by ferrarilover » 09 Oct 2012, 01:17
If only it was as easy, Camb, as just turning up and trying hard. It's not a lack of effort which sees us perform badly. The boys don't pitch up on a match day and think, collectively or as individuals, 'you know what, I can't be arsed today'. It's not a lack of application, it's not a lack of willing, it's a failure in performance, communication and understanding. You could offer these boys a million pounds a week, but that wouldn't mean they would or could try any harder than they already do. Take a look at the teams at the bottom of the Premier League, can't string two passes together for their £50,000/week. Sure, in your industry (whatever that may be), it may well be a simple case of there being a direct correlation between effort and results, with few other contributory factors affecting the outcome, and consequently, you could draw a parallel between the amount you are paid and the quality of your work, but sadly, football is not like that.
As to applauding a bad performance, as I have said previously, for my own perspective (other opinions are just as valid, this really is one that is down to personal feeling), I will clap the boys almost no matter what, because I want them to have every ounce of support they can get in order to be successful. The way I see it, if I pay out £200 to see a months worth of matches in which we are terrible, and I applaud and cheer and support them through the bad times, then those bad times are not only more likely to end much sooner, meaning that the £200 I spend in the next month will be well worth it to watch us smash teams all over the place, but also that I earn the right to celebrate when fortunes do pick up. It's a little bit like voting in the General Election. Those who do not vote immeduiately forfeit the right to any opinion or gripe with anything concerning decisions of central Government, no vote, no whinge. Supporting a football team is like that, you have to take the rough with the smooth, and being that this is TUFC, those two things are likely to come in approximately equal doses. This is what so frustrates me with Manchester City fans, crying when they go a goal down in the fifth minute against a poor Wigan side, these **** don't have the right to be upset at all, because all they have ever known is happiness and success (being that the majority of them have supported City for about 10 minutes).
Those who boo and jeer and refuse to attend when the team does badly automatically forfeit their right to happiness when the team wins matches and does well. Supporting a football team is a compromise, you take whatever comes your way, that's what really supporting a club is all about. One does not stop loving one's wife simply because she gets a bit fat or has a terrible haircut, nor does one cease to love their child because that child becomes a horrible teenager, football is absolutely no different, and it is that unconditional love which makes the lows so low and rewards you with highs that are oh-so-high.
Well, that's what I think anyway.
Matt.
If only it was as easy, Camb, as just turning up and trying hard. It's not a lack of effort which sees us perform badly. The boys don't pitch up on a match day and think, collectively or as individuals, 'you know what, I can't be arsed today'. It's not a lack of application, it's not a lack of willing, it's a failure in performance, communication and understanding. You could offer these boys a million pounds a week, but that wouldn't mean they would or could try any harder than they already do. Take a look at the teams at the bottom of the Premier League, can't string two passes together for their £50,000/week. Sure, in your industry (whatever that may be), it may well be a simple case of there being a direct correlation between effort and results, with few other contributory factors affecting the outcome, and consequently, you could draw a parallel between the amount you are paid and the quality of your work, but sadly, football is not like that.
As to applauding a bad performance, as I have said previously, for my own perspective (other opinions are just as valid, this really is one that is down to personal feeling), I will clap the boys almost no matter what, because I want them to have every ounce of support they can get in order to be successful. The way I see it, if I pay out £200 to see a months worth of matches in which we are terrible, and I applaud and cheer and support them through the bad times, then those bad times are not only more likely to end much sooner, meaning that the £200 I spend in the next month will be well worth it to watch us smash teams all over the place, but also that I earn the right to celebrate when fortunes do pick up. It's a little bit like voting in the General Election. Those who do not vote immeduiately forfeit the right to any opinion or gripe with anything concerning decisions of central Government, no vote, no whinge. Supporting a football team is like that, you have to take the rough with the smooth, and being that this is TUFC, those two things are likely to come in approximately equal doses. This is what so frustrates me with Manchester City fans, crying when they go a goal down in the fifth minute against a poor Wigan side, these **** don't have the right to be upset at all, because all they have ever known is happiness and success (being that the majority of them have supported City for about 10 minutes).
Those who boo and jeer and refuse to attend when the team does badly automatically forfeit their right to happiness when the team wins matches and does well. Supporting a football team is a compromise, you take whatever comes your way, that's what really supporting a club is all about. One does not stop loving one's wife simply because she gets a bit fat or has a terrible haircut, nor does one cease to love their child because that child becomes a horrible teenager, football is absolutely no different, and it is that unconditional love which makes the lows so low and rewards you with highs that are oh-so-high.
Well, that's what I think anyway.
Matt.
