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Post by genghis on Apr 20, 2019 19:11:52 GMT
Do you expect every fan in the stands to be aware of the club’s situation to that extent though? Sorry, but this screams of elitism and is at risk of alienating the casual fans. Poor performance after poor performance is going to lead to criticism. The fans don’t want to see uninspired performances, especially when no visual effort to improve is seen. I think a mid-table finish after a hard fought season would be more palatable. Instead, we’re going to be left with a mid-table finish with the bitter aftertaste of knowing that the season could have gone a lot better if improvements in tactics were made. I hardly think that telling the dwindling crowds to go and support someone else is very productive either. You want to be only left with the die-hards? Do I expect every fan to understand the financial situation of the club, when it’s been drummed into their heads for at least five years? Yes. Yes I do. Do I expect supporters to want the “company” to survive and not instead make rash decisions chasing glory? Yes, I do. If you’re the kind of fan who’s not interested in these matters, you’re one of the ones who stopped travelling to Kiddy or Bromsgrove, or gave up when we got relegated. If these so called casual fans are willing to scream abuse at young local players but are not willing to root for survival of “the company”, then yes, they can f right off. It’s mindless “change the manager”, “we are better than this”, “a team of our stature shouldn’t be struggling at this level” talk that has lead to massive losses over ten years. Hence we are where we are and this kind of talk needs to stop. We have no god given right to win this league, to batter these pub teams we play, to have a larger budget than the rest of the league, just because we are Worcester City. It’s not elitism, it’s realism. The correlation you’re making that anyone criticising the team performance in any way therefore must be screaming abuse from the sidelines is absurd. Many have criticised the team performance, especially in the second half of the season, for many different reasons - uninspired, lazy, overconfident, poor management. You want every single one of those fans to f**k off? Who will be left after the cull, you and a few of your mates? I’m sure the finances would be great with those ticket sales. And yes, elitism. You even subversively displayed it in this post by accusing me of not following the team to Bromsgrove. You believe that you are the real fan and people like me are plastic fans. You were right on one thing, City isn’t special. They’re just like any other club in the league. And like any other club in the league, fans will criticise the on-pitch performance when it’s poor.
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Post by genghis on Apr 20, 2019 10:49:07 GMT
Unnecessarily harsh words from you there. City’s performance has been extremely poor in the second half of the season, criticism of that is valid. Telling any fan who is unhappy with a mid-table position talk of promotion earlier in the year to go and support Man City is the kind of talk we can do without. No, it’s not unnecessarily harsh, I’m sick of City fans not realising how close this club is to going under. We’ve turned the corner in terms of ownership, but we are nowhere near saved. Throwing money at the squad has been done since we left SGL and it has achieved bugger all. Who was talking about promotion for this season? No one who listened that our playing budget would be substantially lower than last year. It’s time we realised where we are and who we are. We used to be Worcester City FC, founding members of the Conference and massive non league side. Now, we are not. We are not in debt but in terms of playing budget probably on a par with the rest of the league. We had a bigger budget last year and it didn’t work. If we had won the league we couldn’t compete at the level above. So we have a young, local side now, that we can afford. I would rather we were here in two years than get promoted and disappear soon after. People need to get real. Try getting behind the side instead or shouting at them from the terraces. It will achieve nothing. Yes, we have a very poor of late, but at least the club will survive this barren period until we get back to Worcester and can properly rebuild. Do you expect every fan in the stands to be aware of the club’s situation to that extent though? Sorry, but this screams of elitism and is at risk of alienating the casual fans. Poor performance after poor performance is going to lead to criticism. The fans don’t want to see uninspired performances, especially when no visual effort to improve is seen. I think a mid-table finish after a hard fought season would be more palatable. Instead, we’re going to be left with a mid-table finish with the bitter aftertaste of knowing that the season could have gone a lot better if improvements in tactics were made. I hardly think that telling the dwindling crowds to go and support someone else is very productive either. You want to be only left with the die-hards?
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Post by genghis on Apr 18, 2019 12:59:00 GMT
The Manager is not up to the job - poor result and poor performance. Mid-table is not acceptable. Time for a new Manager Don’t be stupid. Mid table is perfectly acceptable if it means the club doesn’t haemorrhage money every year. Break even is more important than success at the moment. Shame some people can’t see that. Might I suggest you go support Man City if that’s what it’s all about for you. Unnecessarily harsh words from you there. City’s performance has been extremely poor in the second half of the season, criticism of that is valid. Telling any fan who is unhappy with a mid-table position talk of promotion earlier in the year to go and support Man City is the kind of talk we can do without.
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Post by genghis on Apr 7, 2019 19:41:44 GMT
Some of the fans at this club literally moan at anything possible. On what grounds do you defend the fan in question?
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Post by genghis on Apr 7, 2019 13:45:04 GMT
The Worcester fans that got attacked were not looking for trouble, it was a bit of banter between fans and players/staff which is what’s expected at this level Is that the kind of atmosphere you would feel comfortable bringing a child to? If the answer is no, then it’s clearly not acceptable.
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Post by genghis on Apr 7, 2019 11:20:21 GMT
First of all the game was s*** as usual. 1. It was not the ‘youth’ as people always seem to expect. 2. The chairman was nearby and so was another director. What is it with the fans of this club wanting banning orders for every single problem that occurs amongst the fans, didn’t hear anyone say this about Bromsgrove fans when they caused troubled at all 3 fixtures last season. I wasn’t there, but if the incident was as described by others on here then it should absolutely result in a ban. You have to send a strong message that this kind of behaviour won’t be tolerated. All fans should feel welcome attending games. You don’t want an atmosphere where parents/grandparents don’t feel comfortable bringing children to games because they’re concerned that thugs looking to start a fight might be in attendance. Again, I wasn’t there, so if i’m getting the wrong end of the stick then I apologise.
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Post by genghis on Mar 2, 2019 17:10:46 GMT
Most likely too little, too late for this season, but good news nonetheless. I want to catch a home game soon. I’ve missed it.
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Post by genghis on Jan 12, 2019 16:13:27 GMT
City looking outmatched at every step, unfortunately.
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Post by genghis on Dec 15, 2018 13:24:02 GMT
I wonder if i’m the only person who took the title of this thread in its literal sense, until reading the article.
My first thought was, ‘surely they could use another room for the meeting?’.
It was funnier that way.
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Post by genghis on Dec 11, 2018 15:39:54 GMT
Dave Reynolds is still signed on for Redditch, so you can't include him. Why do we have armchair managers picking teams? Reserve that for your fantasy football teams. The manager is paid to pick the team. If fans can’t criticise the manager by suggesting what they would do differently, then what other form of criticism should they use instead?
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Post by genghis on Dec 10, 2018 10:22:31 GMT
Don’t want to beat a dead horse by bringing up Baldwin again, but I’m not as outraged as some by his decision to play Sunday morning football before a game. It’s unrealistic as a Midland Prem team to expect the same level of commitment from players as we would playing in the VNN. If you’re annoyed by his decision to play Sunday League, that’s fair enough, but I think going as far as to call him a disgrace is a bit extreme.
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Post by genghis on Nov 24, 2018 21:45:51 GMT
You must be right and everyone else wrong then! Sorry No just don’t jump on the band wagon He shouldn’t even be at the club for how he disrespected the club! We’re not really in the position to be taking the moral high ground and cutting ties with one of the few quality players we have. Truth be told, we’re not really much better than a Sunday league team ourselves. How much dedication is it reasonable to expect from the players?
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Post by genghis on Nov 24, 2018 17:00:10 GMT
I nearly went today. I feel sorry anyone who stood in the cold for that.
The twitter updates were a depressing read.
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Post by genghis on Nov 24, 2018 12:24:54 GMT
I certainly hope that’s true. He’s been sorely missed.
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Post by genghis on Nov 18, 2018 20:37:08 GMT
His early posts were completely different in nature to his more recent posts. There's a certain irony right there!! Haha, I got bored of playing the crazy old man shouting at the clouds. Just wanted to post normally after a while.
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Post by genghis on Nov 18, 2018 20:25:13 GMT
I don’t think he was either tbh. Just an exceptionally patient troll. His early posts were completely different in nature to his more recent posts.
With Hampson gone, there’s no more ammo.
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Post by genghis on Nov 18, 2018 19:39:17 GMT
Just realised that downthelane disappeared at exactly the same time as Hampson did.
Maybe that conspiracy was true all along.
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Post by genghis on Nov 4, 2018 18:45:33 GMT
Utterly terrible. Hope there were strong words in the dressing room after that display.
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Post by genghis on Oct 28, 2018 21:48:56 GMT
Are they actually reporting that?
I did hear some jibes thrown his way, but it was really mild stuff. Certainly nothing newsworthy.
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Post by genghis on Oct 21, 2018 20:10:37 GMT
First City game i’ve been to in quite a while. Utterly fantastic. Baldwin was superb.
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Post by genghis on Oct 16, 2018 19:13:32 GMT
Anyone picking up FM19 this year?
Looking forward to the release, more than I do FIFA. Might use the editor to start City in the VNN this time. Starting from the Midland Prem actually wasn’t too enjoyable.
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Post by genghis on Sept 16, 2018 20:14:50 GMT
I would like to think there was more to this than was made public. Otherwise, it’s a really nasty piece of business by Hereford.
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Post by genghis on Aug 15, 2018 22:53:27 GMT
I have not been to watch City yet this season but given the two defeats in our first two league games and the exit of the FA Cup at the first hurdle, does anyone think the squad or the management team are just not up to much? Alternatively, have we just begun the season by playing teams expected to be at or around the top of the league at the end of the season? It’s really sad. I miss going to the games. I miss the good times. I just don’t want to watch City in their current incarnation. I remember how much anger and vitriol there was amongst supporters this time last season. I didn’t think it could get any worse than that, but I was wrong. As much negativity as there was a year ago, this is far, far worse. There was still some passion and fire left last year, now I’ll just feels bleak and hopeless. It’s a pretty s*** realisation tbh.
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Post by genghis on Jun 12, 2018 18:02:43 GMT
That's 6 forwards now? Baldwin, Bates, Brett, Evans, Reynolds and Turton. B, b, Bert! A nice, handy acronym to remember the names. I can only think of Ed Sheeran saying it now...
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Post by genghis on Apr 15, 2018 17:30:29 GMT
As an aside, anyone else see Dave Boddy sneaking around the away end? I'm sorry, but what a load of bollox this is. Why would he 'sneak around' I am so glad to be back supporting Hereford, rather than putting up with such ridiculous sh**e as this !!! Bit of an extreme reaction, don’t you think? I don’t even know what you’re trying to say. That Hereford supporters are classier than City fans are?
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Post by genghis on Apr 2, 2018 23:37:16 GMT
Don’t be such a snowflake when you get called out on your nonsense I’m 99% certain that downthelane is just a really successful troll. It’s near-impossible that he could take the contrary opinion as often as he does.
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Post by genghis on Apr 1, 2018 21:23:34 GMT
Today’s s great day for April Fools. With it being Easter as well, more people seem to have forgot. It’s been great since the refurbishment last year. Great food and a really pleasant atmosphere. Are you referring to the Lamb or the VG? The Lamb.
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Post by genghis on Apr 1, 2018 15:29:26 GMT
Today’s s great day for April Fools. With it being Easter as well, more people seem to have forgot. I'd love it for a meeting to be held at the Lamb & Flag! Best pub food in Worcester! It’s been great since the refurbishment last year. Great food and a really pleasant atmosphere.
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Post by genghis on Mar 24, 2018 17:06:59 GMT
Was Hampson at the game today?
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Post by genghis on Mar 18, 2018 15:27:41 GMT
It’s always sad to read an article about Hughes because it reminds me of the drink-driving incident. It’s not like I forget, but it slips out of my mind for a while.
I still remember when it was recent news. Everyone thought he was done with football for good.
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