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Jimmy87

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Mucca Mad Boys said:
Society in general seems to be a lot angrier. The amount of ‘stickers’ I see up and down country with the Reform logo and/or ‘Stop The Boats’ is astounding. There were a few in the away end on Tuesday but even on holiday I seen some and in most train stations of clubs and all over England.

Perhaps it’s an age thing, but I don't remember this being the case in the 90s or 00s… if someone my senior could provide some insight, please do. Please note: I have no intention of making this remotely political, it’s just an observation.

Social media is just generally quite toxic. We seen how badly abused athletes and TV personalities can get it. For all the positives of social media, it can be a cesspit.
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I just don't ever remember it being angry at the games growing up.
Light hearted and all in jest when it came to our own players. Of course you'd get the odd moan and groan, but nothing like what we see today.
Unhinged, borderline obsessiveness over certain players, once they've become the designated boo boys. It's why i try to stay off for long periods of time, social media is indeed a cesspit.

Even if the players that tend to get the most abuse leave this summer, you just think, who will be next to take the brunt of it. So tedious.
I think we are building quite a good team, it just needs a few tweaks, i fully believe we will get there eventually. They are definitely not 'useless'.
 
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AOM

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prufrock said:
the problem isn't just unlocking the best performances more it's also elevating the minimum level of the out of form performances.

imo when Grimes had a couple of flat games he was still 5.5 or 6/10, that is his minimum. when Wright is off it's 2 or 3, he looks non-league at times.
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Yeah I can get that tbf.
I think Simms can have good games without scoring when he's up for it, but Wright seems to be all or nothing.

Anyone would, but we miss a striker like Gyokeres who would just bully and rough up centre backs all game and has a big impact even if he didn't get a goal.
 
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Shannerz

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shmmeee said:
I don’t think he has though. You can’t argue with his goals but outside of that all the day one complaints about attitude ... still stand.
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I don't think it's bad attitude per se, I think he loses belief in himself, which ultimately ends up as a lack of determination and fight. He doesn't seem to have the heart when things are against him.

It's like O'Nein beat him in every duel, despite being smaller, less strong, and not as good at football as Wright, but he was absolutely up for it and backed himself in the fight. Wright wanted to win too, but he didn't back himself.

Obviously, I don't know the man, and I'm not a psychologist, but having watched him play for the last two years, that's what it looks like to me. It was the same in his first couple of months at the club. I don't believe he doesn't care or has a bad attitude.

The question is, do you live with that. Wright's an asset, no question. He's extremely talented and a guaranteed source of goals over a season, but you have to accept that you will have to carry him when he's not playing with confidence. Is it worth risking that when you have a game as huge as Tuesday's, or do you cash in for a lesser, but more consistent, player?
 
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OldBedrocker

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He’s simply not aggressive enough to play as a solo striker. Pulls out of tackles and headers all the time.
It looks like he’s scared to get hurt. His dive on Tuesday was shocking particularly as he’d got the ball past them and had an opportunity to shoot.
 
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SkyBlueStallion_89

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Jimmy87 said:
I just don't ever remember it being angry at the games growing up.
Light hearted and all in jest when it came to our own players. Of course you'd get the odd moan and groan, but nothing like what we see today.
Unhinged, borderline obsessiveness over certain players, once they've become the designated boo boys. It's why i try to stay off for long periods of time, social media is indeed a cesspit.

Even if the players that tend to get the most abuse leave this summer, you just think, who will be next to take the brunt of it. So tedious.
I think we are building quite a good team, it just needs a few tweaks, i fully believe we will get there eventually. They are definitely not 'useless'.
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I've come off social media, I had a break from it before mate then went back on, found myself using fb less and less, same with twitter (never did shittok or Snapchat) but when your on there all you get is negativity, people posting videos thinking they are hilarious but they're not or another video of a knife attack posted.

Its a cesspit where people think they are hard abusing others y et would shit their pants if you confronted them, the world would be a happier place with out social
 
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robinsforever

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Wright has to go. Fact the players afterwards tore into him says it all. His goose is cooked here. Simms obviously is done. BTA not good enough.
Godden got 21 goals this season in L1. Granted a league lower but the amount of chances we creates and missed in the playboffs I can't help thinking had we had Godden some of those would have been buried.
Small looks pretty decent for Charlton in the RW. Would be good back up for Saka perhaps?
 
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robbiekeane

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SkyBlueStallion_89 said:
I've come off social media, I had a break from it before mate then went back on, found myself using fb less and less, same with twitter (never did shittok or Snapchat) but when your on there all you get is negativity, people posting videos thinking they are hilarious but they're not or another video of a knife attack posted.

Its a cesspit where people think they are hard abusing others y et would shit their pants if you confronted them, the world would be a happier place with out social
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been “off” social media and the news for about three months now. Every 3 or 4 weeks or so i download instagram to check my messages as i live abroad and i always have people trying to contact me, but i avoid the news feed and stories etc. Then delete it again.

Avoid news apart from bbc championship page.

I honestly feel so much healthier. Stupid and ignorant. But healthier
 
SkyBlueStallion_89

SkyBlueStallion_89

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robbiekeane said:
been “off” social media and the news for about three months now. Every 3 or 4 weeks or so i download instagram to check my messages as i live abroad and i always have people trying to contact me, but i avoid the news feed and stories etc. Then delete it again.

Avoid news apart from bbc championship page.

I honestly feel so much healthier. Stupid and ignorant. But healthier
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For football news I use mobile news now, but yeah I feel the same I feel more healthier and significantly less depressed lol, social media
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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If you were Tats or Eccles in fact any of the rest of the team who all put great performances in.You would definitely want to let him know your feeling. It a team game and IMHO the guy just doesn't seem to want to do his share of the work.If he wants to progress in the game he needs to look at the De Bruyne and Salah's see their efforts on regaining possision when they lose it not stand there with the o well attitude he seems to take.Me personatly iI would get rid
 
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Bad Boy

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thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
If you were Tats or Eccles in fact any of the rest of the team who all put great performances in.You would definitely want to let him know your feeling. It a team game and IMHO the guy just doesn't seem to want to do his share of the work.If he wants to progress in the game he needs to look at the De Bruyne and Salah's see their efforts on regaining possision when they lose it not stand there with the o well attitude he seems to take.Me personatly iI would get rid
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Agree, be gone.

I've said many times, I can forgive the lack of ability but I'll never forgive the lack of effort, that HAS to be a given, no question about it.

I don't buy into this lack of confidence thing and he's an asset when on form, for me you put it in 100% even if you're out of form.

Same goes for Simms.
 
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chiefdave

chiefdave

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Cov kid 55 said:
It was posted by Saddlebrains, supposedly ITK.
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I think if this was anything like the way it came across he's done. Don't see how you come back after that.

We've had year after year of people posting about problems in the dressing room and bust ups but the rest of the team essentially turning round and blaming Wright for not getting to Wembley immediately after a game, and saying he wasn't putting in any effort, is another level. How do you put that aside when everyone comes back for pre-season training?
 
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Jimmy87

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SkyBlueStallion_89 said:
I've come off social media, I had a break from it before mate then went back on, found myself using fb less and less, same with twitter (never did shittok or Snapchat) but when your on there all you get is negativity, people posting videos thinking they are hilarious but they're not or another video of a knife attack posted.

Its a cesspit where people think they are hard abusing others y et would shit their pants if you confronted them, the world would be a happier place with out social
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Same here, would read the forum from afar but had a long social media break. Only have Twitter to follow the Cov page really, so i avoid all the other crap going on in the world, but even still if you go on there to pass comment on a match, all you come across is the same old negative people dragging the same players every week. So boring.
When we are at games we talk constructively about players and how the games have gone, then you come online and it's wild, even when we win, toxic.
 
SkyBlueStallion_89

SkyBlueStallion_89

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Jimmy87 said:
Same here, would read the forum from afar but had a long social media break. Only have Twitter to follow the Cov page really, so i avoid all the other crap going on in the world, but even still if you go on there to pass comment on a match, all you come across is the same old negative people dragging the same players every week. So boring.
When we are at games we talk constructively about players and how the games have gone, then you come online and it's wild, even when we win, toxic.
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Yeah I agree mate, I used twitter more then fb in the end, just like you for Cov news but then I found negative or dumb posts so decided fuck this and deleted all, it's a toxic place where people abuse and bully others so its a horrible place
 
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fatso

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shmmeee said:
Drive him there myself as long as we’re getting £15m+
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You'd have to be quick, I've got my car fueled up and the engines running! I'd even put ribbons and flowers on the front and provide a packed lunch for the journey if we got £15million.
 
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