sphericalfox Posted 10 January 2011 Posted 10 January 2011 Well, I've written another article over on my bloggins. Sometimes it's difficult to follow Leicester, and more stressful when we are winning than when are losing! Does any feel the same? Does optimism cloud reality for Leicester supporters or does uber pessimism just pish us all off? Your thoughts...
Guest BlueBrett Posted 10 January 2011 Posted 10 January 2011 Bamba did show flashes of being caught out at the back, but for a CB he had 6 chances on goal. Now that is a man who wants to make a name of himself and was a serious threat that couldn’t be handled on any corner we had. Even Morrison had aN opportunity squandered. Hobbs? Personally I will always be optimistic about our chances of success or, if things are going badly, about our chances of turning things round. If you are going to be pessimistic and miserable all the time then what is the point? You may as well just give up following football if it does the opposite of make you happy.
sphericalfox Posted 10 January 2011 Author Posted 10 January 2011 Hobbs? Personally I will always be optimistic about our chances of success or, if things are going badly, about our chances of turning things round. If you are going to be pessimistic and miserable all the time then what is the point? You may as well just give up following football if it does the opposite of make you happy. Sheeeeeeeeet! Always ready to blame Morrison, even when he's gone! I've amended it. I wrote it this morning half-cut.
sphericalfox Posted 10 January 2011 Author Posted 10 January 2011 Hobbs? Personally I will always be optimistic about our chances of success or, if things are going badly, about our chances of turning things round. If you are going to be pessimistic and miserable all the time then what is the point? You may as well just give up following football if it does the opposite of make you happy. Well, that's the challenge BlueBrett, keeping it optimistic, without your head in the clouds, especially after a performance like that, and facing the likes of Preston on Saturday away. I hope Sven can get the formula right so we can keep a momentum going.
Alexikokopops Posted 10 January 2011 Posted 10 January 2011 Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery.
Daggers Posted 10 January 2011 Posted 10 January 2011 Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery. In the 21st Century, we call this marriage.
blueharmie Posted 11 January 2011 Posted 11 January 2011 Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery. gotta agree with this.
Conscript Fox Posted 11 January 2011 Posted 11 January 2011 A loss at Preston, a no show by the side and a winner from a set piece with Bamba MIA. All distinctly possible and sure to take care of all this optimism thats washing about.
sphericalfox Posted 11 January 2011 Author Posted 11 January 2011 A loss at Preston, a no show by the side and a winner from a set piece with Bamba MIA. All distinctly possible and sure to take care of all this optimism thats washing about. Well that's exactly the fear, because we are more than capable of dropping a bollock at Preston, and then any statements of optimism and 'we can turn over anyone' kinda talk is in retrospect liable for ridicule. But being neutral is no fun, and being a misery arse is just as bad as living in rainbow-cuckooland. I need an alternative... I'm going to spend whatever few braincells that are not allowing me to breath in and out from my mouth, and drag one foot after the other, and come up with a suitable approach to this dilemma. Maybe Derby supporters might be able to help after their FA Cup exit to non-league Crawley? They have a spiral of downward trajectory far more steep than we can possibly understand. How do they keep their spirits up and fill their stadium? Do they use green screen and super-impose the crowd from the movie 'Gladiator'? Simply magic, or witchcraft? I shall ask my Derby friends if they have Nigel Cough on a giant scale in the city centre, and/or are trying to drown him in that rubbish fountain....
davieG Posted 11 January 2011 Posted 11 January 2011 After all the disappointments of the Taylor to Holloway era with all the many dire, depressing and grim displays even with the win, lose, draw, win sequences we're now experience I have much less of a problem with pessimism or optimism as I'm training myself to take on an air of ambivalence re actual results and try to focus on the performances. Even if we'd have lost to a last minute winner against Man City I still enjoyed the game. I don't expect to get promoted but then again .I don't beat myself up over the prospect of not getting promoted. The FA Cup for teams like Leicester is just a lottery you buy a ticket (not that I do) but you don't really expect to win and getting a draw against Man City is like winning £10 not life changing but you get your moneys worth. That's not to say that when games actually arrive I don't get up for them and want to win I just try not to get all emotional before the event.
Far Post Gerry Posted 11 January 2011 Posted 11 January 2011 I think that's just called getting old, Davie!
davieG Posted 11 January 2011 Posted 11 January 2011 I think that's just called getting old, Davie! Well age provides the opportunity to suffer all those years of false dawns and disappointments and I guess one learns to expect disappointments but I've also experienced the highs of the Gillies, Bloomfield and Mon eras so I've learnt that anything is possible and not to expect good or bad but to wait until things happen.
sphericalfox Posted 11 January 2011 Author Posted 11 January 2011 In my desperate need to come up with an alternative to the company of misery or to strap on Icarus' wings of optimism, I have failed. I think DavieG you've probably got the right approach, but then somehow each fixture I become bipolar before, during and after the match. It's worse when we start getting a run on. History has only taught me to be disappointed...inevitably. Sometimes it is best to assume the worst, so when it doesn't happen the joy is all the more better, but maybe not on a forum....over.....and over.......and over....ad nauseum.
davieG Posted 11 January 2011 Posted 11 January 2011 In my desperate need to come up with an alternative to the company of misery or to strap on Icarus' wings of optimism, I have failed. I think DavieG you've probably got the right approach, but then somehow each fixture I become bipolar before, during and after the match. It's worse when we start getting a run on. History has only taught me to be disappointed...inevitably. Sometimes it is best to assume the worst, so when it doesn't happen the joy is all the more better, but maybe not on a forum....over.....and over.......and over....ad nauseum. Perhaps the answer is to assume each game will end in a draw, you'll still be well pleased if we win but not so disappointed if we lose. A bit difficult with cup replays
sphericalfox Posted 12 January 2011 Author Posted 12 January 2011 Perhaps the answer is to assume each game will end in a draw, you'll still be well pleased if we win but not so disappointed if we lose. A bit difficult with cup replays Well davieG, though we drew the other night, it definetely felt like a victory. Let's hope we overcome our away form, as we have absolutely nothing to lose. If it somehow manages to go to extra time due to a 'draw', we'll be stuffed methinks. Though we aren't unfit, I'd say we're not as fit as Man City. (damn my half-glass empty - always spoiling my comments!)
davieG Posted 12 January 2011 Posted 12 January 2011 Well davieG, though we drew the other night, it definetely felt like a victory. Let's hope we overcome our away form, as we have absolutely nothing to lose. If it somehow manages to go to extra time due to a 'draw', we'll be stuffed methinks. Though we aren't unfit, I'd say we're not as fit as Man City. (damn my half-glass empty - always spoiling my comments!) Depends on how the draw is arrived at, on a positive note if we've managed a last minute equaliser then we may get the psychological boost that often brings conversely if it's them...........
shailen Posted 12 January 2011 Posted 12 January 2011 Optimism nauseates me. It is perverse. Since man's fall, his proper position in the universe has been one of misery. If we were all pessimistic then i doubt any of us would go to the games as it is. Optimism and hope that we can win eveey game is whar makes us go even if we aren't favourites! Like man city
sphericalfox Posted 13 January 2011 Author Posted 13 January 2011 If we were all pessimistic then i doubt any of us would go to the games as it is. Optimism and hope that we can win eveey game is whar makes us go even if we aren't favourites! Like man city There's a fair few pessimistic fans who still go to the games. They are the morons who have been cheering for a player on the bench, in an intended bid to upset a player on the pitch, or these are the people who moan about a player all game, for the player to get MOTM or score the winner, and these are the individuals who boo players off/on the pitch. Whilst it is their right to attend/pay to attend and do whatever they wish, what they fail to see is the impact they have. It's as though they want us to lose subconsciously and try to sabatage things.......
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