@happy tiger said:
:laughing: I think you need a Bex and a good lie down…..
Go Robbie....
Farah wants football to do his talking..
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:laughing: I think you need a Bex and a good lie down…..
Go Robbie....
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Tiger_In_The_Gong
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The trouble with Farah is he will never admit his own faults.
As Happy said dont give us this bs about defence.
The players led by their captain dogged it at the end of last year. It will take many wins and massive amount of keeping his trap shut for most fans to move on from that.
As Happy said dont give us this bs about defence.
The players led by their captain dogged it at the end of last year. It will take many wins and massive amount of keeping his trap shut for most fans to move on from that.
@innsaneink said:
Bingo, if they are looking here for advice they need to give up the ghost.
Farah is the greatest player this club has ever had, but it doesn't mean for that reason he is exempt from criticism. He was as ordinary as the others at times last year, and showed poor leadership.
I hope he returns to his best and finds a new lease on life under JT, but I wish some wouldn't paint him as a saint, he's not.
EDIT: I should probably clarify this isn't a direct reply to your comment Ink, it's a generalised comment.
I think you need to re-read the thread then Tony, there's at least one fanboy in here who thinks his shit doesn't stink.
@Cultured Bogan said:
I don't want to talk for anyone else, but it could be that he's just sick and tired of the farah bashing which initially was founded on rumour, innuendo and assumptions.
In any case it's something that happened in 2014 and Farah has since admitted his actions weren't upto standard for a captain and that he wants to move on and be better for it (it even says so in this thread's article).
So why do we still have to deal with it ?
Theres a new coach, new staff and we're moving in a positive direction so why continually bring up the negatives ?
Some forumers try and make us believe that they're realists and say it as they see it. It gets frustrating though when all they see are the negatives whilst continually ignoring or manipulating the positives…
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When he performs and leads from the front this year, there'll be a positive to comment on. At this point in time there's still a hangover from our surrender efforts last year.
happy_tiger
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@Tony33 said:
Seeing that was aimed at me more than likely (its OK Tony I won't bite ) I'll take that
The club has got many positives , but it many cases we are at the beginning of a very long road with many of the positives
I can only judge as by our past and how we handled things until proven otherwise
With just about everything in the past we (as a club ) have tried to take the easy route and many short cuts We got lucky one season and tried then to duplicate it despite everything saying that it would work
I hope with the right structures now we will succeed both on and off field But its going to be a long hard journey and I hope we try and do it the right way , without the BS short cuts that almost destroyed the club financially
innsaneink
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Some people's comprehension skills need work it seems.
I think my views have received some indirect criticism and even been taken personally by some…though without directly quoting it's hard to tell.
I don't have a problem with anyone posting their opinions here...it's why I log on everyday..to read them and contribute.
I do have a problem with players reading ud
..we are just fans..we have nothing to offer pro sportsmen. ..there are other pros ( hopefully) within the club equipped to deal with anything the players need.
They shouldn't be reading about themselves...nothing good will come of it
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I think my views have received some indirect criticism and even been taken personally by some…though without directly quoting it's hard to tell.
I don't have a problem with anyone posting their opinions here...it's why I log on everyday..to read them and contribute.
I do have a problem with players reading ud
..we are just fans..we have nothing to offer pro sportsmen. ..there are other pros ( hopefully) within the club equipped to deal with anything the players need.
They shouldn't be reading about themselves...nothing good will come of it
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@happy tiger said:
Happy don't take it personally, I have nothing against you, you seem like a top bloke with a good genuine insight.
But surely you can understand the frustration with always having to deal with the negatives and not being able to recognise that we are finally moving forward as a club.
The nines were a perfect example. Instead of appaluding the efforts of our very very young side in topping their group and making the quarters; we sent the forum into meltdown blaming everyone but the ball boy when we lost to two much better, experienced sides. Losing isn't acceptable and we need to change that losing culture; but sometimes circumstances dictate results, so 'heavy' criticism isn't always justified.
The season hasn't even started so as supporters why don't we give them benefit of the doubt and at least give them a chance to prove us wrong.
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jirskyr
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I am continually surprised by the condescending tone of some forummers, it goes something like this:
"Let's just hope Player X learns from this and does a better job of representing the club", or "Player X needs to pull his head in and concentrate on his performances".
Farah is being criticised for some nebulous idea that "he wasn't a good leader" because he had a bad run in the press and people believe that derailed the season. Or in another light, he said something private that was aired publicly, and independently a team full of professional sportsmen played 8 weeks of poor footy.
There now comes an article where he says "I don't want this off-field nonsense, I just want to play good footy and be judged by those results" and the old line comes out again: "well you should have done a better job last year pal". Even if you believe that to be true, it was last year, let's clear the slate, hey? You don't criticise your child over and over for one mistake.
I don't know how people expect sportsmen and women to perform at their peak under the weight of public criticism. The full irony is that some people are publicly criticising Farah for not handling public criticism better.
"Let's just hope Player X learns from this and does a better job of representing the club", or "Player X needs to pull his head in and concentrate on his performances".
Farah is being criticised for some nebulous idea that "he wasn't a good leader" because he had a bad run in the press and people believe that derailed the season. Or in another light, he said something private that was aired publicly, and independently a team full of professional sportsmen played 8 weeks of poor footy.
There now comes an article where he says "I don't want this off-field nonsense, I just want to play good footy and be judged by those results" and the old line comes out again: "well you should have done a better job last year pal". Even if you believe that to be true, it was last year, let's clear the slate, hey? You don't criticise your child over and over for one mistake.
I don't know how people expect sportsmen and women to perform at their peak under the weight of public criticism. The full irony is that some people are publicly criticising Farah for not handling public criticism better.
simonthetiger
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Thank the deities for some common sense posts!!
Yeah, God forbid someone disagrees with you… :unamused:
happy_tiger
Well-known member
@jirskyr said:
I think people are just sick of hearing players giving interviews where they say this season is going to be different
The same interview from some players could be reproduced for the last 4 seasons :brick:
And that is my point . Don't tell me its going to be different , just make it different and then let all judge
@happy tiger said:
So what should they say when they get asked the question?
"This year were gonna be pretty ordinary. We don't really care about our defence, so we're not really practicing any defensive structures"
Is that what you would prefer to hear ?
Every player, in every team, in every sport throws out the same cliches every single interview. It's the nature of the beast. They get asked the questions and they have to answer it the best way possible.
I agree our defence has been shocking the last few years and needs drastic change, but they can only answer the questions they're asked. I don't see how they can answer them any differently.
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