JonnyOwen wrote:A very good hardworking team performance today from all the lads, and I've got to give credit to Jon Whitney too. We defended well for large parts of the game with Kory Roberts and Jon Guthrie winning everything, both were fantastic. Full backs were fairly steady with Chambers doing his usual best of sweeping up in midfield. Both Oztumer, Morris, Baka and Tyler ran their absolute bollocks off but were fairly ineffective on the ball, especially second half. But we pressed, defended as a unit and got ourselves two goals ahead by a fantastic trademark Ozzy thunderbolt and a lovely bit of one and one skill, pace and delivery from Ismail, who has had a fantastic few games now, for Bakayoko's goal. That was the kind of goal that Bakayoko doesn't do enough of, the dirty bit of harrying and muscling defenders but he read it and scored to fair play to him. Technically we weren't at it, but the stereotypical Whitney "passion" crap was actually surprisingly fully there and it got us over the line.
Also i've got to say, and I hate to criticise our own fans, especially since I have also have many criticisms for Whitney recently - but fudge me is it getting boring. Chanting Whitney out before a match, during a match and even when we've won a match. Then booing and heckling our own players, annoyingly shouting "Jon" for 45 minutes to annoy Whitney and make their mates laugh, shouting abuse at Sharps, and then going on twitter and sending angry messages to our own players even after a win... It's embarrassing to be associated with certain fans at this point, it's hard to wonder why players and staff leave so hastily when they're subjected to that. I have no issue with wanting Whitney out, I still want him out too, but give him cack when we're losing and playing cack. Not before a match and definitely not during a match when we're not losing. It doesn't help OUR players perform and do well for OUR club. It also breaks the player/fan bond that makes football feels so much more personal and special, and having a group of fans booing them, shouting crap at them, or sending them shite on Twitter feels like it is ruining that.
I'm still Whitney out but that was a solid win, and credit to him and the players for that.
Some of our fans are utterly moronic cretinous amoebas, sometimes I don't think they are fans at all ? And just come to get in on the act of "let's berate the manager" day out :roll: I sometimes cringe at how cruel people can be, takes me back to Blackpool away and dog face having to walk over the pitch in front of us singing his name, then as he waved the fans booed him, I just wished the floor had opened up and swallowed me. But unless other fans start taking acception to the negativity before and during the game then it will never stop :|