Scouseinthehouse
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I’m getting too old for freezing my bollocks off being bored shitless for 90 mins. 
That was by no means Brighton bad yesterday. Jurgens absolutely bang on with his ’positive little steps forward’ assertion.’ The past 2 games have been night and day from that humongous shitshow Sadly, reading comments across SM this AM, CONTEXT is a word few want to use anymore.
But that still doesn’t absolve them from another horrid game of football yesterday. No movement or real urgency before Darwin came on. Sloppy passing. Just all round slow, sloppy play. Which transcended off the park in just how quiet we were. The baltic cold (so much for things warming up. It was more freezing than Wolves yesterday with the biting wind which was impressive), and little on the pitch to inspire you didn’t help. But we have to hold our hands up. This is a two-way street. And, unlike Tuesday night, we didn’t play our part and let the players down every bit as much as they let us down.
On the subject of the support to round off the many negatives yesterday-
The irony of the club now ‘officially’ making the rightful point over homophobic chanting at Chelsea (which, for the record, there hasn’t been bar the odd bleep ever since Jurgen and that community spoke out about how insulting and hurtful it is to them), whilst Chelsea fans continue to belt out songs about disasters, death and calling me and everyone else in the ground a murderer for most of the game, isn’t lost on anyone. And I’m by no means using one to justify the other here. They both need stamping out. But how the FA can only threaten clubs with sanctions over one and not the other is beyond jaw dropping. As a survivor, I can’t begin to tell you how psychologically damaging it can be to have to listen to that. It never leaves you anyway as hard as you try. But having to put up with that abuse on what is becoming an every match basis now doesn’t help anyone at all. It’s LONG before time that the authorities started banning the perps to stop this disgrace continuing.
And the other supporter issue of note brought home again the inherent difference between actually supporting your side at the match. And just spouting hot air the loudest on-line ….. There was a voice behind us somewhere round 106, Southerner for what its worth, who tried to get an ’FSG OUT!’ shout going ….. to only be told in NO uncertain terms to shut the **** up and get behind the side! Or there’d be, shall we say, ‘words’ with him outside for his wool behaviour that wasn’t representative of our standards at the game at all. And I’ll leave that at that.
As to those ‘lil positives on the park-
Much, much better defending the past two games giving us only our second run of back-to-back clean sheets this season. JMG and Konate have to stay as the CB pairing and continue building on this new found solidity which has been sorely lacking all year. Still by no means water tight defensively. But markedly improved over the past 5 days and a real foundation stone to build from.
The midfield 3 has to be set now with Bajetic, Naby Lad and Thiago. More invaluable experience for Stefan in another very good outing. And as much as you hoped fresh legs late would see us nick the win, Fabinho and Henderson were static and tattle less the last 10. Something Keita and Thiago most certainly weren’t.
So we’re finding the building blocks of a solid spine again the past 2 weeks from the CH’s on through the middle. Little steps forward.
And the other big plus to that end was the return of Darwin causing havoc up front. It really can’t be understated how having 4 of your top 5 attackers out has hit us. As it would decimate and derail ANY clubs season. So with the positive signs of tightening up again defensively, allied to Darwin being back. And Bobby and Jota not too far off. There really is some positive building blocks, in CONTEXT, to take forward in to the second half of the season.
Little steps forward among a season long sea of mediocrity.
The healing had to start somewhere. The past 5 days may just be that platform to better things through ‘till June. Onto Brighton and the next stop in the defence of our Cup to continue to that end.
Just be thankful you weren’t born a blue!
Up the ‘Pool. Mighty Reds. FTT!!!!!
That was by no means Brighton bad yesterday. Jurgens absolutely bang on with his ’positive little steps forward’ assertion.’ The past 2 games have been night and day from that humongous shitshow Sadly, reading comments across SM this AM, CONTEXT is a word few want to use anymore.
But that still doesn’t absolve them from another horrid game of football yesterday. No movement or real urgency before Darwin came on. Sloppy passing. Just all round slow, sloppy play. Which transcended off the park in just how quiet we were. The baltic cold (so much for things warming up. It was more freezing than Wolves yesterday with the biting wind which was impressive), and little on the pitch to inspire you didn’t help. But we have to hold our hands up. This is a two-way street. And, unlike Tuesday night, we didn’t play our part and let the players down every bit as much as they let us down.
On the subject of the support to round off the many negatives yesterday-
The irony of the club now ‘officially’ making the rightful point over homophobic chanting at Chelsea (which, for the record, there hasn’t been bar the odd bleep ever since Jurgen and that community spoke out about how insulting and hurtful it is to them), whilst Chelsea fans continue to belt out songs about disasters, death and calling me and everyone else in the ground a murderer for most of the game, isn’t lost on anyone. And I’m by no means using one to justify the other here. They both need stamping out. But how the FA can only threaten clubs with sanctions over one and not the other is beyond jaw dropping. As a survivor, I can’t begin to tell you how psychologically damaging it can be to have to listen to that. It never leaves you anyway as hard as you try. But having to put up with that abuse on what is becoming an every match basis now doesn’t help anyone at all. It’s LONG before time that the authorities started banning the perps to stop this disgrace continuing.
And the other supporter issue of note brought home again the inherent difference between actually supporting your side at the match. And just spouting hot air the loudest on-line ….. There was a voice behind us somewhere round 106, Southerner for what its worth, who tried to get an ’FSG OUT!’ shout going ….. to only be told in NO uncertain terms to shut the **** up and get behind the side! Or there’d be, shall we say, ‘words’ with him outside for his wool behaviour that wasn’t representative of our standards at the game at all. And I’ll leave that at that.
As to those ‘lil positives on the park-
Much, much better defending the past two games giving us only our second run of back-to-back clean sheets this season. JMG and Konate have to stay as the CB pairing and continue building on this new found solidity which has been sorely lacking all year. Still by no means water tight defensively. But markedly improved over the past 5 days and a real foundation stone to build from.
The midfield 3 has to be set now with Bajetic, Naby Lad and Thiago. More invaluable experience for Stefan in another very good outing. And as much as you hoped fresh legs late would see us nick the win, Fabinho and Henderson were static and tattle less the last 10. Something Keita and Thiago most certainly weren’t.
So we’re finding the building blocks of a solid spine again the past 2 weeks from the CH’s on through the middle. Little steps forward.
And the other big plus to that end was the return of Darwin causing havoc up front. It really can’t be understated how having 4 of your top 5 attackers out has hit us. As it would decimate and derail ANY clubs season. So with the positive signs of tightening up again defensively, allied to Darwin being back. And Bobby and Jota not too far off. There really is some positive building blocks, in CONTEXT, to take forward in to the second half of the season.
Little steps forward among a season long sea of mediocrity.
The healing had to start somewhere. The past 5 days may just be that platform to better things through ‘till June. Onto Brighton and the next stop in the defence of our Cup to continue to that end.
Just be thankful you weren’t born a blue!
Up the ‘Pool. Mighty Reds. FTT!!!!!
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