I've read every post today, so that's the pattern ... although I'm sure some will deny it, fair enough. I've quoted the post, of yours, that really wound me up ... no apology for that, I could never agree with us losing games.
I also don't believe it's unfair to remind people of their own words, we're all responsible for what we say and it stays on the forum. If people are unhappy with what they've posted they could always apologise, as I've just done. I think it's unreasonable for people to post something then complain if it's quoted, even weeks later. People showing optimism and getting 'Told you so' responses, if it goes badly, are just as entitled to respond in kind.
Hope that rambling sack makes sense, big hangover after Murrayfield and our match, the apology is genuine. I could've sent a private message but I'd prefer to humble myself on here.
