Post by Blue4ever on Apr 12, 2017 12:16:37 GMT
Before I get accused of being a happy clapper let's take a reality check and think what we as fans are doing constantly abusing/ criticising/ hating on the staff and players.
Are we helping the current situation?
Yes they are in the public eye and that will always bring with it a responsibility to shoulder criticism but can you honestly imagine having to go to work and having customers/ clients hurling constant abuse and criticism at you whether that's verbally or via written feedback. It would absolutely affect your performance in what you do. I don't think footballers are any different to us in how they react to it. You may get some fans who say it should spur them on but I disagree I think it makes the players tense and produces an anxiety to perform which we are seeing now in our home games . We don't want this.
Yes the performances have been well below par, the decisions haven't been right at times, the quality has been lacking but at the start of the season when we got behind OUR team we performed and it was great football to watch at times. Now we don't get behind them and they don't perform to the same standard. Instead the games are littered with mistakes and poor choices as I am sure the players must be highly aware of fans backlash if it goes wrong. Worrying about something usual makes it happen. Away from home they have performed recently (last night included) as the fans who go away want to be there, they have made a conscious effort to go and back OUR team from the first whistle to the last.
We all want the Chester FC we love to win every game, we can't have this and we have to take the rough with the smooth. We had the smooth earlier on in the season and we are now having the rough but us as fans have a responsibility to shoulder some of the blame.
We are safe, let's get behind this team in the remaining games and see if we can help us finish on a positive.
Are we helping the current situation?
Yes they are in the public eye and that will always bring with it a responsibility to shoulder criticism but can you honestly imagine having to go to work and having customers/ clients hurling constant abuse and criticism at you whether that's verbally or via written feedback. It would absolutely affect your performance in what you do. I don't think footballers are any different to us in how they react to it. You may get some fans who say it should spur them on but I disagree I think it makes the players tense and produces an anxiety to perform which we are seeing now in our home games . We don't want this.
Yes the performances have been well below par, the decisions haven't been right at times, the quality has been lacking but at the start of the season when we got behind OUR team we performed and it was great football to watch at times. Now we don't get behind them and they don't perform to the same standard. Instead the games are littered with mistakes and poor choices as I am sure the players must be highly aware of fans backlash if it goes wrong. Worrying about something usual makes it happen. Away from home they have performed recently (last night included) as the fans who go away want to be there, they have made a conscious effort to go and back OUR team from the first whistle to the last.
We all want the Chester FC we love to win every game, we can't have this and we have to take the rough with the smooth. We had the smooth earlier on in the season and we are now having the rough but us as fans have a responsibility to shoulder some of the blame.
We are safe, let's get behind this team in the remaining games and see if we can help us finish on a positive.
