I know this is getting a bit boring now but on the back of some very good threads on backing our great team and reading (in my opinion) a lot of negativity born out of frustration.
It's been well documented what we expect from our team. After all we pay our hard earned money in a very difficult financial climate, so we are entitled to have expectations and lets face it on the whole we as a club, team and a set of supporters have been exceptional over the last couple of years but we are all now starting to see it getting tougher but then (again in my own opinion) no tougher than we thought it was going to be before the season started.
So as the the season advances and things get ever more tricky and frustrating, I've gotten to thinking what exactly is our role. In which way are we the 12th man and what should our players expectations be of us?
Well our role as supporters is obviously to support. Below is the dictionary definition of that word.
Some of it is not applicable but I'm sure you'll get the picture.
sup·port
   [suh-pawrt, -pohrt]
verb (used with object)
1.
to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
2.
to sustain or withstand (weight, pressure, strain, etc.) without giving way; serve as a prop for.
3.
to undergo or endure, especially with patience or submission; tolerate.
4.
to sustain (a person, the mind, spirits, courage, etc.) under trial or affliction: They supported him throughout his ordeal.
5.
to maintain (a person, family, establishment, institution, etc.) by supplying with things necessary to existence; provide for: to support a family.
EXPAND
noun
10.
the act or an instance of supporting.
11.
the state of being supported.
12.
something that serves as a foundation, prop, brace, or stay.
13.
maintenance, as of a person or family, with necessaries, means, or funds: to pay for support of an orphan.
14.
a person or thing that supports, as financially: The pension was his only support.
Now I didn't do this to point fingers, I'm no perfect fan. I've uttered the odd swear word and felt let down and moaned "what's Guly doing" (7 goals / 8 assists - I actually love Guly but my god he can be frustrating). I don't particularly want to start a debate because it's all pretty much been said but what I did want to do is write something that will give some of us a reference point for when the chips are down and we are frustrated and emotional because the team we love so much isn't meeting our expectations.
Let's just keep doing what we've been doing and what we are the best in the land at doing. I't's what Nigel, the team and Nicola should expect of us and it is what Markus kindly gave us the opportunity to continue doing...
Lets just support.
COYR
It's been well documented what we expect from our team. After all we pay our hard earned money in a very difficult financial climate, so we are entitled to have expectations and lets face it on the whole we as a club, team and a set of supporters have been exceptional over the last couple of years but we are all now starting to see it getting tougher but then (again in my own opinion) no tougher than we thought it was going to be before the season started.
So as the the season advances and things get ever more tricky and frustrating, I've gotten to thinking what exactly is our role. In which way are we the 12th man and what should our players expectations be of us?
Well our role as supporters is obviously to support. Below is the dictionary definition of that word.
Some of it is not applicable but I'm sure you'll get the picture.
sup·port
   [suh-pawrt, -pohrt]
verb (used with object)
1.
to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
2.
to sustain or withstand (weight, pressure, strain, etc.) without giving way; serve as a prop for.
3.
to undergo or endure, especially with patience or submission; tolerate.
4.
to sustain (a person, the mind, spirits, courage, etc.) under trial or affliction: They supported him throughout his ordeal.
5.
to maintain (a person, family, establishment, institution, etc.) by supplying with things necessary to existence; provide for: to support a family.
EXPAND
noun
10.
the act or an instance of supporting.
11.
the state of being supported.
12.
something that serves as a foundation, prop, brace, or stay.
13.
maintenance, as of a person or family, with necessaries, means, or funds: to pay for support of an orphan.
14.
a person or thing that supports, as financially: The pension was his only support.
Now I didn't do this to point fingers, I'm no perfect fan. I've uttered the odd swear word and felt let down and moaned "what's Guly doing" (7 goals / 8 assists - I actually love Guly but my god he can be frustrating). I don't particularly want to start a debate because it's all pretty much been said but what I did want to do is write something that will give some of us a reference point for when the chips are down and we are frustrated and emotional because the team we love so much isn't meeting our expectations.
Let's just keep doing what we've been doing and what we are the best in the land at doing. I't's what Nigel, the team and Nicola should expect of us and it is what Markus kindly gave us the opportunity to continue doing...
Lets just support.
COYR
