CoolClaret wrote: ↑Wed Dec 27, 2023 6:33 pm
I've been watching since the mid 90's -
Because I think the club has underperformed
so far (you seem to be omitting the 'so far' part in your retorts) this season in a lot of departments, as do many others - surely you can't deny that?
It was the clubs' idea to buy predominantly inexperienced youngsters, no one forced them to - it could work out and we could prosper for it in the medium-longer term but in the context of
this season alone given where we were at in May 2023 it has been dissappointing for me - I think we should have given it a better go than we have so far.
Football
is defined/reflected on from season to season... using your logic the 2021-22 season was good because 2022-23 was brilliant - doesn't make any sense does it? It's purely in the context of this season.
The 4/10 is because the results and performances on the whole have been shite, the off the field stuff has been shite but the shining lights are some of the youngsters.
Notice how you still didn't give a rating? It's so easy to sit there and offer 0 opinion but tear into anyone elses
Sorry, did you not understand?
I see no point in giving this season including what's happening on and off the field any kind of rating out of ten because, as I sniped quite clearly but obviously not clearly enough for you, that I see this season as one unlike any other.
So many changes, a different plan for moving forward, radical even, and only a beginning.
If you're doing the short term stuff, judging in terms of PL survival then it's a 0 or 1.
As for anything else, it's a matter of wait and see for me.
If you think that's sitting on the fence or sniping from the sidelines I couldn't care less.
I'm looking for improvement this season - which is happening - and more development next season and beyond, which I'm confident about.
As for the off field stuff, I couldn't give a damn.
I turn up, usually enjoy the games - I thought yesterday was an interesting one - and drive home.