Chrissy having a dig at United fans

[shrubbery]

I can’t stand people who constantly turn up late for kickoff, fuck off 5 mins before half time for a pie, come back late and then leave early. What is the point in coming to the game if you’re going to miss 25% of it eating a pie finishing your pint and having a pie. If getting to your car early to avoid 10 mins of traffic is more important to you than watching the end of the game then I wish you would just stay at home. This is genuinely the main reason why I moved from the Kop to the Westfield Corner as the low pitch of the Kop meant that people moving around was constantly blocking my view and I chose a new seat on the far end of a row so that nobody can walk in front of me to get to their seat during play.

Staying behind to clap the players off is a completely different story though. Id say only about 25% of the crowd regularly do this and that’s fair enough for me. I don’t always do so and it depends on how I feel the performance was. Yesterday I was massively frustrated with our inability to find a way past Brighton’s bus through lack of creativity and pace up front, some appaling crossing and some abject finishing when the few chances came. I also found the Mousset non substation baffling and frustrating. The ref only playing 3 mins injury time when there had been 5 substitutions, 4 mins of feigning injury after the 80th min and constant time wasting from their keeper pushed me over edge (there should have genuinely been at least 6 mins) so I stormed off following the final whistle.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Disappointed with the result but not the performance. Thought we should have put Mousset on earlier - and he was going to - then changed his mind. I don’t know why? I think his pace could have been very useful against 3 big but not very mobile centre backs.

Agree 100% .. it was crying out for the ball in behind them .. one minute moose was ready to come on the next on came Mc Goldrick ? Strange

 

[Niceguyeddie]

Decent performance, No bad var decisions, no crap Jan transfer window, no ownership uncertainty, no injury crisis, no relegation worries, no threat of Wednesday doing owt, Let's moan about each other then

It seemed to take the momentum out of the game and killed the crowd
Interestingly enough we did keep going and carved out a couple of chances but we all know the crowd would have been on their feet every time the ball went near the moose
Overall and in the context of the last couple of weeks and all the attention and hype we've received its probably the bump back down to.earth we all need

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

He got the huff on because the Kop did not sing his song all game long.

Chris time to worry is when the fans start leaving in droves after 60 mins,it happens at another club not too far away from S2.

 

[SelbyBlade]

I think frustration is a nutural reason for leaving as soon as the whistle has gone. I thought we dominated the match and the chance from McBurnie following Didzy's cross could have won it but it was a great reaction stop. Also the corner melee produced another reaction save from Ryan so we had a couple of really good chances to win it on top of Fleck's speculative effort. Brighton parked the bus obviously desperate for any points for survival, we are going to have to find ways through teams doing this as this is our Achilles heal.

 

[petcharlie]

Ho how we need a goal scorer a poacher .We have wanted one for ages now and McBurnie should have had a hat trick. Billy tries his best but has slowed up a bit.They had some big lads in the back four who dealt with most of the crosses so maybe playing on the deck might have been the better option.

 

[Bartleby]

The players barely clapped the South Stand either.

I thought that as well, certainly seemed less than they normally do - and of course it was only the fans who'd stayed who saw that, but I can understand their annoyance and CW's.

There's always a small percentage and sometimes there's good reason for it (like I have to at 8pm kickoffs if I'm on the train) but yesterday was embarrassing as they went in their droves well before the whistle. I do hope we don't get a load of fans turning into entitled billy big bollocks, like Charlton fans did under Curbishley.

As for half time it would help if they could address the issues with slow service - I'd often quite like to have a pint at half time but I don't as it means missing some of the game.

 

[Greenwich Blade]

I didn't realise Osbourne had come on until 65 minutes which in a way is a compliment to the lad...

But not much of a compliment to your opticians.

 

[Greenwich Blade]

I think Wilder's nerves are telling as his fight with Fury gets closer.

He's helping the Star with their headlines - if they don't use WILDER'S FURY tomorrow I will be very disappointed.

 

[Roygbiv]

The hype about the Champions League from the media has quite clearly effected some fans. It was always going to happen. One of the things other fans have said about us is how we react to the increasing expectations. Well we have people leaving early because we aren't winning, we have people saying an established Premier League side are poor and we have fans genuinely disappointed that we lost ground on a European place.

In my opinion we haven't reacted too well as a fanbase in our first minor setback and maybe what Wilder said alongside the result is something that needed to happen. A wake up call to certain fans who seem to have quickly gone from dreaming of a European place to expecting one.

 

[Nick Jansky]

The hype about the Champions League from the media has quite clearly effected some fans. It was always going to happen. One of the things other fans have said about us is how we react to the increasing expectations. Well we have people leaving early because we aren't winning, we have people saying an established Premier League side are poor and we have fans genuinely disappointed that we lost ground on a European place.

In my opinion we haven't reacted too well as a fanbase in our first minor setback and maybe what Wilder said alongside the result is something that needed to happen. A wake up call to certain fans who seem to have quickly gone from dreaming of a European place to expecting one.

Very well said, sport on.

 

[bartman]

What? He made a couple of great blocks at the end, Fleck fires one just wide at the start of the second half and McBurnie misskicked one he should have buried. Apart from that probably not much.

Which is one of the frustrations( for Wilder i suspect as well as the fans). We lack the required quality in the final third . We are living off scraps to score rather than creating clear cut opportunities. Berge may eventually bring this but we will still need to sign a quality goalscoring number 10 in the close season if we are to scare more goals from general play

 

[Roygbiv]

Very well said, sport on.

I can't, I've got an Achilles injury

 

[wizadry]

With our poor record scoring from corners I'm not surprised he thought we wouldn't from our 12th corner.

Our goal came from a well worked corner today.

 

[Karaoke Blade]

Agree about those leaving early, but I thought there seemed less leaving early today (from the kop at least) than there were at the Bournemouth match.

 

[benn5712]

I can't, I've got an Achilles injury

Achilles. Did you know?
Greek mythology tells us he was the best of all warriors. His invincibility came about after his mother, Thetis, dipped him into the river Styx. Holding him by his heel
which was not covered in water. There by his heel was a weak point, which gives us the term Achilles heel - a weakness.

She also burnt him over a fire every night and bathed the wounds with oil. Poor little fooker must have black bright.
Also dressed him as a girl and sent him to live on the Island of Skyros.
This bint was quite clearly mad. No wonder he ended up a feyter.

 

[BushBlade]

Agree about those leaving early, but I thought there seemed less leaving early today (from the kop at least) than there were at the Bournemouth match.

I get that there are some people who have to leave early and if you’ve driven a couple of hundred miles or caught three trains to get to the game you shouldn’t be criticised by ‘bigger blades’. I also get that sometimes, if the game’s a bit dull, or if you’re getting battered and 3-0 down, a pint looks an attractive alternative but we could have nicked a late winner yesterday. Surely it’s one of those games where, unless you genuinely have to leave, you stay until the end, just in case we stick it in the net.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

We lack the required quality in the final third

Yes, that was our only problem yesterday - I thought our final ball into the box was lacking - or movement in the box.

We just have to move on, take it on the chin and do Reading then a very tough game v Norwich

UTB

 

[BushBlade]

Achilles. Did you know?
Greek mythology tells us he was the best of all warriors. His invincibility came about after his mother, Thetis, dipped him into the river Styx. Holding him by his heel
which was not covered in water. There by his heel was a weak point, which gives us the term Achilles heel - a weakness.

She also burnt him over a fire every night and bathed the wounds with oil. Poor little fooker must have black bright.
Also dressed him as a girl and sent him to live on the Island of Skyros.
This bint was quite clearly mad. No wonder he ended up a feyter.

Technically, he wasn’t invincible.

 

[Fulwood Blade]

Out of interest - is the game shown on TV's under the stand?

I never leave early, so not sure. If they are on then turn them off with 10 minutes to go.

UTB

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Totally disagree, we were on the front foot til the whistle.

Then we kicked off

 

[Roygbiv]

Achilles. Did you know?
Greek mythology tells us he was the best of all warriors. His invincibility came about after his mother, Thetis, dipped him into the river Styx. Holding him by his heel
which was not covered in water. There by his heel was a weak point, which gives us the term Achilles heel - a weakness.

She also burnt him over a fire every night and bathed the wounds with oil. Poor little fooker must have black bright.
Also dressed him as a girl and sent him to live on the Island of Skyros.
This bint was quite clearly mad. No wonder he ended up a feyter.

 

[Addison]

Good old CW he's introduced a positive slant to being a Remainer.

 

[Hague Blade]

I don't want to trigger anyone, and apologies to Pinchy for using his catch phrase, but let's not doff the cap too much to Brighton. All this "established Premier League team" - they only came back up in 2017, they don't have any marquee player world beaters in their squad, and their manager is a "geography teacher looking twat" - kudos to whoever used that insult elsewhere. Potter also manages to be condescending about a team that's outplayed his own twice this season. He's really rather dislikeable.

So, yes, I do expect us to beat Brighton at home. We didn't, every game is tough in this league, and it's hardly the end of the world - but let's not make out it's some sort of over-entitled unrealistic aspiration.

 

[Bladesway]

I get that there are some people who have to leave early and if you’ve driven a couple of hundred miles or caught three trains to get to the game you shouldn’t be criticised by ‘bigger blades’. I also get that sometimes, if the game’s a bit dull, or if you’re getting battered and 3-0 down, a pint looks an attractive alternative but we could have nicked a late winner yesterday. Surely it’s one of those games where, unless you genuinely have to leave, you stay until the end, just in case we stick it in the net.

That’s the amazing thing about choice though. You choose to stay, you choose to leave. Why this has so many people wrapped in knots is beyond me.

 

[Bladesway]

but let's not make out it's some sort of over-entitled unrealistic aspiration.

But it is.

 

[Hague Blade]

But it is.

What, to go to a home game expecting to win? My mistake, I’ve obviously been doing this football thing wrong for 40 years.

 

[Rodley]

Seems like that's as close as Wilder will get to slagging the fans off.

I don't disagree with him. It's far more subdued than it should be considering the unprecedented heights we're reaching.

Even the back of the Kop feels corpsey. They need their half time pint and a bit of an incident to get animated.

But maybe more would stay to clap the team off if they didn't take 5 minutes to go back to the Kop.

And yes Mousset should have come on. The reason he didn't is we had started to pin them deep as soon as he was ready to come on. But in reality there is always opportunity for such pace, power and skill to make an impact. You won't find many slower defences in the league.

Safe standing section is on the cards and should liven things up a little.

 

[Roygbiv]

I don't want to trigger anyone, and apologies to Pinchy for using his catch phrase, but let's not doff the cap too much to Brighton. All this "established Premier League team" - they only came back up in 2017, they don't have any marquee player world beaters in their squad, and their manager is a "geography teacher looking twat" - kudos to whoever used that insult elsewhere. Potter also manages to be condescending about a team that's outplayed his own twice this season. He's really rather dislikeable.

So, yes, I do expect us to beat Brighton at home. We didn't, every game is tough in this league, and it's hardly the end of the world - but let's not make out it's some sort of over-entitled unrealistic aspiration.

Brighton will also look at our team and expect a win too. We don't have any marquee players either and every single side in the league will still expect to beat us at home.

It shouldn't be overlooked that we were the better side against a club with much more Premier League experience and resources than us. Disappointment in not winning is understandable, especially as we probably deserved to, but I don't believe we have any right to expect a win against Brighton.

 

[Bladesway]

What, to go to a home game expecting to win? My mistake, I’ve obviously been doing this football thing wrong for 40 years.

Not at all, entirely up to you but if you rock up expecting to beat teams at this level unless you are Liverpool then expect to have a shock. I thought we were good enough to win, I thought we did enough to win. Turns out we didn’t but on another day it will. Your 40 years of bigger blade experience should tell you that much at least. It was about this time last season Milwall nearly beat us. I expected us to win that but I was wrong.