It's Hard To Accepting Defeat In Various Walks Of Life

[wolves71]

You only have to look at Brexit and The American elections. There's so many protests going on, all because those that haven't got their way and can't accept defeat. In football, i often find it amusing how a side didn't 'deserve' to lose, well the scoreline says different.

There's an article in the link below that i found amusing. Excuses used including fixture congestion and England call-ups. Wolves get mentioned a few times! Newcy and Eve will enjoy the link.

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[Newcy Wolf]

Here we go

Them lot will have an orgasm about any poll that puts them top.
They've got a table going at the moment that shows they have more points (???) than us since the football league started.

This is the bit I like. It's the bit when they claim superiority over the so called Black Country. They suddenly forget the rivalry against their 'real' rivals, Aston Villa.
Why?
Because Villa, in their bleakest state in decades STILL has the upper hand on that table.

Forget the friendlies against the best in the world, they don't matter.

What matters in football is what you win.
What you win determines your stature.
Not how you played, not how unlucky you were, not if you were the first to win in in a non footballing country FFS, it's about the trophies you accumulate over a century. Let's be honest here, there is only one that matters domestically. The League.
It has been proven time and time again that your average Joe can win a cup, Rotheram, QPR and Oxford can testify for that. You can get lucky over six games, etc.

The League is THE BIG ONE, I'm sure we all would agree with that domestically.

Hey, I could tell you about a club who actually won it once.
It was the season when football wasn't really took seriously as a sport. It was the year after The Great War, who cared who won to be honest.
It would be interesting to hear about some of the great players of that side......

Speaking of great great players, taking the p1ss out of Astle for "losing the World Cup" in '70, that was bang out of order.

What else did you expect from an at best, average striker?

Good night and the very best all

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

I’m surprised to find someone so ignorant of the true place of THE FA CUP in English football history, unless of course you are of school age.
Pre Premier League THE FA CUP (agreed the League Cup is inferior) was THE Cup the fans wanted to win. The League was the bread and butter for the players. THE CUP was the glamour competition. A day at Wembley, hard to do in those days and the only club football live on TV, here and around the World.
I tell my kids born in the 80’s when we had 40,000+ for a Wednesday night 3rd Round Cup Replay v Colchester (reckon we’d get 10,000 now.) The next home Division 1 game a local derby v Coventry we had less than 30,000. THE CUP was what all the fans loved not just me. Check out which competition produced Molineux’s largest ever attendance.
May 18th 1968 was the happiest day of my then 14 years. Thank you for this opportunity to remember it again

[Evewolf65]

"I go to Wolves to watch them win, I go to Albion to watch football."

Made me chuckle and they still love to say a side that In one decade won the FA cup the League three times all but once finished in the top three, were part of the reason for the creation of The European Cup couldn't play football!!

[wolves71]

But for bad weather, they could have won the league in 78/79, you've got to love them. I wonder how long a leap year gets the blame?

[Newcy Wolf]

It always has me in stitches, that one about the weather. They are still going on about it today

Unless we have our own micro climates in England the weather was the same for every club that year ffs.

They are obviously the most unlucky club in the history of football.

It would be nice for someone to grow some balls and admit, "Well maybe we just weren't good enough".

Weather....

[sweeper5]

But for bad weather, they could have won the league in 78/79, you've got to love them. I wonder how long a leap year gets the blame?

I'd say once every 4 years, wouldn't you?

[Newcy Wolf]

Evening sweep.

I see the resident cyberbully is still stalking you. He claims to ignore you but he just cannot help himself can he?

[wolves71]

I'd say once every 4 years, wouldn't you?

Oh yes, when will the excuse be used though?

[Newcy Wolf]

Oh yes, when will the excuse be used though?

Refresh my memory.

What was the reason why they didn't do the double in '54?
I can recall something about international call ups but I thought their stars were always overlooked in these instances?

Damn unlucky for a team that invented total football.