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Post by Si on Jul 30, 2020 8:18:02 GMT
Wasn’t he our top scorer that season? Or second to Rooney? Remember his beauty at Dartford live on BT one Friday night. No idea why he gets so much stick. He scored a few in a really poor team, worked his balls off, and seemed like a great character around the place. He was upfront about his modelling commitments at the start of the season, so Young knew what the deal was, and I believe he actually turned down better paid modelling gigs towards the end. By no means one of our better players of recent years, but christ there have been many worse! I think it was him that planted the seeds for Bern and Jonno to come here too. Glad to see he's done pretty well for himself after his career ended.
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Jul 30, 2020 8:36:13 GMT
Yes he did seem to portray himself as the agent that brokered the Bern and Jonno deal.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 9:09:37 GMT
Wasn’t he our top scorer that season? Or second to Rooney? Remember his beauty at Dartford live on BT one Friday night. No idea why he gets so much stick. Because some of our fans are lazy, and weird. Football fans are quick to judge and very rarely budge from their opinion. "he's a model, he was all over that TV show, his heart won't be in it, won't give his all" Same people who slagged off Craig Mahon constantly despite being one of our most creative players, all because not every single run of his created a chance. Not every single creative player in top flight football has an end product 100% of the time, far from it. Those that call James Alabi lazy despite the complete opposite being true and him being our top scorer. Jon Worsnop would get pelters despite arguably being one of our players of the season in 2014/15, you have to have incredibly thick skin to be a goalkeeper for Chester FC. Seen it recently with Anthony Dudley, one of the most talented footballers at the club and best finisher who sacrificed goals for Asante in playing a deeper role. Regularly a scapegoat for a bad team performance on twitter. You only have to spend an hour on here and social media to see how toxic the small but vocal minority of our fans are. For some, no one is ever good enough to play for or manage our club.
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Post by g1 on Jul 30, 2020 9:27:05 GMT
No idea why he gets so much stick. Because some of our fans are lazy, and weird. Football fans are quick to judge and very rarely budge from their opinion. "he's a model, he was all over that TV show, his heart won't be in it, won't give his all" Same people who slagged off Craig Mahon constantly despite being one of our most creative players, all because not every single run of his created a chance. Not every single creative player in top flight football has an end product 100% of the time, far from it. Those that call James Alabi lazy despite the complete opposite being true and him being our top scorer. Jon Worsnop would get pelters despite arguably being one of our players of the season in 2014/15, you have to have incredibly thick skin to be a goalkeeper for Chester FC. Seen it recently with Anthony Dudley, one of the most talented footballers at the club and best finisher who sacrificed goals for Asante in playing a deeper role. Regularly a scapegoat for a bad team performance on twitter. You only have to spend an hour on here and social media to see how toxic the small but vocal minority of our fans are. For some, no one is ever good enough to play for or manage our club. I Will put more names on here as those who got unfair stick mcconville Danby Howard to name but a few to a lesser extent Rooney agree Seddon and worsnop got total unfair stick
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Jul 30, 2020 9:27:44 GMT
It’s weird and we seem to have more of that type of supporter than any other club.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2020 10:17:25 GMT
I think too many of our fans expect premiership football at conference North level. I don't watch match of the day or many games on TV so my expectations may be not as high as others.
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Post by dhw on Jul 30, 2020 10:29:36 GMT
As a fan base generally we expect miracles from everyone involved at the club, with no regard for how its to be paid for etc. The recent budget fundraiser is excellent, but a short term solution, as how many will contribute that and more next season?
My fear is that the board can do all the financial modelling they like (and its a lot of work), but if we start the season with a few crap performances, or tail off at Christmas (we do have a history of that) the DD pledges may reduce significantly, and we will be committed to the squad at that point. Rough seas ahead, and I don't have any answers!!
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Post by Churton Blue on Jul 30, 2020 11:08:52 GMT
It’s weird and we seem to have more of that type of supporter than any other club. I actually think we have far less as a percentage. As Joey Samoey posts it is a small but vocal minority. Have been watching Chester for nearly 50 years and can honestly say that our hard core support is much more tolerant than the vast majority of other clubs. Wrexham will get booed off at half time 4 or 5 times a season. How many times does a significant section of the crowd do that at Chester ?
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Post by weareblues on Jul 30, 2020 11:22:02 GMT
I think too many of our fans expect premiership football at conference North level. I don't watch match of the day or many games on TV so my expectations may be not as high as others. In fairness most who spout stuff on here don't even go to games n sit at home watching premier league anyway
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Post by Lobster on Jul 30, 2020 14:18:56 GMT
I don't know if we're any worse than anyone else, but we can be a bit grumbly and tetchy, especially at home. I've had neutral friends come along and notice it. It was terrible at times during the Evo-Stik years, given how successful that team was and that they were seventh and eighth tier part-timers.
I think to the casual fan, it's more off-putting than bad football, myself. If the atmosphere was good even if we were playing badly, I think neutrals would come along more often. If the team's poor showing compounded by personal abuse from the stands and loud groaning, however, it just makes it a miserable way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
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Post by billyw on Jul 30, 2020 18:46:34 GMT
I think too many of our fans expect premiership football at conference North level. I don't watch match of the day or many games on TV so my expectations may be not as high as others. In fairness most who spout stuff on here don't even go to games n sit at home watching premier league anyway I don’t think that’s true.
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Post by Harry Lime on Jul 30, 2020 19:21:45 GMT
I don't know if we're any worse than anyone else, but we can be a bit grumbly and tetchy, especially at home. I've had neutral friends come along and notice it. It was terrible at times during the Evo-Stik years, given how successful that team was and that they were seventh and eighth tier part-timers. I think to the casual fan, it's more off-putting than bad football, myself. If the atmosphere was good even if we were playing badly, I think neutrals would come along more often. If the team's poor showing compounded by personal abuse from the stands and loud groaning, however, it just makes it a miserable way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Agree with all of that. The atmosphere would be better off there was a positive vibe around the place. If we go behind, the grumbling starts around the ground. Then the negative shouting. It's as if some people think, as a former league club, we should win every week at this level. They don't seem to realise that they are part of the problem.
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Post by Forever Blue on Jul 31, 2020 9:06:48 GMT
I don't know if we're any worse than anyone else, but we can be a bit grumbly and tetchy, especially at home. I've had neutral friends come along and notice it. It was terrible at times during the Evo-Stik years, given how successful that team was and that they were seventh and eighth tier part-timers. I think to the casual fan, it's more off-putting than bad football, myself. If the atmosphere was good even if we were playing badly, I think neutrals would come along more often. If the team's poor showing compounded by personal abuse from the stands and loud groaning, however, it just makes it a miserable way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Agree with all of that. The atmosphere would be better off there was a positive vibe around the place. If we go behind, the grumbling starts around the ground. Then the negative shouting. It's as if some people think, as a former league club, we should win every week at this level. They don't seem to realise that they are part of the problem. I have been saying the same thing for years and it really winds me up, we have the most amazing fans at times and at the right away games the atmosphere can be second to none. Now lets talk home matches, often apart from the cries of come on city our fans seem to spend more time moaning and winding the ref up rather than getting behind the team. It reminds me of people at a funeral that are to embarrassed to sing but they are more than willing to shout out at the ref or slag players off, frigging crazy if you ask me, even us grandads have a voice sing sing sing.
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Post by bing on Jul 31, 2020 9:24:25 GMT
Having watched various North West sides at all sorts of levels, the thing that sets some Chester fans apart seems to be the ability to lose it so early on in matches.
I remember a game last season, a midfielder passed the ball out of play in the first 3 minutes. A bloke stood up next to me in an absolute rage shouting, "F*** *** you useless W*****!!!! You're not fit to wear the shirt".
Just don't get the mentality of destroying someone's confidence in the 3rd minute. By all means, boo all you want in the last minute - but at least try and back the team.
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Jul 31, 2020 11:17:20 GMT
Having watched various North West sides at all sorts of levels, the thing that sets some Chester fans apart seems to be the ability to lose it so early on in matches. I remember a game last season, a midfielder passed the ball out of play in the first 3 minutes. A bloke stood up next to me in an absolute rage shouting, "F*** *** you useless W*****!!!! You're not fit to wear the shirt". Just don't get the mentality of destroying someone's confidence in the 3rd minute. By all means, boo all you want in the last minute - but at least try and back the team. There is an old fella sits along to the left of my lad who absolutely drives me crazy. So negative. Tends to be the older men by me who are vocally negative.
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Post by rcb on Jul 31, 2020 11:20:02 GMT
Having watched various North West sides at all sorts of levels, the thing that sets some Chester fans apart seems to be the ability to lose it so early on in matches. I remember a game last season, a midfielder passed the ball out of play in the first 3 minutes. A bloke stood up next to me in an absolute rage shouting, "F*** *** you useless W*****!!!! You're not fit to wear the shirt". Just don't get the mentality of destroying someone's confidence in the 3rd minute. By all means, boo all you want in the last minute - but at least try and back the team. There is an old fella sits along to the left of my lad who absolutely drives me crazy. So negative. Tends to be the older men by me who are vocally negative. Wears a baseball cap?
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Post by weareblues on Aug 1, 2020 13:24:04 GMT
In fairness most who spout stuff on here don't even go to games n sit at home watching premier league anyway I don’t think that’s true. Hahahaha it really is
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Post by weareblues on Aug 1, 2020 13:24:39 GMT
There is an old fella sits along to the left of my lad who absolutely drives me crazy. So negative. Tends to be the older men by me who are vocally negative. Wears a baseball cap? Old fella and negative ? Must be you then again you don’t go games do you
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Post by billyw on Aug 1, 2020 14:38:37 GMT
I don’t think that’s true. Hahahaha it really is Show me the evidence then.
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Aug 1, 2020 18:20:49 GMT
There is an old fella sits along to the left of my lad who absolutely drives me crazy. So negative. Tends to be the older men by me who are vocally negative. Wears a baseball cap? Occasionally yes. Miserable creature.
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Post by hbomb on Aug 1, 2020 18:43:11 GMT
Older blokes by me. Terrible Moaners. Gain no pleasure at all by being at match. Not sure why they bothered. Moaned when 0-0 after 10 minutes. Moaned when 4-0 up v Sutton a few years back. I just laugh at them now.
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Post by g1 on Aug 1, 2020 23:18:16 GMT
Another thing that bothers is when we lose and Wrexham lose it seems that's more important we don't win they can we 10-0 for all I care they cheer when they don't win and we don't
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Post by archwhopper on Aug 1, 2020 23:38:08 GMT
Sort it out mod's please, even with a full stop and a couple of comma's it still makes no sense
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Post by happyclapper on Aug 2, 2020 11:09:41 GMT
Occasionally yes. Miserable creature. B Block?
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Post by weareblues on Aug 2, 2020 16:30:06 GMT
Show me the evidence then. Only gotta look at the deluded shite that gets spouted on here to realise most on here don’t go games
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Post by Forever Blue on Aug 3, 2020 1:26:36 GMT
Sort it out mod's please, even with a full stop and a couple of comma's it still makes no sense We are so sorry not everyone meets with your level of education and may struggle with a variety of reasons but we thank you for your understanding
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Aug 3, 2020 7:28:45 GMT
Occasionally yes. Miserable creature. B Block? No mate, back of P in the library.
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Post by billyw on Aug 3, 2020 8:22:48 GMT
Show me the evidence then. Only gotta look at the deluded shite that gets spouted on here to realise most on here don’t go games That’s opinion not evidence. My opinion is that while there may be differences between them, most people who post on here are true supporters.
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Post by RonD on Aug 3, 2020 9:12:46 GMT
Standard DC this. Thread gone miles off the subject!!
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Post by itsme on Aug 3, 2020 9:23:00 GMT
Standard DC this. Thread gone miles off the subject!! I blame Gary Roberts
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