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Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue

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  • Oct 19, 2024
  • #176
bigfatronssba said:
Because they care.

That passion is why 3k people descend on a shithole like Preston early on a Saturday morning.

You can’t have it both ways
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Passion is the most overrated word in football, passion can mean a hapless idiot thrashing his arms around in the stadium (who looks like they belong in the Caludon centre) or a cats piss footballer without any ability beyond running around and looking busy (Gary Deegan and Jim O’Brien).

The fans are just as shit a fans as the players they’re shouting at. Silent merchants who only sing when we’re winning or shouting c**t like a cockbreath tiktoker on the lobotomy patient waiting list.

Some of our fans are utter shite. Only good when in the play offs.
 
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Great_Expectations

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  • Oct 19, 2024
  • #177
Re the Robins reaction, it can be interpreted in different ways.

For me, he’s probably as angry and pissed off ad we all are. I like the fact he gave it back, it shows he cares and despite the mild mannered, composed MR we see 99% of the time, he proved the external MR we see isn’t necessarily what the players do.

Also, if I was MR and some pissed up idiot was having a go at me, I’d react too. Want him sacked or otherwise, he’s changed CCFC for the better, and he’s probably wondering if that’s been forgotten.
 
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Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 19, 2024
  • #178
Great_Expectations said:
Re the Robins reaction, it can be interpreted in different ways.

For me, he’s probably as angry and pissed off ad we all are. I like the fact he gave it back, it shows he cares and despite the mild mannered, composed MR we see 99% of the time, he proved the external MR we see isn’t necessarily what the players do.

Also, if I was MR and some pissed up idiot was having a go at me, I’d react too. Want him sacked or otherwise, he’s changed CCFC for the better, and he’s probably wondering if that’s been forgotten.
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Let’s be honest he’s gone the full Micky Adams almost. He’s always had that in him and now it’s coming out
 
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Cheylesmoreloyal

New Member
  • Oct 19, 2024
  • #179
rob9872 said:
Absolute tossers. Waiting behind just to have a go at the players and staff. None of us are happy, but how do they think that's helpful? If you can't applaud the effort, just get out of the ground fek off and have a beer. Plenty of time for more measured reflection.
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What effort ? Did I miss something ! I'm just back home and after following city home and away since 1984 there is no heart to that team . If you think I'm going to stay and clap them off after that performance then your in dreamland .
 
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Cheylesmoreloyal

New Member
  • Oct 19, 2024
  • #180
SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
What was captain Sheaf doing when this was happening?
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Nothing
 

ProfessorbyGrace

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 19, 2024
  • #181
Cheylesmoreloyal said:
Nothing
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This onus on Sheaf being critical to the team’s success is becoming more and more ludicrous, imo.

I would rather have a captain who can lead, rally the team, be the managers voice on the pitch; lift heads when they’re down, and instil confidence in those around him.

He does none of that, and I feel he is part of the issue with this team. Just my opinion.
 
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Bugsy

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 19, 2024
  • #182
Times like these U can definitely tell who speaks sense and who are fickle as fuck. Hope everyone is enjoying there night anyhow
don't worry about a thing
....PUSB
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Oct 19, 2024
  • #183
pusbccfc said:
It looked very lethargic.

I didn't see this high effort that people are mentioning.
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Big difference between ' not an ounce of effort' and high effort. Every one of our defeats, bar Leeds, have been by a solitary goal. It's a struggle at the moment, and we need to hang together with the team until they come through it. Doing a Game of Thrones 'shame' castigation of players doesn't help a bit.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #184
ProfessorbyGrace said:
This onus on Sheaf being critical to the team’s success is becoming more and more ludicrous, imo.

I would rather have a captain who can lead, rally the team, be the managers voice on the pitch; lift heads when they’re down, and instil confidence in those around him.

He does none of that, and I feel he is part of the issue with this team. Just my opinion.
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He was captain for large parts of last season, including the pathetic performances vs Wolves and Man Utd.
 
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Para1140

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  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #185
SeaSeeEffCee said:
I have never abused the players at a game, nor do I boo at the end of the game, but it’s not hard to see why fans are furious at the moment.

We were sold a dream and at the moment it looks like we’ll be playing in League One next season.
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we wernt sold a dream. We were sold a gamble and anyone that is pissed off because they havnt won that bet needs to give their head a wobble. There are no guarentee’s in football
 
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MalcSB

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  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #186
Para1140 said:
we wernt sold a dream. We were sold a gamble and anyone that is pissed off because they havnt won that bet needs to give their head a wobble. There are no guarentee’s in football
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I think you are confusing the literal sale of Premier packages which is a gamble with the metaphorical sale of a dream, even an expectation, that we would be challenging for promotion in 3 out of 5 seasons and that we would be giving it a “right good go” this season.

We were sold a dream and if things carry on as they are it will prove to in fact be the nightmare of relegation.
 

Para1140

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #187
ProfessorbyGrace said:
This onus on Sheaf being critical to the team’s success is becoming more and more ludicrous, imo.

I would rather have a captain who can lead, rally the team, be the managers voice on the pitch; lift heads when they’re down, and instil confidence in those around him.

He does none of that, and I feel he is part of the issue with this team. Just my opinion.
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You could see the difference a player like that makes when we played SW a few weeks a go. Bannan was that player we need
 

Para1140

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #188
MalcSB said:
I think you are confusing the literal sale of Premier packages which is a gamble with the metaphorical sale of a dream, even an expectation, that we would be challenging for promotion in 3 out of 5 seasons and that we would be giving it a “right good go” this season.

We were sold a dream and if things carry on as they are it will prove to in fact be the nightmare of relegation.
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Call it what you like dreams dont always come true and you were sold an if we get to the prem not when
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #189
Sick Boy said:
He was captain for large parts of last season, including the pathetic performances vs Wolves and Man Utd.
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Anonymous the first half v Man Utd.
Sheaf lauded for 1.5 games of football.
Should of cashed in. But would of probably wasted what ever we got.
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #190
pusbccfc said:
A clear minority though.

Everyone around me clapped them off. I felt weird standing and not clapping. People were arguably too positive.
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Yeah, everybody around us clapped them. We always stay behind and clap, home and away, regardless of result or performance

As for the Robins incident, I was looking at my phone and then looked up as he was walking back to the pitch so didn't see what happened. We were row 36 right near the back anyway.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #191
CovValleyBoy said:
Anonymous the first half v Man Utd.
Sheaf lauded for 1.5 games of football.
Should of cashed in. But would of probably wasted what ever we got.
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Yeah because he’s only ever performed in 1,5 games for us.
He’s yet another player deemed not good enough who’ll inevitably go on to play for a better team.
 
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bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #192
Para1140 said:
Call it what you like dreams dont always come true and you were sold an if we get to the prem not when
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That’s fine, it just means that next time the club tries to generate extra revenue by building excitement a lot of people won’t respond to it
 
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Macca

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #193
I'm nor sure that everyone apart from dreamers is expecting Premier League football, just top ten and an ounce of entertainment would be great
 
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bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #194
It’s this revisionism that I can’t stand.

The club, Mark Robins, and Doug King all built up expectations more than anyone this season

Now I’d have far more respect for them all if they came out and said “the season hasn’t started how we were expecting”

But to just deny that they built up any expectations and suggest it’s all come from the fans is just gaslighting
 
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Winny the Bish

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #195
bigfatronssba said:
It’s this revisionism that I can’t stand.

The club, Mark Robins, and Doug King all built up expectations more than anyone this season

Now I’d have far more respect for them all if they came out and said “the season hasn’t started how we were expecting”

But to just deny that they built up any expectations and suggest it’s all come from the fans is just gaslighting
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I’m sure Robins said “promotion is the aim” in one of his first interviews this season. Not “we want to give it a go”, not “give us time” but “promotion”.

But it’s our fault for having big expectations? Fuck off.
 
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play_in_skyblue_stripes

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #196
bigfatronssba said:
Because they care.

That passion is why 3k people descend on a shithole like Preston early on a Saturday morning.

You can’t have it both ways
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Just no need for this sort of language to describe another City.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #197
Winny the Bish said:
I’m sure Robins said “promotion is the aim” in one of his first interviews this season. Not “we want to give it a go”, not “give us time” but “promotion”.

But it’s our fault for having big expectations? Fuck off.
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bigfatronssba

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  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #198
play_in_skyblue_stripes said:
Just no need for this sort of language to describe another City.
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No offence was intended
 

Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #199
bigfatronssba said:
It’s this revisionism that I can’t stand.

The club, Mark Robins, and Doug King all built up expectations more than anyone this season

Now I’d have far more respect for them all if they came out and said “the season hasn’t started how we were expecting”

But to just deny that they built up any expectations and suggest it’s all come from the fans is just gaslighting
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What did you expect them to do, spend no money? They did what a football club is supposed to do, we’re no different to most others.

Most of this talk of ‘building expectations’ has been self generated by the fans, off the back of seeing the club spend money at last.

Take a look at the match thread for the Everton friendly where people are on about promotion, pissing the league and all that stuff.

There’s no getting around the fact that we’ve started terribly, and we’re below where we should be, but the huge ‘expectations’ were mainly whipped up among the fans themselves, and were ridiculously too high.
 
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Warwickhunt

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  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #200
I feel like this season is like our first season back in the championship! We have a lot of money tied up on the bench at the moment and it looks like thay are not forcing their way back onto the field at any moment, EMC needs to up his temperament and start bully players else he will never get a permanent position on the field.
 

Para1140

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #201
Funny how many on here never post for months until we hit a shit patch or arnt doing very well and they all come out in force calling for Robins head or slating the players.
this place is one hell of a toxic place made up of numbers of toxic so called fans who Im sure harsly ever go to games but love to call for Robins head
 
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Ring Of Steel

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  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #202
Para1140 said:
Funny how many on here never post for months until we hit a shit patch or arnt doing very well and they all come out in force calling for Robins head or slating the players.
this place is one hell of a toxic place made up of numbers of toxic so called fans who Im sure harsly ever go to games but love to call for Robins head
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It’s mostly a very negative forum anyway, so when a run of form like this happens it’s like a lottery win for people to cut loose & start demanding heads on a platter.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #203
Ring Of Steel said:
It’s mostly a very negative forum anyway, so when a run of form like this happens it’s like a lottery win for people to cut loose & start demanding heads on a platter.
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Says the bloke who needed multiple accounts on such a negative forum and doesn't go to games.
 
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Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #204
Nick said:
Says the bloke who needed multiple accounts on such a negative forum and doesn't go to games.
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Obviously a nerve touched there, but all good.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #205
Ring Of Steel said:
Obviously a nerve touched there, but all good.
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No nerve touched.
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #206
Nick said:
No nerve touched.
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Course not
 
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Cov kid 55

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  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #207
Cheylesmoreloyal said:
What effort ? Did I miss something ! I'm just back home and after following city home and away since 1984 there is no heart to that team . If you think I'm going to stay and clap them off after that performance then your in dreamland .
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He’s not suggesting that you stay behind and clap, he says just bugger off if you don’t want to. He’s being critically rightly, of fans who scream obscenities at the players. Read the posts if you want to reply.
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Oct 20, 2024
  • #208
Great_Expectations said:
Re the Robins reaction, it can be interpreted in different ways.

For me, he’s probably as angry and pissed off ad we all are. I like the fact he gave it back, it shows he cares and despite the mild mannered, composed MR we see 99% of the time, he proved the external MR we see isn’t necessarily what the players do.

Also, if I was MR and some pissed up idiot was having a go at me, I’d react too. Want him sacked or otherwise, he’s changed CCFC for the better, and he’s probably wondering if that’s been forgotten.
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Either way it doesn't look good, it's patronising your own fans, will only end up one way.
 

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 21, 2024
  • #209
We have got a young squad, the most senior of the players is a Goalkeeper who up until 4 years ago has played second fiddle to someone else his whole career who when they are playing at their full potential are a capable Championship squad but I don't think they are coping with the expectation well at all

Unfortunately we are going through a sticky patch where we aren't performing how we know we can and where if I am honest I don't think we are getting any rub of the green either

No one likes losing, but I think people should just think before they start calling the players every name under the sun and peddling rumours that they don't care or have downed tools under the manager that I think are nonsense - that helps no one
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Oct 21, 2024
  • #210
Macca said:
I'm nor sure that everyone apart from dreamers is expecting Premier League football, just top ten and an ounce of entertainment would be great
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Don't bring me into this! I was expecting a decent push at play-offs.
 
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