RUSHIE#9 wrote:The negativity on here really does astound me. Somebody show me were in the history of league football the championship trophy is handed out on the first day.
The result today wasn't good it WAS poor but there are 37 games to go and a maximum of 111 points to be claimed still. We won't claim all of them but we sure as hell ain't gonna lose all of them which you think we would the way some are reacting on here.
stmichael wrote:RUSHIE#9 wrote:The negativity on here really does astound me. Somebody show me were in the history of league football the championship trophy is handed out on the first day.
The result today wasn't good it WAS poor but there are 37 games to go and a maximum of 111 points to be claimed still. We won't claim all of them but we sure as hell ain't gonna lose all of them which you think we would the way some are reacting on here.
Well said.
In 10 games time if we've won 9 and drawn 1 and Chelsea, the Mancs and the ar$e have all dropped 4 or 5 points everyone will be back on the "here comes 19" bandwagon. One game in and it's all over. I thought we were a bit more resilient than this? But I guess all we are now is a bunch of knee-jerk, reactionaries who like to jump on one of our best teams in years at the first opportunity.
All games on the first day have absolutely no context as to what will happen for the rest of the season and tend to throw up over-performances and shock results (just like the third round of the cup). If, come May 2007, we end up missing out on a place in the league by 2 points then maybe we can come back and over analyse one result and claim it made a difference. On the other hand if we finish 1 point clear of someone (hopefully 1 point clear of 2nd!) then we can look back at this as a point that contributed.
stmichael wrote:RUSHIE#9 wrote:The negativity on here really does astound me. Somebody show me were in the history of league football the championship trophy is handed out on the first day.
The result today wasn't good it WAS poor but there are 37 games to go and a maximum of 111 points to be claimed still. We won't claim all of them but we sure as hell ain't gonna lose all of them which you think we would the way some are reacting on here.
Well said.
In 10 games time if we've won 9 and drawn 1 and Chelsea, the Mancs and the ar$e have all dropped 4 or 5 points everyone will be back on the "here comes 19" bandwagon. One game in and it's all over. I thought we were a bit more resilient than this? But I guess all we are now is a bunch of knee-jerk, reactionaries who like to jump on one of our best teams in years at the first opportunity.
All games on the first day have absolutely no context as to what will happen for the rest of the season and tend to throw up over-performances and shock results (just like the third round of the cup). If, come May 2007, we end up missing out on a place in the league by 2 points then maybe we can come back and over analyse one result and claim it made a difference. On the other hand if we finish 1 point clear of someone (hopefully 1 point clear of 2nd!) then we can look back at this as a point that contributed.
0asis wrote:I don't think it's a knee-jerk reaction to be bitterly disappointed with the result
woof woof ! wrote:0asis wrote:I don't think it's a knee-jerk reaction to be bitterly disappointed with the result
I agree with you Oasis . It sometimes seems however that if you express any negative feeling about our team,players or performance , you're immediately labelled a "a doom monger" or "doom mugger " (as one of our erudite members put it lol) . If the happy clappy brigade want to console themselves by endlessly repeating "The title isn't won on the first day etc etc etc "ad nauseum, fair enough . The title certainly isn't won on the first day , that doesn't however disguise the fact that Saturdays result very disappointing.
But for a very dubuios penalty we'd have p'iss takers coming out of the woodwork . I'm amazed at how some people have just swallowed it.
peewee wrote:woof woof ! wrote:0asis wrote:I don't think it's a knee-jerk reaction to be bitterly disappointed with the result
I agree with you Oasis . It sometimes seems however that if you express any negative feeling about our team,players or performance , you're immediately labelled a "a doom monger" or "doom mugger " (as one of our erudite members put it lol) . If the happy clappy brigade want to console themselves by endlessly repeating "The title isn't won on the first day etc etc etc "ad nauseum, fair enough . The title certainly isn't won on the first day , that doesn't however disguise the fact that Saturdays result very disappointing.
But for a very dubuios penalty we'd have p'iss takers coming out of the woodwork . I'm amazed at how some people have just swallowed it.
my sentiments exactly woof, if you go back through the thread you can see my thoughts on the game, in fact the word i used was 'shambles'.
when i was younger i would always defend everything about the club and look for excuses. as i matured i am able to say it exactly how it is. it doesnt mean i dont love the club, it just means i am more prepared to call it a shambles when it so obviously was a shambles.
people stop making excuses for what was obviously a poor performance, its not ok to draw games against poor oposition.
on another point why were we the only team from last seasons top 4 to play away
bigmick wrote:One last thought. On saturday Liverpool play West Ham at home in an early kick off. Failure to win that one (and it's by no means a certainty) would mean that Man U would need to beat Watford away (an absolute certainty) and Chelsea would have to beat Blackburn away (a distinct probability) to open up a four point gap on us. Our next two games after that are Everton, then Chelsea. Tell me, just who is under pressure here, us or Manchester United and Chelsea.
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