Beefymcfc wrote:Lev Bronstein wrote:Far too sensible, expect a kicking.
So Lev, apart from the rest of the post, that in the main, I agree with, are you saying that it is alright to lambast the crowd who have been watching these games, tactics and somewhat concerning choices of playing staff; is that what you are advocating?
As you being an ardent Blue, you will be well aware of the responses from the crowd on Saturday. So:
Were those dissenting voices at half time just coming from a small minority of supporters or was it reverberating around the ground?
When the chnage was made for Carlos, was it just a small minority who were astonished at what was taking place or was it the majority of the ground who stood up in defiance of what they were seeing?
If the answer is 'Yes', then that would suggest that the paying going public are starting to get really aggravated with our current set-up and therefore are starting to turn against the manager. If the answer is 'No', well, I'm not sure what to say
I've no idea whether the boos were from a majority or not, but there were lots of them. So, yes the paying public is getting fed up with what they see. I don't blame them for that. But, let's be honest this isn't the first time a City team has been booed. It was embarassing then - it's embarassing now. (I had a pal who was a steward in the Main Stand during the late 90s, they weren't called Main Stand Moaners for nothing, Saturday was a gentle ripple of dissatisfaction in comparison). If someone can give me one example of a team being improved by booing, then please tell me. There might be examples but I can't think of one.
Like it or not we start off from where we are not from where we'd like to be. We have a manager who believes he has identified weaknesses in our game from last year, that we gave too much away too cheaply. If that is his thinking then IMO he's damn right.
So, I'm guessing that he's trying to play a game where we are in control and give nothing away, hoping that in so doing we create enough chances to win games, if not then at least we get a draw.
Secondly, I think he believed that the mentality of many of the squad wasn't strong enough (right again) and he's trying to femedy it.
Do you know why Carlos was bought off - I certainly don't? He could have been carrying an injury and decided that he was flogging a dead horse and to save him for a better day (which is what Platt seemed to be getting at). He could have decided that Carlos wasn't linking play as he should so sought an answer. He could have thought that Carlos's hair style was rubbish and brought him off to save the club from further embarrassment. Who knows? Nobody who was booing did either, so as far as I'm concerned it was a knee-jerk reaction and deserves criticism.
Now I grant you, we aren't pretty and we are boring many people. But grant me a couple of things in return, we've got a manager who is working to improve our station in life, who also identifies problems and tries to put it right, so let's all just chill out, cut the guy some slack and let him get on with doing his job.
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