Quote Originally Posted by FatherKnowsBest View Post
I get that Gray, but this whole situation and our response to it just makes me wonder how much of this is self fulfilled prophesy. Once you only see the downsides, then you discount the possibilty of an up side and you anticipate failure, and that is a joyless endeavour.

We still rail against the Board for selling Mick Jones (52 years ago now). Maybe we actually have an institutionalised lack of ambition. Maybe we're always thinking 'better sell him now, cause he might break his leg next week'. Maybe as a club (including the support), we just expect everything to end in tears, and it does end in tears because we never give it a real chance to do anything else, which just reinforces our view that everything we do ends in tears.

Having a plan to deal with disaster is sensible. Planning as if it IS going to be a disaster is corrosive.
I would love to believe that the fans had any say whatsoever in how things turn out, but sadly I don't think it's the case.