Originally Posted by
JuliquE
Not to single you out, but this sort of comment comes up, now and again, and it's always a head-scratcher, for me.
For one: we don't run the team, and likely have even less influence on things than most think.. and, as such, what we focus on, in the end, won't be of much consequence.
Two: I don't understand the thinking that, because we aren't winning, we need to be constantly hashing out formations or talking about players, etcetera, and are NEVER allowed to mention anything else, lest someone tells us to focus on winning.
Just seems silly, to me, and makes supporting the club one-dimensional and, thus, less enjoyable/interesting. For a club that loses as much as we do, it would be torturous for us to focus on that, alone; I don't think anyone's overly obsessed with all the peripheral stuff, which, then, I would agree with you.. because that would, over time, be the message conveyed to management.
I remember when I made one of my six threads, ever, in my efforts to pass the time, as I was getting hyped for an upcoming match, I was told that "we're going into battle," as a response suggesting the thread was ill-timed or w/e. Sorry, but, when you're not privileged to live within the vicinity, for instance, you're going to find different ways to try and connect. Point being: you never know from what angle someone is supporting the club or why/what it means to them; to tell them "you're doing it wrong; do it my ONE way, only" is, for me, just not the thing.
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