Linz, out of interest, do you think Robson should go or stay? I dont think I have read anywhere which side of the fence you're on.
There's a long answer and a short answer to this one:
The long answer:
There's lots of words that spring to mind with regards to my feelings towards Bryan Robson, but none of them quite fit.
Apathy suggests an indifference to the situation, which in some ways is fair concerning my support of the club. Osama Bin Laden could take over tomorrow with Gary Glitter as his number two... as long as Sheffield United is in existence, I will support the club. However, it could also suggest that I am unconcerned with the managerial situation, which is inaccurate.
I suppose hesitancy fits..
I have previously said I am in accord with Robbie's original post. We know the team isn't playing well and with that, I don't think anyone disagrees. However, some people are letting their loathing of Bryan Robson overshadow everything to do with being a football fan and supporting their club.Turning on fellow Blades because they do not share the same black and white view of the world? Shame on them. Booing during the matches? Certainly not what I consider support of your football team. Not only will they drive away those who share their views, but other fans who will quite happily support their team regardless of the manager, but who do not want the hostile and embittered atmosphere.
Rational argument seems to have gone of the window with some people with such an easy scapegoat... "it's Robson's fault". Well last season, it was "all Warnock's fault" and some people who were so vehemently calling for his head have now decided that maybe their vociferous protestations were ill-advised. The wisest are not always those who shout the loudest and no matter what anyone says, the blame cannot solely lie at one person's door. You might say Hitler was to blame for the atrocities in WWII... however, his whole army were held accountable.
I do not want Sheffield United to become a team consistently on the look-out for a new manager because that is not the way to garner success. Imagine this situation we're in now only it happens every season, every new manager given less time and opportunity to make a difference until no bugger will take the job because we're that unattractive as an outfit. My friends, we would become a laughing stock to an even greater degree than Newcastle. They however, have seen European competition in recent times. We have seen Division One promotion. Yet even they are derided for expecting more than their current position.
We should hope for more yes, but when hope leads to expectation, disappointment is lurking in the wings. We were not good enough to compete in the Premiership so we are in the Championship. Only if we are one of the best teams in the Championship will we get out of this division. We have no divine right to get out of this division or to win every game, but of course, we hope to. The expectation has sprung from the last couple of seasons... but there have been a lot of changes since then. Maybe we were naïve to think that we could be challenging this year. Hope not expectation.
I suppose there's also a degree of inefficaciousness which clouds my opinion. Whatever I think of Mr B. Robson is irrelevant because I am not the one who has control over whether he keeps his job or not. Those who believe that repeating the same indignant protestations wrapped up in hyperbole over and over again will make some blinding bit of difference have a very egotistical view of the world. As much as I hate to admit it, a football fan's opinion means sod all to the Chairman.
So what can you do?
Not very much really, is the answer.
You may very well want to go and stand in a cold and wet car park and bellow your feelings, shoulder to shoulder with your comrades in arms. Setting the world to rights simply with the power of your voice.
You may go to the match and boo. A sign of displeasure reflected towards not just the one man you consider to be at fault, but the club as a whole.
You may want to wave red cards and black balloons around. A visual protest at your displeasure.
But just imagine if the fans of Sheffield Wednesday, or Leeds United, or anyone for that matter were doing the same. Would you think they were passionate freedom fighters charged with upholding the reputation of their club in spite of the men in suits? Or would you think they were drunken rabble-rousers, jumping on the bandwagon for a bit of aggro and quite frankly, were rather pathetic?
I think I know what I would think.
So what's left? I suppose if you feel that upset by the situation, you simply refuse to hand any more money over to the club and stop coming to matches. At this juncture in my life, I couldn't ever conceive me doing this but I have no problem with people that do. If you don't like a shop, you don't go back. If you don't like a particular after-shave because it makes you smell like dog farts, you don't buy it again. You don't however, then spend all your life complaining about it to people who maybe tolerate the shop, or maybe enjoy the smell of canine flatulence in an effort to bring their opinion round to mirror your own.
So there's your long answer and I feel that you'll be dissatisfied with it. Like most things in this world, the situation is not black or white and neither is my opinion. I get the feeling you'll not be happy with the short answer either...
The short answer:
Doesn't really matter, we're stuck with him.
