itsinyerblood
Well-Known Member
I was reminded by a comment that Darren made recently, about how some posters on here have conjured up a re-write of McCabe's handling of United in his role as Chairman. The inference was that McCabe's mistakes, most acknowledged at some point by KM himself, were in fact deliberate attempts to harm this club.
Fast-forwarding to the present and Nigel Clough's managership of United. I now see an increasing number of posts, interestingly all written by the same familiar names who seem only capable of writing in a style bordering on hysterical at times, who are contributing to a clamour for signings. It's as if being a supporter invests these posters with an insight that only they share, as if they have a privileged position that gives them the authority to talk as if they know something the rest of us don't.
I've read most of these posts, and the degree of repetition that's contained within these posts would make a neurotic reader consider some type of hysteria was at work. Fortunately I'm able to adopt a considered view of events, and the actions that cause this type of reaction. It's as if a write-by-numbers set of conclusions has been reached and the authors of these rabid, often illiterate, posts seem to think there's a conspiracy at work by the club's management and board of directors. It made me consider if these posters are only capable of seeing life at United in terms of daily conspiracies and deliberate attempts to stop the club from moving forward. A poster recently questioned Nigel Clough's morals in the context of NC being out of touch with the modern game. I replied to this and rejected these claims. I received a rather intense and hostile response to my observations, which wasn't that helpful other than to suggest that I'd misinterpreted what had been written. It's possible of course, I could have misconstrued the contents of said poster's missive although I don't think this was the case, but what it did underline was how this perception can create a view that is absolute, that at the top of this club is a view that a plot exists, where everything that can be done, must be done, to harm the club that employs them.
What I've found in questioning this notion, that those in power are wilfully seeking to damage this club, is that rather than wishing to have a useful exchange of opinions, what it results in is a level of hysteria and aggression that helps no one. It must be similar to the mood that's contained within a lynch-mob when there's a determination to hang someone, regardless of the facts. I mean, we wouldn't want facts and their accuracy to get in the way of a drama would we? After all, what would supporting United be without a theatrical display of "I know best" and "We're doomed" ?
Who really knows what happens when the club identify a player they would like to buy? All we, the fans, ever see are reports, often contradictory, about targets the club have identified. The GMS story went from nothing to the point of hysteria in a matter of days. A player that many of us had never heard of had suddenly become a 'must have', a player who, based on a few video clips, would make a huge difference to the club's promotion challenge. What accompanied this story were vastly differing accounts of what United had offered for GMS. It should also be noted that the amounts may have been part of an overall package of payments, yet why would the mob mentality amongst United fans wish to consider this? Why should any of us choose to imagine that Clough and his team might have a set of information that was actually correct? But no, the newspaper accounts were all it took to convince those willing to believe the worst.
Unfortunately things won't change. This post will be forgotten as further examples are 'revealed' of those who run this club and their intentions to damage any chances we have of moving forward.
I dare say this post might prompt replies that suggest a view that denies everything I've written about. That's fine, let a thousand flowers bloom and all that. But until I read facts, as opposed to something resembling the worst type of rumour and speculation, I'll take a considered view of events, rather than allowing myself to get caught up in a set of opinions that catch fire quicker than a pyromaniac's imagination.
Fast-forwarding to the present and Nigel Clough's managership of United. I now see an increasing number of posts, interestingly all written by the same familiar names who seem only capable of writing in a style bordering on hysterical at times, who are contributing to a clamour for signings. It's as if being a supporter invests these posters with an insight that only they share, as if they have a privileged position that gives them the authority to talk as if they know something the rest of us don't.
I've read most of these posts, and the degree of repetition that's contained within these posts would make a neurotic reader consider some type of hysteria was at work. Fortunately I'm able to adopt a considered view of events, and the actions that cause this type of reaction. It's as if a write-by-numbers set of conclusions has been reached and the authors of these rabid, often illiterate, posts seem to think there's a conspiracy at work by the club's management and board of directors. It made me consider if these posters are only capable of seeing life at United in terms of daily conspiracies and deliberate attempts to stop the club from moving forward. A poster recently questioned Nigel Clough's morals in the context of NC being out of touch with the modern game. I replied to this and rejected these claims. I received a rather intense and hostile response to my observations, which wasn't that helpful other than to suggest that I'd misinterpreted what had been written. It's possible of course, I could have misconstrued the contents of said poster's missive although I don't think this was the case, but what it did underline was how this perception can create a view that is absolute, that at the top of this club is a view that a plot exists, where everything that can be done, must be done, to harm the club that employs them.
What I've found in questioning this notion, that those in power are wilfully seeking to damage this club, is that rather than wishing to have a useful exchange of opinions, what it results in is a level of hysteria and aggression that helps no one. It must be similar to the mood that's contained within a lynch-mob when there's a determination to hang someone, regardless of the facts. I mean, we wouldn't want facts and their accuracy to get in the way of a drama would we? After all, what would supporting United be without a theatrical display of "I know best" and "We're doomed" ?
Who really knows what happens when the club identify a player they would like to buy? All we, the fans, ever see are reports, often contradictory, about targets the club have identified. The GMS story went from nothing to the point of hysteria in a matter of days. A player that many of us had never heard of had suddenly become a 'must have', a player who, based on a few video clips, would make a huge difference to the club's promotion challenge. What accompanied this story were vastly differing accounts of what United had offered for GMS. It should also be noted that the amounts may have been part of an overall package of payments, yet why would the mob mentality amongst United fans wish to consider this? Why should any of us choose to imagine that Clough and his team might have a set of information that was actually correct? But no, the newspaper accounts were all it took to convince those willing to believe the worst.
Unfortunately things won't change. This post will be forgotten as further examples are 'revealed' of those who run this club and their intentions to damage any chances we have of moving forward.
I dare say this post might prompt replies that suggest a view that denies everything I've written about. That's fine, let a thousand flowers bloom and all that. But until I read facts, as opposed to something resembling the worst type of rumour and speculation, I'll take a considered view of events, rather than allowing myself to get caught up in a set of opinions that catch fire quicker than a pyromaniac's imagination.
