h again, on 07 February 2016 - 08:28 PM, said:
Because we lost, so the reaction has nothing to do with the affairs of the club, but is similar to the child who's toy gets broken - just scream.
The unbelievable rubbish we get on the Peak phone in after the match is bad enough, but at least it's spur of the moment stuff. You'd think that when it comes to posting on here people have had time to simmer down, put their brains in gear, and offer some kind of reasonable analysis, as you have done. Doesn't happen.
A couple more losses and it'll be open season on Danny Wilson, for the same reason. At the moment it's the players' fault, but it was DS's fault when the same players did the same thing. Soon be Danny's turn, and for the same reason - basically, "I've not got what I want, so I'm going to blame somebody".
Good and brave post though. Don't worry about all the negative stuff - you're right.
To an extent I agree. There always has to be someone to point the finger of blame at and there have always been a lot of knee jerk reactions and over-reactions to a few bad results on here (I suspect the same of the other club's fora). I was amazed to read, following a couple of defeats, how PC was (paraphrasing) 'not the man to take us forward' and 'tactically inept' etc as we suffered a free-fall drop from top of the league to 2nd place in Div 2 during the season we won the title. We lose a game and it is the fault of the players or manager, 3 or so defeats and the players aren't good enough and neither is the manager, a poor run and the entire club is a shambles; DA doesn't care, neither do the players or manager etc and they're all not good enough. A few wins later we're certs for the play offs. I doubt the knee-jerkers will ever change.
Whilst I have sympathy with DJS's comments, in this case it is hardly surprising the fans are concerned and dissecting all elements of CFC as our issues aren't isolated to just on-field activity. On the pitch the performances haven't been great and the squad lacks depth. Allegedly higher profile signings, that one assumes attract a high wage, have failed to live up to expectations and have swallowed up relatively large portions of the budget. Moreover, and regardless of performances, the results have been poor and our current league position is worrying. The real shame is how close we were to Championship football and whilst I believe the majority of us understand the importance of balancing the books to ensure the Club continues to exist, the demise in footballing terms despite a better budget is really disappointing. Off field is also worrying and fans are rightly concerned at what has occurred with the club financially and are wondering how the balance sheet is going to look over the next couple of years now we've flogged the saleable assets and following 5 years of unprecedented successful football. There is a lot of assumption and potentially mis-information but that's understandable given what little we hear from the Club. I'm not suggesting they establish a propaganda department to debunk every rumour but I do think the Club's comms could be better.
In sum, I think people are right to be worried about on-field and off-field activity at the Club and the Club is doing nothing to allay our fears.