IronworksDave wrote:Luv 'em or hate 'em you have to say this board know how to play us ... 'greatest migration in history' 'RWFAG fix' and now 'big name manager' ....
Nice post NL and we have unfortunately been brought into a world where forums and social media keep people off moaning about the weather and finding something else instead. Its too easy to find fault when appraising, and any positives are easily swept aside by the pitch fork army.Northern_Light wrote: I view cynicism as a kind of macho laziness. It's easier to slag something off than it is to build it up, in the same way it is easier for a kid to knock over his younger brother's carefully balanced pile of bricks than it is to sit down with him and help him build it higher. When people are unhappy that things didn't work out, you get to chime in with an 'I told you so', cashing in on that extra special knowledge you have about the world that things sometimes don't work out the way you hoped, especially when you are competing fiercely for success. You can lord it over all those dopes that 'fell for the optimism' and dared to hope. Hope is for sissies!
The atmosphere around our club is poisonous at times. I for one am sick of it. And no, I am not convinced it's all down to the poor running of the club, the new stadium or [insert boring manager here]. I think people just love to moan, and they do it because it's safe. It's just easier (and lazy) to not have to defend something. It's just easier to throw bricks than it is to build something with them. The idea that the club is just out to con you out of your money might be very flattering in regard to your wealthy status, but it's just not true. There are far better ways to make money in this world. There really are.
And a football club cannot improve without improving its own value, thus attracting better players, managers and sponsorship. If you want success, then the club has to increase its value. But you assume that this is all done to profit the owners.
Yawn... oh if only life was so simple that we could all just throw our bricks around and they would still fall into some kind of happy order. No, it takes work - and some of that work is called 'hope'.
Stadium is a great example, its a long way from perfect but for some there are many improvements to what had evolved in Upton Park. A poster yesterday showed clear indignation at another poster stating satisfaction with the stadium.
MP is the same, I sense general approval, but there are still those that hedge; criticize the appointment, but state how happy they will be if they are wrong.
At the same time, there are some extremely valuable and rational inputs, comments, ideas and opinions put forward on forums, however when trying to have a rational response to an emotional argument...there's usually only 1 winner, difficult to win a purely emotional argument.
Life with forums and social media, for many its too much of a black art and I sometimes wonder if the club would be better having an official post to counter some of the negativity.
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