Lucid? Reasonable? Balanced? Good sentence construction, grammar, spelling...?
Oh my God!!! What have you done with Beighton...???????
Thank you (I think), but despite the obvious dissapointment this might cause, i'm not
THAT beightonblade (note the underscore and caps!) - used to post on BU as Beighton_Blade and carried on over here and on BM (grrr) for continuity without knowing the existing member on here known by the same name!
There's every reason we can't transform this club into all of the above. One of the reason's is that you and other starry eyed supporters live in some kind of utopic dream world where failures of the past mean nothing, where we can lose a play off final and you'll still be excited on the coach back to Sheffield about prospective signings for the following season. You're too gullible mate, you still believe the bollocks, despite the facts proving quite the opposite to the "Europe in 5 years" crap.
No there isn't!! Any sort of acceptance of failure being pre-destined simply highlights what makes you just as much as a problem as anyone who believes improvement is possible - and yes past failures are (and always will be) irrelevant to any possible future success a club can have - if this wasn't the case then why do clubs such as Wigan, Burnley, Fulham rise the leagues in such a way if not without
improvement? Conversely if you accept failure is based on history then why do formerly successful clubs dip (a la Leeds etc) - because of their deterioration and other clubs' improvement!!
Now, im not one of your "starry eyed" supporters who was able to be positive after last seasons no-show at Wembley - I was distraught, wanted KB out and foresaw the innevitable negative effects this season has seen, however, i also did not blame the failure on something as simple as destiny based on past failures - if you truely believe that then i fear for you - if you can accept failure so easily as saying well "hmm...not our fault...its destined...cos we're crap and always have been" then i trust you have no desire for SUFC betterred? past failures as an excuse are simply that - an excuse for failure and a way of making yourself feel better for doing such - as opposed to examining your own (or in this case SUFC's) downfalls.
Thats what i see, an opportunity to assess where we are going wrong, and how to possibly improve (im not saying these will happen, i'm saying thats what should imho!), to critique our current position and suggest how other clubs have done better - if you believe this is pointless then i'd suggest you never attempt to take control or manage any sort of business - which is what McCabe, Birch et al should be doing!
Regarding my gullibility, you clearly have no idea about my beliefs, ideas, knowledge or feelings towards SUFC, i understand fully the talk and bluster which is the PR machine at the club and take it with the pinch of salt it requires, i accept that sport will always have winners, and likewise losers, but know that its not impossible for those roles to reverse and accept no reasons why it shouldn't (unlike you it seems who accepts failure becuase "we're crap...have no money...ambition...and have a poor squad"
It's pretty laughable the way there's talk of getting Robbins, O'Driscoll or that bloke from Leeds in. Why on earth would they want to come to a club with no cash, no ambition and a piss poor squad?
Then why the hell do good managers sometimes go to such clubs in the first place? - Robbins (at Barnsley ffs!) would not be interested in us - rubbish, they have less cash, ambition and players than us - but he's there - why if what you say is true?
Like it or not (and i think you don't like it for reasons which make me question your purpose on here), but we are a big club in this division, with good support, good facilities - yes we have little money (but nor does 99% of this league), and only a few decent players - but there should always be potential to improve this club, and for you to question that makes you just as negative as i predict you'd criticise Blackwell for being when he makes excuses for our current plight like injuries and no cash etc etc - why do Donny and Barnsley perform similarly, Swansea, Leicester and Blackpool better on lesser budgets if cash is the only determinator of success?
If your so willing to accept failure for these excuses i'd suggest that makes you as gullable as anyone here for accepting, so lightly, the failure of this club for such flimsy and ill-thought excuses, when other clubs consistently succeed while having such excuses available shows a sort of negativity which would stop any club ever improving itself.
FFS, it's time some of you leapt into the real world and took stock of just how bad things are at the Lane. We're heading one way ladies, and that isn't up.
I'm not suggesting which way we're heading, or if we are destined for failure (doooomed i tell ya!) - im suggesting ways we can improve, and why we should not accept failure or a deterioration, and the reasons why i feel certain measures should be taken to see us improve - whether the club acts in such a way i don't know (but seriously doubt), but that doesn't mean that success isn't possible and that this club could not be improved given the correct management. For me this means getting a new boss in, one who can operate astutely on a budget, acquiring players capable of improving yet who improve us, and looking to make full advantage of our academy and our existing players who some of are not achieving as they could imho (Ched, Sharp etc) under a different style and manager...
What would you suggest? Give up and accept failure because we always do?....pffft!!
UTB!!
