Before i begin, i just want to say i am fucking over the moon with the result today, i managed to some how convince my dad that the game would be better in the cold at the ricoh than in the warm pub, and im so so glad he caved! Im immensly proud of the lads tonight, i was close to tears at 85mins, and at 95 id lost my voice and cut my leg on the seat infront, incredible scenes and the whole stand singing que sera sera is probably my best ever moment at a cov match.
But i do have to say that some fans are bloody awful! There were 5-6 old blokes sat in the row infront of me, constantly berating their own team and especially mcsheffrey, jordan clarke and baker. They all left straight after the second preston goal (says it all) calling murphy all the names under the sun for not making "an easy save".
Football is a game of opinions and i have no problem with that, but atleast justify them in some way, all game they said how we lacked urgency and when mcsheffrey played a one touch pass to almost put clarke through, they berated him for not taking his time.
And then on forums such as this and GMK, there are bemusing posts about how awful jordan clarke was? I didnt see that at all, i thought he played a solid match, was sometimes guilty of over complicating a situation, but he is a league 1 player. Same for mcsheffrey, we know hes not the quickest, or the best in the air, but robins plays him for a reason, and its not like we lack depth in midfield.
I just think alot of our fans expect so much, almost too much from our players, they are going to make mistakes, going to misplace a pass or over hit a cross once or twice a game.
But if they play with the desire and never say die attitude displayed in injury time tonight, i couldnt give a flying fuck.
Armchair fans used to watching premier league players on sky in their pants on a saturday rolling up to the ricoh cause its a fiver, fantastic, fill the stand, but expect league 1 standard football
But i do have to say that some fans are bloody awful! There were 5-6 old blokes sat in the row infront of me, constantly berating their own team and especially mcsheffrey, jordan clarke and baker. They all left straight after the second preston goal (says it all) calling murphy all the names under the sun for not making "an easy save".
Football is a game of opinions and i have no problem with that, but atleast justify them in some way, all game they said how we lacked urgency and when mcsheffrey played a one touch pass to almost put clarke through, they berated him for not taking his time.
And then on forums such as this and GMK, there are bemusing posts about how awful jordan clarke was? I didnt see that at all, i thought he played a solid match, was sometimes guilty of over complicating a situation, but he is a league 1 player. Same for mcsheffrey, we know hes not the quickest, or the best in the air, but robins plays him for a reason, and its not like we lack depth in midfield.
I just think alot of our fans expect so much, almost too much from our players, they are going to make mistakes, going to misplace a pass or over hit a cross once or twice a game.
But if they play with the desire and never say die attitude displayed in injury time tonight, i couldnt give a flying fuck.
Armchair fans used to watching premier league players on sky in their pants on a saturday rolling up to the ricoh cause its a fiver, fantastic, fill the stand, but expect league 1 standard football