Sour For Sadler

hertfordseasider said:
That's not what I said at all, Sadler has made some terrible appointments and he continues to do so, it's happened, fact and it's happened again and as supporters we are entitled to say so. He will do the same again if Critchley goes because it will be delivered by computer programs. You said yourself MA was the wrong choice and the same with McSaurus after a few games, going back for Critchley was a stupid thing to do and we are seeing that now. What about in 10 more games time and the football is still terrible and we're in the bottom 6, will you still be saying the same?
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It wasnt computer programs. Sadler just opted for the last thing that worked and got someone to write a report confirming Critch was easily the best option! Maybe he just typed out a cover himself and stuck it on some other report and plonked it on the desk in his interview with that top level interviewer he brought in.
 
TimperleyTangerine said:
The squad is more than good enough to compete at the top end of L1.

The fundamental problem is that SS has again shown his lack of experience / knowledge of football. His managerial appointments have been catastrophic and for him to keep coming back to Critchley during the process is beyond stupid. He is a stubborn man, he doesn’t like criticism and to avoid showing weakness to fans, he’d knowingly do the wrong thing.

He’s now reappointed a man who is also stubborn and with an ego to match. Critchley fluked it first time around, with a high quality squad. When it started to go wrong he had no plan B and took the obvious way out. He was the same at QPR. His brand of football is turgid, but he believes he is some sort of football genius, because he graduated from a short-lived FA Course. You don’t need to be a genius and he’s not. His ‘expertise’ is with youth players, and yet he’s never given any of our youngsters a sniff.

He can’t cope with anyone testing him, as we saw with Jerry, Grimmy and perhaps now Tyrbull. If you actually think about their reactions, they all think they should have played or be playing. I don’t see much wrong with that hunger, but little man Critchley sees it differently and freezes them out.

SS had options, Dobbie for one, but he also had the likes of Gary Bowyer available, someone who did superbly for us in the most difficult times.

I cannot stand Critchley and I’m pissed off that fans reacted as they did v Burton, to his pathetic celebration and badge touching. It was all about him and his ego. Where is he after defeats! His post-match summaries are staggering and he rarely if ever takes responsibility.

He’s just a manager, a bad one, and we’re saddled with him. He’s got no incentive to change, because he’s now found that failure comes with a large pay-off.

If we beat Wigan, please ignore his celebrations.
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Thats all just bitterness. Blinded by bitterness.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
That’s simply not true Phil…In fact I seem to recall the opposite being true.
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My memory is that you were the same as me and Phil and a few others, we wanted him to do well and thought he had a chance if backed properly but we also knew that it was a foolish appointment, not because of his lack of ability but because the majority of the supporters hated him before he even walked through the door and we knew it was a mistake to appoint him on that basis, especially when he just wasn't supported to get the players he needed to play his system.
 
hertfordseasider said:
And therein lies the problem. He's a numbers man, he has got where he has by being on top of his game and looking at facts and figures and using algorithms, analysts, it's that kind of world. Unfortunately football isn't like that and he seems to have forgotten how to live in the real world when it comes to football, there has to be some emotion, some passion, listening to your customers and need to remove himself from the world of the matrix as he can't run the football side of the club by spreadsheets and computers telling him what's best like he is now, it isn't going to work, but I can't see him changing, he isn't wired like that.
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like playing football manager on PC
 
voyeur said:
Thats all just bitterness. Blinded by bitterness.
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Bitter, about what? I didn’t like him or his style first time and was delighted when he left. How can I possibly be bitter?

For me it’s simply about our club and having the right person in charge of the team. SS has made terrible decisions that have cost him / the club multi-millions. However, he has my full support as current custodian. I don’t have to agree with his decisions though and on the key one, he’s repeatedly got it wrong.

As fans we need to stop the in-fighting. We should be focussed on our club and wanting the best for it. Sadly, some see it as their job to have a go at anyone with a different opinion to theirs.

Instead of saying I’m bitter, tell me your views on what is happening?
 
TimperleyTangerine said:
Bitter, about what? I didn’t like him or his style first time and was delighted when he left. How can I possibly be bitter?

For me it’s simply about our club and having the right person in charge of the team. SS has made terrible decisions that have cost him / the club multi-millions. However, he has my full support as current custodian. I don’t have to agree with his decisions though and on the key one, he’s repeatedly got it wrong.

As fans we need to stop the in-fighting. We should be focussed on our club and wanting the best for it. Sadly, some see it as their job to have a go at anyone with a different opinion to theirs.

Instead of saying I’m bitter, tell me your views on what is happening?
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You've never liked him and youre not bitter?! And he'd better not touch the ** badge! That's OUR badge!

My views are there in great detail up the thread.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
If you look at it though it’s been a case of steady decline really since fans have been back.

I’ve seen this same thing happen with other Clubs, where the fans have created a similarly toxic environment.

I mean look at last season… The fans on young Rhys Williams back before he’d kicked a ball… The toxicity around Appleton… Forced meetings with the Club etc…

And it’s started again this season and we’re only a few games in.

I just think we’re an an absolute basket case of a fan base at the minute. Until that changes we’re fucked.

You can bring in whoever you want as manager / players, but it’s just papering over the cracks…. We need a complete change of Fanbase - it’s probably going to take a generation to rid ourselves of the Premier League bandwagoners, before we can truly progress (30 years + I’d say)
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Decline?

We racked up 60 points in our first season back in the Championship where fans were present throughout.

The decline since is down to one man, Sadler.

Although I have no doubt that he has the club's best interests at heart, he's overseen piss poor recruitment on the pitch, piss poor managerial appointments and piss poor recruitment at board level.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Hmmm… There’s another common denominator and that’s us (the fans). We seemed to perform at our very best when the Stadiums was completely empty during CoViD.

Since the fans and their high expectations, the moaning and groaning, booing players off, calling for managers to be ‘sacked in the morning’ and getting on players backs, slagging the owners etc.. has returned, we’ve been shyte.

We just don’t seem to be able to get our shit together as a fanbase anymore. We’re constantly slagging something about the club off and just can’t seem to collectively get behind the owner, the manager and the team without feeling the need to chip away at what they are trying to achieve.

I think it may take a period in L2 for a sense of grounding and appreciation to return and in order that we can actually get back to enjoying and supporting our team again. However until fans learn to create an atmosphere that is conducive to success, rather than the current ‘blame culture’ which is putting everyone at the club under too much of the wrong kind of pressure, we are going nowhere fast.
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We've turned in to a bunch of needy children.
 
Chunkylad said:
I’d say he is uncomfortable with the current level of loss and that’s why we are not going to spend £2m on Clarke Harris etc

I’ll put a number on it. I think we can lose £5m a year for 10 years and nothing more than that. Even at that level the owner has lost £50m and barring a return to the Prem will never see that back.

So at a spend level a bit higher than we are at now, we are asking Sadler to blow £50m of his family money.
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Isn't the typical model there that the owner/,custodian takes a stream of losses in the hope of winning big - either through development and sale of high quality players or through promotion? We are far from either at the moment due to the unscheduled failure last season. It is going to take a lot of extra pain to drag us back out of this mire of a league.
 
voyeur said:
We've now appointed another load of suited people, but KO used to make better key decisions on his own, quite often, by accident or design. Maybe cos he cared less.
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KO had Sir Jimmy to consult, with his wise, considered counsel and all his contacts throughout the game.
I wouldn't be surprised if Jimmy often had to hold his nose when called upon by the Rotten Regime, but would give his best advice because he always wanted the best for the club.

If anything, he's missed more now than ever. To have him working alongside SS would have been a dream pairing - football knowledge, funding and a shared love of BFC.

The CEOs and recruitment guys will come and go, like the players it's a career to them.
SS would benefit hugely from having someone of Jimmy's character as a confidante, someone who's BFC through and through and will be here for the long haul.
 
voyeur said:
You've never liked him and youre not bitter?! And he'd better not touch the ** badge! That's OUR badge!

My views are there in great detail up the thread.
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Yes, sorry Voy, I just read your post and liked it.

I’m not bitter, it’s about his brand of football and the way he conducts himself. He’s not a likeable man, but that’s my opinion. The badge touching is empty and it’s all look at me.

What you say in your main post is spot on. I get far more enjoyment watching my lad play. I don’t take BFC too seriously, I can’t after 40 years of watching, it just kills you. I do though want the best for the club and NC isn’t that.
 
Toastrack said:
KO had Sir Jimmy to consult, with his wise, considered counsel and all his contacts throughout the game.
I wouldn't be surprised if Jimmy often had to hold his nose when called upon by the Rotten Regime, but would give his best advice because he always wanted the best for the club.

If anything, he's missed more now than ever. To have him working alongside SS would have been a dream pairing - football knowledge, funding and a shared love of BFC.

The CEOs and recruitment guys will come and go, like the players it's a career to them.
SS would benefit hugely from having someone of Jimmy's character as a confidante, someone who's BFC through and through and will be here for the long haul.
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Sure. But then it is to Karl's credit that he consulted Jimmy and acted on his advice.
 
TimperleyTangerine said:
Yes, sorry Voy, I just read your post and liked it.

I’m not bitter, it’s about his brand of football and the way he conducts himself. He’s not a likeable man, but that’s my opinion. The badge touching is empty and it’s all look at me.

What you say in your main post is spot on. I get far more enjoyment watching my lad play. I don’t take BFC too seriously, I can’t after 40 years of watching, it just kills you. I do though want the best for the club and NC isn’t that.
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Good man. I dont dislike Critch. I perceive him differently. I think hes a nice guy. I dont think he is insincere. He has the pressure of keeping the fans happy. It's a lot of pressure.
 
hertfordseasider said:
My memory is that you were the same as me and Phil and a few others, we wanted him to do well and thought he had a chance if backed properly but we also knew that it was a foolish appointment, not because of his lack of ability but because the majority of the supporters hated him before he even walked through the door and we knew it was a mistake to appoint him on that basis, especially when he just wasn't supported to get the players he needed to play his system.
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I didn’t want us to appoint Appleton for a variety of reasons, but I gave him my backing because it’s counterproductive to do anything else.

I’m absolutely 100% behind the appointment of Critchley and very confident he has the attributes to deliver success.
 
Chunkylad said:
I’d be interested to know what level of debt we think the owner should put in every season?

Weren’t the Nobbers losing about £10m a season under Hemmings?

What level of loss should Blackpool be taking?
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I don’t know the financial situation of SS, what I do know is anyone who buys a football club knows they will have to spend, and almost certainly, at least initially lose money. Sadler is a successful businessman. I don’t believe for one minute he was naive enough to not have done due diligence, that would have given a guide to the amount of financial commitment required. So if he wasn’t prepared to stand that financial loss , he shouldn’t have done the deal. It’s a waste of time banging the TG/new stand drum, he has said more than once he is personally paying for those. Investment in the playing side is a completely separate issue.
 
hertfordseasider said:
Bloody hell Daz, that’s the biggest load of rubbish you’ve ever written, please tell me you don’t believe that? It’s not the supporters fault, that’s ridiculous
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It's like our first season back in the league above didn't happen and that's got to be the most ridiculous post in an attempt to justify your stance.
 
voyeur said:
Good man. I dont dislike Critch. I perceive him differently. I think hes a nice guy. I dont think he is insincere. He has the pressure of keeping the fans happy. It's a lot of pressure.
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Perhaps his problem is, that he thinks he’s better than he actually is. Maybe that’s why he’s comes across to me as he does.

I like someone who is consistent in their behaviour and who doesn’t get too carried away with wins or defeats. I dislike the celebrations, because he’s just disappeared after so many shocking performances and shocking team selections. For example, Birmingham away, Derby away and Preston away in his first period with us, with huge followings on each occasion.

I don’t understand how he could have been happy after Burton, because we were poor after the first 20 minutes.

It’s not just us questioning his ability, QPR fans were shocked by what he served up.

Anyway, it’s all about the team and fingers crossed we turn things around. It’ll need NC to change tactics for that to happen.
 
I don't think it's the main issue for our current struggle however our fan base are definitely a lot wetter and more entitled that we used to be. Getting on the back of players like Marv about 10 minutes into a game and constantly booing and moaning.
Bloomfield used to be an intimidating place to come , now we sing about 2 songs for the first 10 mins and then get back to the moaning. Or constantly sing songs about boobies for half an hour just to annoy the owner.
Weird place at the moment that's for sure.
 
TimperleyTangerine said:
Perhaps his problem is, that he thinks he’s better than he actually is. Maybe that’s why he’s comes across to me as he does.

I like someone who is consistent in their behaviour and who doesn’t get too carried away with wins or defeats. I dislike the celebrations, because he’s just disappeared after so many shocking performances and shocking team selections. For example, Birmingham away, Derby away and Preston away in his first period with us, with huge followings on each occasion.

I don’t understand how he could have been happy after Burton, because we were poor after the first 20 minutes.

It’s not just us questioning his ability, QPR fans were shocked by what he served up.

Anyway, it’s all about the team and fingers crossed we turn things around. It’ll need NC to change tactics for that to happen.
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We dont know how good Critch thinks he is. That's just your interpretation. I bet he has self doubts like the rest of us. He's experienced both success and failure.

I think we need players more than tactical change. Better strikers. But better selections too, at wing back in particular.
 
Albert Ross said:
I don’t know the financial situation of SS, what I do know is anyone who buys a football club knows they will have to spend, and almost certainly, at least initially lose money. Sadler is a successful businessman. I don’t believe for one minute he was naive enough to not have done due diligence, that would have given a guide to the amount of financial commitment required. So if he wasn’t prepared to stand that financial loss , he shouldn’t have done the deal. It’s a waste of time banging the TG/new stand drum, he has said more than once he is personally paying for those. Investment in the playing side is a completely separate issue.
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Well he has lost money every year so far.

The bit nobody seems to be prepared to say, is what level of season loss they think he should swallow?
How much do you think Albert?
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Hmmm… There’s another common denominator and that’s us (the fans). We seemed to perform at our very best when the Stadiums was completely empty during CoViD.

Since the fans and their high expectations, the moaning and groaning, booing players off, calling for managers to be ‘sacked in the morning’ and getting on players backs, slagging the owners etc.. has returned, we’ve been shyte.

We just don’t seem to be able to get our shit together as a fanbase anymore. We’re constantly slagging something about the club off and just can’t seem to collectively get behind the owner, the manager and the team without feeling the need to chip away at what they are trying to achieve.

I think it may take a period in L2 for a sense of grounding and appreciation to return and in order that we can actually get back to enjoying and supporting our team again. However until fans learn to create an atmosphere that is conducive to success, rather than the current ‘blame culture’ which is putting everyone at the club under too much of the wrong kind of pressure, we are going nowhere fast.
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Spot on
 
Chunkylad said:
Well he has lost money every year so far.

The bit nobody seems to be prepared to say, is what level of season loss they think he should swallow?
How much do you think Albert?
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I have no idea, but then I have never considered buying a football club. If I did, and had the money, I would take advice on the level of investment/ loss which would be required. Thats my point, he didn’t go into it blind, he knew losses would be involved. The level of which is between him and his financial advisors.
 
Seems like all agree SS is investing his own money (he said £90m over 10 years) but has made multiple mistakes in hiring key employee so money gets wasted. What’s going to change so he does better at hiring? What help does SS need? Either way, will take 1year+ for us to see any major difference on the pitch
Everyone agrees squad got weaker over last 12+ months - combo of poor planning, decisions and cost. Will take 1 year to fix
Everyone agrees the football is dull and uninspiring. It’s like they’ve forgotten football is in the entertainment industry not academia. This is mainly down to Critch. Given he’s here for a while, in a perverse way, he’s our only hope for this season. Yes, signing some good attacking players now will improve things, but it will still be boring and no chance of promotion without Critch changing his philosophy.
 
voyeur said:
We dont know how good Critch thinks he is. That's just your interpretation. I bet he has self doubts like the rest of us. He's experienced both success and failure.

I think we need players more than tactical change. Better strikers. But better selections too, at wing back in particular.
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I don’t know Voy, he had the likes of Jerry and preferred Gaz. Same with Maxwell and Grimmy. I’m also struggling with the fact he hasn’t used Trybull. His misuse of good players such as Lyons has me worried, and how he can’t see that Marv can never be the answer in the centre of a back 3. He’s killed Marv with that one.

That said, we can always use more good players.
 
TimperleyTangerine said:
I don’t know Voy, he had the likes of Jerry and preferred Gaz. Same with Maxwell and Grimmy. I’m also struggling with the fact he hasn’t used Trybull. His misuse of good players such as Lyons has me worried, and how he can’t see that Marv can never be the answer in the centre of a back 3. He’s killed Marv with that one.

That said, we can always use more good players.
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Nobody's killed Marv. Marv has struggled with the passing out but he defends well still. And he's coming back from a long injury lay off. Critch selected Grimmy over Max most of the time. He didnt prefer Gaz to Jerry. From where I'm sitting.
 
Albert Ross said:
I have no idea, but then I have never considered buying a football club. If I did, and had the money, I would take advice on the level of investment/ loss which would be required. Thats my point, he didn’t go into it blind, he knew losses would be involved. The level of which is between him and his financial advisors.
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So he’s probably at that point now or he’d spend more? There’s no point everyone demanding he buys more players or spends more if we don’t have an understanding of the finances involved.
It’s like kids demanding parents go and buy them a new iPhone or get a Porsche because someone else’s dad has one.

He’s set a budget, he’s got a manager he likes and we are not out of the first month of a long season.

So far it’s been pretty abject and the tactics are baffling to me - unless there’s a new buyer coming to blow £10m a year and not £4m a year we are where we are.
 
TwelveAngryMen said:
My first away game last night and I have to say it was worrying
Pretty sure a non-league outfit would have made a better fist of giving Wolves a game than we did
BFCX3 may get his wish of a season or two of L2 if we carry on like this
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It not a wish, I just think it’s the only way that our fans might develop some sense of perspective.

Getting firmly beat by markedly better opponents away from home when you’ve essentially thrown an experimental team out, then made significant in game changes to chase the game, is not so much ‘worrying’, as pretty much par for the course.

You’re right though… “If we keep carrying on like this” we are going to continue going backwards.
 
ItsGrimUpNorth said:
I understand that results aren’t going our way and the formation isn’t helping. I get that, completely. However, has NC really got that much quality to be able to change things? Is he REALLY being backed by the owner?

We blamed Appleton, we blamed McCarthy & now we’re blaming Critchley. There is 1 common denominator between all 3 of those managers and that’s the man in charge. I can see it turning sour for Sadler if things don’t change.
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Yep I expect it was SS who covered CJ's boots in axle grease.
 
voyeur said:
Its like we are trying to be a Poundland version of Brentford or Brighton without the knowledge of how to do it. Maybe stop trying? Stop straining and worrying. Make it fun.

Maybe everyone is to blame. Fans, coaches, scouts, players, the board, the owner. Maybe we all just take it far too bloody seriously and consequently screw it all up. Suck the pleasure out of it all. It's much more fun in the lower leagues where it's not life or death, its just an afternoon or evening with mates watching some lads play football a lot better than we could ourselves.

Its supposed to be fun and it's just a game.
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⬆️ Spot on 👍
 
Chunkylad said:
Well he has lost money every year so far.

The bit nobody seems to be prepared to say, is what level of season loss they think he should swallow?
How much do you think Albert?
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Thought at the last fan’s meeting before Burnley at home last season the finance expert at BFC put a chart up showing that we had made a small profit (£430k??) last season…….. obviously this included larger attendance income and £6 million in tv revenue
 
mropinion said:
I don't think it's the main issue for our current struggle however our fan base are definitely a lot wetter and more entitled that we used to be. Getting on the back of players like Marv about 10 minutes into a game and constantly booing and moaning.
Bloomfield used to be an intimidating place to come , now we sing about 2 songs for the first 10 mins and then get back to the moaning. Or constantly sing songs about boobies for half an hour just to annoy the owner.
Weird place at the moment that's for sure.
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Sadly that is spot on. However crap the football and however baffling the formation, Bloomfield Road is not the place it used to be. Unsettling times. It falls to all of us to try to do something about it. How about a few choruses of "attack, attack, attack attack attack" or similar instead of the boos, jeers and arguments? We need to find some energy from somewhere.
 
Chunkylad said:
So he’s probably at that point now or he’d spend more? There’s no point everyone demanding he buys more players or spends more if we don’t have an understanding of the finances involved.
It’s like kids demanding parents go and buy them a new iPhone or get a Porsche because someone else’s dad has one.

He’s set a budget, he’s got a manager he likes and we are not out of the first month of a long season.

So far it’s been pretty abject and the tactics are baffling to me - unless there’s a new buyer coming to blow £10m a year and not £4m a year we are where we are.
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I don't believe Sadler has any intention of, nor the wherewithal to, blow £10 mill per year and I'm not advocating he does. He has blown more than enough on payouts for shit managerial appointments for which he is to blame, so that is money being taken out of our potential transfer pot. It is because of these self inflicted financial wounds we are shopping in the bargain basement. this will lead ,almost inevitably to us not only trading in the basement, but competing in the basement
 
Hasn't Sadler got a friend who is a 'Billionaire' who needs a side interest?
Surely he must know someone?? 😉
 
voyeur said:
It wasnt computer programs. Sadler just opted for the last thing that worked and got someone to write a report confirming Critch was easily the best option! Maybe he just typed out a cover himself and stuck it on some other report and plonked it on the desk in his interview with that top level interviewer he brought in.
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Surely the dodgiest dossier since Tony’s WMD
 
I think there is a problem with how the return of Critchley has happened. If he had been brought in after McCarthy we would have gone down without those late wins and attacking football and he could have said the club is in a mess, massive turnaround needed, may take time and this start probably may not have been quite as traumatic a shock to the fans as it has been. Unfortunately for Critchley we have seen how under Dobbie an instant transformation to a half decent attack minded team could be delivered from basically underperforming players and that’s all we want…to have a go at the opposition, score some goals and be half entertaining. The shite he has served up looks exactly what it is when compared to Dobbie’s stint…shite! It’s not an easy gig to follow when he was sold as “the best candidate/the only choice/best fit/super manager that we never wanted to have leave us” and then serve this up.
 
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I think there is a problem with how the return of Critchley has happened. If he had been brought after McCarthy we would have gone down without those late wind and attacking football and he could have said the club is in a mess, massive turnaround needed, may take time and this start probably may not have been quite as traumatic a shock to the fans as it has been. Unfortunately for Critchley we have seen how under Dobbie an instant transformation to a half decent attack minded team could be delivered from basically underperforming players and that’s all we want…to have a go at the opposition, score some goals and be half entertaining. The shite he has served up looks exactly what it is when compared to Dobbie’s stint…shite! It’s not an easy gig to follow when he was sold as “the best candidate/the only choice/best fit/super manager that we never wanted to have leave us” and then serve this up.
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Yeah but we had loads of good attacking players that Dobbie finally utilised after McCarthy squandered them. All now gone!
 
The current situation, and we do have to remember it's early in the season isn't down to one thing or one person, it's a bit of everything in varying degrees that has been mentioned in the thread.
On the subject of the fans in the stadium my view is that the north sings a couple of songs, its better when we are winning, but flat as if we are drawing or losing. There is rarely a great roar of encouragement from all around the ground.
Partly down to the insipid football but sometimes the crowd has to gee up the players, it's not happening.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
Hmmm… There’s another common denominator and that’s us (the fans). We seemed to perform at our very best when the Stadiums was completely empty during CoViD.

Since the fans and their high expectations, the moaning and groaning, booing players off, calling for managers to be ‘sacked in the morning’ and getting on players backs, slagging the owners etc.. has returned, we’ve been shyte.

We just don’t seem to be able to get our shit together as a fanbase anymore. We’re constantly slagging something about the club off and just can’t seem to collectively get behind the owner, the manager and the team without feeling the need to chip away at what they are trying to achieve.

I think it may take a period in L2 for a sense of grounding and appreciation to return and in order that we can actually get back to enjoying and supporting our team again. However until fans learn to create an atmosphere that is conducive to success, rather than the current ‘blame culture’ which is putting everyone at the club under too much of the wrong kind of pressure, we are going nowhere fast.
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x3

I tend to agree with a lot of what you say of late - you may wish to go for a check up - but I'm not having that utter horsech1te.

In our first season back in the Championship, regardless of what anybody thinks about Critchley, I think it's fair to say that there was a good bond between the supporters - especially in the North - and Critchley and the players.

People outside of the club spoke about the great atmosphere at Bloomers when they didn't have to do so, I remember Mark Warburton (QPR manager at the time) was particularly strong with his praise and there were definitely others.

I'm sure the players enjoyed playing at a packed stadium far more than in front of the Covid - empty or limited - crowds and I think it's ridiculous to suggest otherwise.

I do agree with you - apologies if have assumed incorrectly - in that there is a big negativity in the support base around our start to the new season and that such negativity does not help the players.

I'm sure some will suggest that this negativity is only natural because of the disappointing results but personally - I'm aware plenty won't agree with me ans that they are entitled to their opinion - I think this negativity is way, way over the top.

I know that Critch and his players need to do all they can to improve performances/results and that the supporters will be far more positive if/when they do improve but I think the current OTT negativity hinders the progress of the team and that football teams really have a greater need for support when they are struggling.
 
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Matesrates said:
We pay for an afternoon of entertainment, we hope to see goals, scored by our team of course and we hope to win. None of that happens under Critchley, his style of football is boring as hell.
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Mates

I can't argue with you on the boring bit.

The first season back in the Championship, we stayed up comfortably after a questionnable start but the football was boring.

I kept going on about how boring it was at the time but I was told to go to the theatre if I wanted to be entertained.

I am results over performance every day of the week but the football was fecking boring and the entertainment came from hanging on for 3 points or a point - which me often managed to do to be fair - and not from the style of football.

We were often outplayed at home, definitely not against PNE to be fair.

Nearly every game I used to be sat in the ground thinking to myself that I'd rather be in the pub and that's never been the case before.

Plenty will say that in the Championship, we are punching above our weight and needs must etc, etc but the football was still boring.
 
Martonmosser said:
Thought at the last fan’s meeting before Burnley at home last season the finance expert at BFC put a chart up showing that we had made a small profit (£430k??) last season…….. obviously this included larger attendance income and £6 million in tv revenue
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Plus £2m in compensation from Villa.
 
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