Whinge whinge whinge….

seasideone said:
It’s football, we don't always win!

That’s what makes the good times special.

There is no argument that we should be doing better, but come on it’s hardly Hendry level.

I also think people should lay off SS as he has put a ton of money into our club.

Be very careful what you wish for!!
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Agree with comment lay off SS but we are playing crap and the whinging is well merited
 
seasideone said:
It’s football, we don't always win!

That’s what makes the good times special.

There is no argument that we should be doing better, but come on it’s hardly Hendry level.

I also think people should lay off SS as he has put a ton of money into our club.

Be very careful what you wish for!!
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Agree, calls to completely change the structure of the club are unfounded, he made need to make a managerial change, but Sadler is still the right man for the club.

New training ground on the way and completion of the stadium are gonna be serious achievements.
 
seasideone said:
It’s football, we don't always win!

That’s what makes the good times special.

There is no argument that we should be doing better, but come on it’s hardly Hendry level.

I also think people should lay off SS as he has put a ton of money into our club.

Be very careful what you wish for!!
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Did you go to Burton and Port Vale? Anyone who thinks they were even remotely acceptable without some sort of change needs to have a long, hard look at themselves. The players don't care about the shirt or are being coached poorly. Let's be honest the last 18 months has been a joke. 4 managers, a raft load of bog average players and a condescending owner. If you're happy, good on you, but it's a million miles away from what I want from Blackpool Football Club.
 
seasideone said:
I’m in Thailand and watched them both, and I agree the performances were unacceptable.

I just think people slagging SS off need to be careful - otherwise we might be in a whole load of brown stuff!
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The majority of the ire is aimed, quite rightly at Critchley, the only thing Sadler is being lambasted about is his appalling skills of choosing a manager and I don’t think anyone, even Sadler himself, can argue about that.
 
seasideone said:
It’s football, we don't always win!

That’s what makes the good times special.

There is no argument that we should be doing better, but come on it’s hardly Hendry level.

I also think people should lay off SS as he has put a ton of money into our club.

Be very careful what you wish for!!
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People have a right to whinge after recent games.

It’s no where near good enough.
 
hertfordseasider said:
The majority of the ire is aimed, quite rightly at Critchley, the only thing Sadler is being lambasted about is his appalling skills of choosing a manager and I don’t think anyone, even Sadler himself, can argue about that.
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It’s not the only thing he is being lambasted about though!
 
NewburyOne said:
Did you go to Burton and Port Vale? Anyone who thinks they were even remotely acceptable without some sort of change needs to have a long, hard look at themselves. The players don't care about the shirt or are being coached poorly. Let's be honest the last 18 months has been a joke. 4 managers, a raft load of bog average players and a condescending owner. If you're happy, good on you, but it's a million miles away from what I want from Blackpool Football Club.
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I have already answered that!
 
seasideone said:
It’s not the only thing he is being lambasted about though!
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I think the majority of supporters are happy with off field progress, it’s the football itself that’s the issue and that’s down to the manager, I don’t think there’s an uprising on the horizon against Sadler, criticism on manager choices, length of contracts etc., yes but everything else he’s been pretty much praised for.
 
Albert Ross said:
When you’ve been to Burslam on a bloody freezing cold Friday night, wasted a shedload of money and been served up that crap, then you can pass judgment on others. Believe me it’s a completely different experience than sitting in Thailand watching on television in comfort.
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At 2.45am kick off - I appreciate it’s easy with an off button - but I have served my time over the years watching Blackpool dross on a cold away end.

All I am saying is that the reaction on here is over the top.
 
seasideone said:
I agree it’s not good enough - but it’s over the top!

It’s me me me with a sense of entitlement!!
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What are people supposed to do? They say what they see.

As for being critical of SS, yes, he is hopeless at choosing managers, possibly even lazy, but he is the boss and the boss has to take the bad with the good. Everybody was very quick to be thankful to him, obviously rightly so, the flip side being when it goes unacceptably boobies up he has to stand up and accept some of the blame AND sort it out.

Personally I'd love him to bring in another investor.
 
fcblackpool said:
What are people supposed to do? They say what they see.

As for being critical of SS, yes, he is hopeless at choosing managers, possibly even lazy, but he is the boss and the boss has to take the bad with the good. Everybody was very quick to be thankful to him, obviously rightly so, the flip side being when it goes unacceptably boobies up he has to stand up and accept some of the blame AND sort it out.

Personally I'd love him to bring in another investor.
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Football is not really an investment though - it’s a very deep money pit!
 
seasideone said:
I have already answered that!
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It's still very raw for me having gone to both games. I certainly won't be bothering with Forest or Bristol Rovers. Maybe when I've had chance to calm down I'll be a little more level headed. It isn't all on Critchley, the players have badly let him down. As have the board if Ekpiteta and Dougall have been removed from selection and are sold.
 
NewburyOne said:
It's still very raw for me having gone to both games. I certainly won't be bothering with Forest or Bristol Rovers. Maybe when I've had chance to calm down I'll be a little more level headed. It isn't all on Critchley, the players have badly let him down. As have the board if Ekpiteta and Dougall have been removed from selection and are sold.
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And the lack of recruiting in the right areas, Critchley is trying to play a brand of football and doesn't have the players to play it.
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
But true

Watching on tv is a completely different ball game than travelling to an away game or two in this case over Christmas

Sorry your post is bollocks and completely out of order slagging fans who have travelled away from home in their thousands

Poor OP and you have form for this sort of thing
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It is different watching on TV.

I haven’t slagged anyone off, just said the whinging is over the top and be careful what you wish for.

Slagging off is what you have just done 👍
 
seasideone said:
At 2.45am kick off - I appreciate it’s easy with an off button - but I have served my time over the years watching Blackpool dross on a cold away end.

All I am saying is that the reaction on here is over the top.
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What you have to bear in mind is a lot of fans, myself included, didn’t want Critchley back. That doesn’t mean we don’t want him to succeed, but it does mean he won’t be given the leeway he was last time. After his and Sadlers joint love in interview, the very least fans expected was to be in the running for the playoffs. That is obviously not happening. Critchley then keeps giving post match interviews talking about possession, bad luck, poor decisions, poor officials, blah blah. Everything is to blame except the players and or the manager. I think he may get a little more understanding if he manned up and accepted it may be , at least partially, his fault.
 
I for one fully appreciate what SS has done for the club and l certainly wouldn’t like to see the back of him. But to put things in perspective this shit show has been going on since we got beat at home by Forest in April 2022 when we won only 2 more games that season that culminated in that horror at Peterborough away and Critchley leaving. Enough has been said about last season but the communication from the club because SS spat his dummy out for the fans criticism over the appointment of Applecart has been appalling. When SS took over 2 of his cornerstone ambitions for the club were to play entertaining football and develop the academy players and to give them first team opportunity neither of which are being fulfilled. I’m not saying Dobbie is the answer and he had a 'free hit' for the games at the back end of last season but he ticked both of those boxes. Port Vale had 2 very young players in their team yesterday and both played very well with the 16 year old getting the PV player of the match, but what we’ve done is ship our young talent out on loan and from what I’ve seen of them in friendlies etc they’ve never let us down.
 
seasideone said:
We have been rubbish away from home - but the whinging for me is over the top.
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Agreed - just be thankful we are 8th - the season can and I suspect, will get even darker from here - I beg the fans to try and lift the team not destroy it (because this Board is really demoralising to depressing).

We need Blackpool to be a Club with optimism, a Club looking forward to the January transfer window (not in fear of a whole implosion- which to me seems possible)

I have already abandoned planned trips to Forest and Bristol R as we’re likely to get mullered (imho) and I‘m not made of brass - next match the rearranged Orient away which will be a mid table 6 pointer

I do think the outcome of our season will be determined in the first 7 days of Jan without even kicking a ball - we certainly won’t be recruiting anyone better than we have (because no-one wants to be involved at a pkace that’s sinking fast.)!

The cricket season cannot start early enough and when it does just hope we’re still in L1 with a couple of half decent players left

Finally, I have seen Lincoln twice this season and they are solid and can soak up loads of pressure - we must try and stop the rot and a point would be a success in all honesty.

Apart from that enjoy something
 
SeasideKurt said:
And the lack of recruiting in the right areas, Critchley is trying to play a brand of football and doesn't have the players to play it.
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The fact that the club have patted themselves on the back for recruiting Morgan, Norburn and Pennington speaks volumes. Only Pennington is good enough. The other 2 are painful to watch in the current system. I can't argue with Dembele or Rhodes but Weir has been a disaster. January needs to see a lot of changes if they want Critchley and his system to be successful.
 
seasideone said:
It is different watching on TV.

I haven’t slagged anyone off, just said the whinging is over the top and be careful what you wish for.

Slagging off is what you have just done 👍
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And you deserve it for starting a post calling out travelling fans who aren't happy with how things are going

People who have wasted two days during the holidays and a whole heap of money watching that shite deserve a bit more respect than a post calling folk out

Whinge whinge whinge you posted

Nothing sadder than a bloke thousands of miles away whinging about other people whinging

Especially when the said people you are calling got off their backsides to watch their team play
 
seasideone said:
Sadly there are not that many gazilionaires that want to put money into BFC!
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You'd think in his line of business he would have contacts?

Anyway, this is a bit of a distraction. SS must be miffed off with what he sees and must see that his ambition of a cship return is not going to happen this season as he hoped. So what does he do?
 
Wizaard said:
To be fair, I'm normally the last to complain, but last nights performance was totally unacceptable.

Having said that, win on Monday, and that will be 6 points from 12 over Christmas (50% win ratio), or the Golden Dobbie ratio, as it is known.
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I did try and bend your ear last night but you were far too busy bending somebody else's
 
Phil_bfc deux said:
And you deserve it for starting a post calling out travelling fans who aren't happy with how things are going

People who have wasted two days during the holidays and a whole heap of money watching that shite deserve a bit more respect than a post calling folk out

Whinge whinge whinge you posted

Nothing sadder than a bloke thousands of miles away whinging about other people whinging
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But there is loads of over the top whinging 👍
 
People have a right to be pissed off after recent performances.

Problem is that it's diluted by the grumpy old fart brigade who still moaned when we were in the Championship.

If you don't like moaning, AVFTT isn't the place to be and it certainly isn't after the last couple of performances. I usually avoid it after a defeat but this time I'm genuinely interested in what people see as the way out of this mess.

Anyone who say's "Critchley is a snake" and "Sadler needs to spend money" on repeat with nothing constructive just gets ignored.
 
fcblackpool said:
You'd think in his line of business he would have contacts?

Anyway, this is a bit of a distraction. SS must be miffed off with what he sees and must see that his ambition of a cship return is not going to happen this season as he hoped. So what does he do?
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I know quite a few gazillionionaires and none have ever wanted to put money into BFC and believe me I tried 🤣
 
Owning your own errors and doing something about them to achieve better results in future are prerequisites for a decent manager. There is a misplaced arrogance and a stubbornness from our head coach that sits badly uith many. I don't think things are right at the moment and it shows in the performances. Make no mistake, we are fragile at home as well as away.
 
Mark_GT said:
Owning your own errors and doing something about them to achieve better results in future are prerequisites for a decent manager. There is a misplaced arrogance and a stubbornness from our head coach that sits badly uith many. I don't think things are right at the moment and it shows in the performances. Make no mistake, we are fragile at home as well as away.
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I tend to agree - something to me is obviously wrong behind the scenes.

Problem is, Social media probably adds to it in some degree.
 
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