Dying on it's a r s e

[Yarmbaggie]

To be fair most people I know say so much football nowadays is poor.
Most fans I know are either Man U, Liverpool or Newcastle and none of them are happy with their lot! I suspect the only fans happy at the moment are those of Man C.
It isn’t just us.

[boingy]

To be fair most people I know say so much football nowadays is poor.
Most fans I know are either Man U, Liverpool or Newcastle and none of them are happy with their lot! I suspect the only fans happy at the moment are those of Man C.
It isn’t just us.

Thats the point. I went to an Arsenal site the other day and they were slating Wenger for playing players out of position. Sound familiar?

[Pugmitch]

Boingy I know where you are coming from but it's fine to say we are building but to do what. Putin has his 'style' that has to be the worst in the Premiership. I'm all for being positive but there is nothing to be positive about. Two wins in gawd know's how many together with such negative football clearly going for a point in almost every game....it's drivel and no mistake. I amongst many others accept we won't win every game but delivering such negative carp every game only drives me to stay at home doing something positive! I've fallen out of love with football these days.....such turgid, negative, 'afraid to loose' mentality is not something I wish to follow. Very sad!

[Acido]

To be honest lads, most of these popular and busy FM boards are losing fans now and I dont think its all down to the home team doing badly etc.
FM have scored a few 'own goals' over the years with how they have constantly changed the boards and the introduction of all these ads is just appalling. And while I think most teams do also have their own boards away from FM, I still think the best thing about this network is the easy way to chat with 'away' boards and fans as well.

[abbobrom]

I have to agree with Acido up to a point. I get really frustrated with the operation of the board. Adverts pop up in the middle of typing a post, and at times the board has a mind of its own. When you have spent , say ten minutes composing an item, and it disappears in to the ether, you think why bother. We have lost many good posters of our board, and we are playing well at the moment, so it can't be the poor standard of football.

[wolves71]

I have to agree with Acido up to a point. I get really frustrated with the operation of the board. Adverts pop up in the middle of typing a post, and at times the board has a mind of its own. When you have spent , say ten minutes composing an item, and it disappears in to the ether, you think why bother. We have lost many good posters of our board, and we are playing well at the moment, so it can't be the poor standard of football.

The actual vbulletin boards are a massive improvement on what the forums were hosted on before, the ads can be blocked by using A...D..Blo.ck I think if the footy mad forums are the only ones some posters have ever used then they aren't used to the software being used, like a lot of stuff, it takes time to get used to. Many of those that don't post tend to use either facebook or twitter.

[Dubbag]

The actual vbulletin boards are a massive improvement on what the forums were hosted on before, the ads can be blocked by using A...D..Blo.ck I think if the footy mad forums are the only ones some posters have ever used then they aren't used to the software being used, like a lot of stuff, it takes time to get used to. Many of those that don't post tend to use either facebook or twitter.

I agree with that 71.....
vbulletin a big improvement....

[Acido]

I have to agree with Acido up to a point. I get really frustrated with the operation of the board. Adverts pop up in the middle of typing a post, and at times the board has a mind of its own. When you have spent , say ten minutes composing an item, and it disappears in to the ether, you think why bother. We have lost many good posters of our board, and we are playing well at the moment, so it can't be the poor standard of football.

Ohh that has happened to me as well before Abbo!.
When a long post has taken ages to write and then it doesnt 'work' for whatever reason and it also cant be back-tracked etc. So you have to write it all again, know what I mean. lol.
I see/hear a lot of fans talk about ad-blocker whatever that is, and I dont use it so obviously I have to put up with the ads. But FM never used to do this, they really did disappoint fans when they 'sold out' to the constant use of ads.

[holmleighchris]

Ohh that has happened to me as well before Abbo!.
When a long post has taken ages to write and then it doesnt 'work' for whatever reason and it also cant be back-tracked etc. So you have to write it all again, know what I mean. lol.
I see/hear a lot of fans talk about ad-blocker whatever that is, and I dont use it so obviously I have to put up with the ads. But FM never used to do this, they really did disappoint fans when they 'sold out' to the constant use of ads.

I've never had this happen, thankfully. The blocker must be a wonderful thing. Had it for ages. The only ads I see are a line of 4 across the top of the page, and they are totally unobtrusive. Also, it's free1

[boingy]

Boingy I know where you are coming from but it's fine to say we are building but to do what. Putin has his 'style' that has to be the worst in the Premiership. I'm all for being positive but there is nothing to be positive about. Two wins in gawd know's how many together with such negative football clearly going for a point in almost every game....it's drivel and no mistake. I amongst many others accept we won't win every game but delivering such negative carp every game only drives me to stay at home doing something positive! I've fallen out of love with football these days.....such turgid, negative, 'afraid to loose' mentality is not something I wish to follow. Very sad!

I understand perfectly how you feel Pugmitch. I do. I still feel we are missing a proven goalscorer. None of the ones we have bought now for years have hit the ground running. January has to be about forwards in my opinion but then I felt that way in the summer transfer too. I think managers have to put up with players playing well enough in training to be picked for the weekend only to not perform in the matches that matter. I tend to look at the whole picture in the prem and take note that a lot of teams are disappointing their fans this season. Everton, Stoke, West ham, Leicester for example are underperforming. Changing our manager at this point would be suicide in my opinion, it would take at least ten games to get used to the changes by which time we would be screwed. We know we can perform well, we just arent doing it consistently enough. Thats the problem a lot of teams are facing this season.