Percy article

[Matt]

6 minutes ago, MattFox said:

Sometimes think the media hold us in a bigger stature than some of our fanbase 

 

Us going down is a much bigger story than Leeds 

 

2 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

A good 60% of our fanbase are pathetic individuals. Absolute losers. I'm not a winner in life by any means, but large sections of our support are borderline mentally ill. 

 

I'll be honest,.I despise large sections of our support 

Yeah but let's all just take a minute to remember, we used to be in League One and that we should be careful what we wish for.

[StanSP]

4 minutes ago, Matt said:

 

Yeah but let's all just take a minute to remember, we used to be in League One and that we should be careful what we wish for.

Who even says this any more though

 

It's used as a stick to beat someone with in a quote, but does it actually hold any substance? 

[Matt]

Just now, StanSP said:

Who even says this any more though

 

It's used as a stick to beat someone with in a quote, but does it actually hold any substance? 

It never held any substance, we were a different animal when people used to say it, it was still said numerous times when people should have been opening their eyes though.

[MattFox]

7 minutes ago, Matt said:

 

Yeah but let's all just take a minute to remember, we used to be in League One and that we should be careful what we wish for.

We were in league one for one season out of 100 plus anyway 

 

Its not like we’re a Bournemouth or Luton

 

Even Forest, Leeds and the Sheffield clubs have spent much longer in the third tier 

 

 

[jayfox26]

11 hours ago, lanefox said:

Being a bit of an ostrich if you deny Rodgers called it and changes needed to happen, he is to blame for part of it but he was also let down in the summer by the board, they all play a part but for me most of the blame falls at Rudkin's door

But if he was so unhappy he should have walked rather than stinking the place out with his negativity. This squad should have been Good enough to stay up even with no signings. But Rodgers gave up and passed his negativity all through the club and fans 

Edited 29 May 2023 by jayfox26

[Nalis]

2 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

I'm sorry pal, but this is more victim mentality shite.

 

The media are piling in precisely BECAUSE we'd smashed the glass ceiling and had become a PL aristocracy. No words written about Norwich or Southampton or West Brom, the club we were. We are now a Villa, a Newcastle, a Leeds. We are a story and it is an absolute omnishambes that we've fcked it up

Exactly this.

 

Rivalry or non rivalry aside, best comparision is between us and someone like a newly promoted side like Forest in terms of difference in stature of club between us. As deluded as they are, the Forest fans get on like we did in our first season back in the premier league, clinging on to any crumb of validation from other premier league clubs like Brentford or Palace. In the eyes of the footballing worlds if they went down next season they've be just another club that came up and went down like Norwich or Watford last season that you wouldnt bat an eyelid at. Like it or not but it's a big deal for the media that we're down.

 

Difference being we're more pissed off about how the fvck this happened rather than what others think about it.

Edited 28 May 2023 by Nalis

[Gerard]

1 hour ago, jayfox26 said:

The bit at the end (Rodgers saw it coming) has sent my anger into over drive. Just fck right off! 

 

He saw it coming because he made it happen. It's like Putin putting polonium in your tea then predicting your death.

[Matt]

18 minutes ago, jayfox26 said:

But if he was so unhappy he should have walled rather than stinking the place out with his negativity. This squad should have been Good enough to stay up even with no signings. But Rodgers gave up and passed his negativity all through the club and fans 

I'll stick up for him there (Wow!). Why should he? He was entitled to alot of money.

 

It's like the people who blamed him from what he was earning - the club offered it him, he's gonna take it.

 

Yes he clearly didn't wanna be here and wanted out but that's where a conversation should have took place between the him and the club whereby they came to a mutual agreement that he took a smaller albeit still a very handsome sum should have been facilitated either end of last season, the summer or at the very latest a few games into the season, he'd have walked away with alot more credit in the bank, we'd have gave ourselves a much better chance of staying up.

 

Edited 28 May 2023 by Matt

[woollett the bullet]

1 hour ago, funkyrobot said:

Even our award winning groundsman is jumping ship ffs

The grass isn't always greener somewhere else

[Mendi]

Great article

[jayfox26]

13 minutes ago, Matt said:

I'll stick up for him there (Wow!). Why should he? He was entitled to alot of money.

 

It's like the people who blamed him from what he was earning - the club offered it him, he's gonna take it.

 

Yes he clearly didn't wanna be here and wanted out but that's where a conversation should have took place between the him and the club whereby they came to a mutual agreement that he took a smaller albeit still a very handsome sum should have been facilitated either end of last season, the summer or at the very latest a few games into the season, he'd have walked away with alot more credit in the bank, we'd have gave ourselves a much better chance of staying up.

 

Either do the job you're being paid very highly to do or feck off. Of course its not as simple as that in world football but he clearly didn't want to be here, had no ambition to help us stay up yet was still one of the highest paid managers in the league. The guy is an absolute disgrace!

[An Sionnach]

Hindsight hatchet job from the fat hack. We didn't see it when we had one point from seven matches.

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

A good 60% of our fanbase are pathetic individuals. Absolute losers. I'm not a winner in life by any means, but large sections of our support are borderline mentally ill. 

 

I'll be honest,.I despise large sections of our support 

Done well to meet that many, well done sir.

[Spiritwalker]

Finally sacking Rodgers and not having a clue who replace him with, then letting the 

guys who put the cones out piss away 2 games sums up the incompetence of those

supposedly running this club.

[Gerard]

3 hours ago, Tuna said:

It does not pull any punches.

 

 

Can't read this due to paywall, can someone link the 12ft thing or copy n paste please?

[Jaspa]

Says our pitch wizard Ledwidge is leaving for Man City, and our Chief of Finance Capper off to Newcastle.

[Daggers]

38 minutes ago, Gerard said:

Can't read this due to paywall, can someone link the 12ft thing or copy n paste please?

https://12ft.io/

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

John Percy can lick my hairy balls, does pieces based on which way the wind is blowing the bald egg

[Bob Weasel Fox]

1 hour ago, woollett the bullet said:

The grass isn't always greener somewhere else

I suppose he is just hedging his bets . . . 

[lcfcben76]

Decent article - thanks to those who shared the paywall link.

 

However, I think he lets Rodgers easily: he should clearly have never let it get as bad as he did.

 

Also don’t agree with Dean Smith having a “nearly impossible job”. The fixtures included Leeds (who were in utterly terrible form at the time), Everton (Terrible away record), Wolves (Basically safe), Fulham (who had little to play for) & West Ham (Nothing to play for & far more focused on ECL) - this was by far an impossible job and he should have done far better.

[Lambert09]

6 minutes ago, lcfcben76 said:

Decent article - thanks to those who shared the paywall link.

 

However, I think he lets Rodgers easily: he should clearly have never let it get as bad as he did.

 

Also don’t agree with Dean Smith having a “nearly impossible job”. The fixtures included Leeds (who were in utterly terrible form at the time), Everton (Terrible away record), Wolves (Basically safe), Fulham (who had little to play for) & West Ham (Nothing to play for & far more focused on ECL) - this was by far an impossible job and he should have done far better.

I think dean smith butchered it completely tbh. 
 

The last 2 he had a game plan and we were improved but a better manager guides us to safety easily imo. 

 

Again though, the board p*ssed around and we forefitted a very winnable game against bmouth… if smith had arrived a game earlier we’d probably be safe 

[lcfcben76]

2 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

I think dean smith butchered it completely tbh. 
 

The last 2 he had a game plan and we were improved but a better manager guides us to safety easily imo. 

 

Again though, the board p*ssed around and we forefitted a very winnable game against bmouth… if smith had arrived a game earlier we’d probably be safe 

Without doubt, the board not having a plan in place for the Villa/Bournemouth double header was disgusting.

 

But yes, it’s true - Smith had no plan for the most important games in our season - even the Wolves  win he got away with.

 

Very surprised to see so many people defending Smith this evening.

[MattFox]

15 minutes ago, lcfcben76 said:

Decent article - thanks to those who shared the paywall link.

 

However, I think he lets Rodgers easily: he should clearly have never let it get as bad as he did.

 

Also don’t agree with Dean Smith having a “nearly impossible job”. The fixtures included Leeds (who were in utterly terrible form at the time), Everton (Terrible away record), Wolves (Basically safe), Fulham (who had little to play for) & West Ham (Nothing to play for & far more focused on ECL) - this was by far an impossible job and he should have done far better.

We needed three wins to have a good chance , four to be certain, we got two

Everton at home is the one we had to win

 

Edited 29 May 2023 by MattFox

[lcfcben76]

Thought all interviews he gave were pretty poor also today. He was here long enough to point a few fingers or take some responsibility. He didn’t and sat on the fence the whole time. Personally will be glad to see the back of him.

[Blue ROI]

2 minutes ago, lcfcben76 said:

Without doubt, the board not having a plan in place for the Villa/Bournemouth double header was disgusting.

 

But yes, it’s true - Smith had no plan for the most important games in our season - even the Wolves  win he got away with.

 

Very surprised to see so many people defending Smith this evening.

It's not so much a defence of Smith. More about making sure that cretin Mimi Me isn't getting through unscathed for our relegation.

 

FWIW though Smith has been a disappointment at the crunch. It didn't work out.

 

Time to move on. Not that I'd be expecting anything from our clueless board given the last 12 months.