Goutas interview

[Bald Barry Bastad]

Re: Goutas interview

I take that interview as he expected more aggression and anger from the fans towards the team and the players and he's right. We have become far too soft in the last 20 years. Days of Ninian where we made the ground a hellhole not just for opposition but for players on our own team that didn't perform.

[splott parker]

Re: Goutas interview

I take that interview as he expected more aggression and anger from the fans towards the team and the players and he's right. We have become far too soft in the last 20 years. Days of Ninian where we made the ground a hellhole not just for opposition but for players on our own team that didn't perform.

Ninian Park a hellhole a shithole more like. The days that it was intimidating were very few & far between. Funny how some seem to liken it to a regular Boca/River Plate atmosphere.

[WJ99mobile]

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I take that interview as he expected more aggression and anger from the fans towards the team and the players and he's right. We have become far too soft in the last 20 years. Days of Ninian where we made the ground a hellhole not just for opposition but for players on our own team that didn't perform.

But thankfully we have a scapegoat of Tan, where everything that goes wrong on the field is his fault.

As it has been June 2012

[the other bob wilson]

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But thankfully we have a scapegoat of Tan, where everything that goes wrong on the field is his fault.

As it has been June 2012

Being critical of an owner who, if not at the Man City or Newcastle level, would still be considered by all of us to be very rich, has overseen a football club that is in a much position in almost every respect than it was on the date you mention hardly qualifies as scapegoating, it's more stating facts.

[KingOfSiamIAm]

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Perhaps he was just pointing out the cultural differences but it's nonsense to think we didn't know we were in trouble and I imagine everyone in the club knew too. Watching the team submit every week helped with that. But just because fans tried to get behind the team or were philosophical or had a greater sense of perspective doesn't mean we were culpable.

And what if we did start throwing rotten fruit? Someone like Ryan Wintle would tell us all to calm down. The players and manager would say we all need to stick together.

This reminds me of another thing becoming more common in football - the waving of arms by players to get the crowd going. Oh are we not making enough effort? Are we losing/going down because of the atmosphere? No, the team were crap, Dimi.

Interesting interview, mind.

MeiteÂ’s reaction to mild criticism that, as a striker, he hadnÂ’t scored many goals? He threw his toys out of the pram.

Then, when one went in after a cross diverted in, off his head, you would have thought that it was the equivalent of just “needing one to go in off his backside”.

But no, he probably thought “right that showed you lot, didn’t it”, and reverted to type. By which I mean like watching a combination of a Darlek and a Dodge-um attempting to play football for the very first time.

[City123]

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It's a bit bizarre really. How all these footballers manage to settle and do well in and around merseyside, Glasgow, tyneside, Midlands I don't know.

Pretty good interview, we don't really get to hear that much from ex players. Some of it regarding the attitude around the club was pretty damning although he seems to have just gone with the flow which is a bit disappointing.

It's a much different fan base to even when I was a boy 20 odd years ago, some for the better, some for worse. I think overall though we have had the life sucked out of the club.

Are we sure they aren't referring to Welsh?

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Perhaps he was just pointing out the cultural differences but it's nonsense to think we didn't know we were in trouble and I imagine everyone in the club knew too. Watching the team submit every week helped with that. But just because fans tried to get behind the team or were philosophical or had a greater sense of perspective doesn't mean we were culpable.

And what if we did start throwing rotten fruit? Someone like Ryan Wintle would tell us all to calm down. The players and manager would say we all need to stick together.

This reminds me of another thing becoming more common in football - the waving of arms by players to get the crowd going. Oh are we not making enough effort? Are we losing/going down because of the atmosphere? No, the team were crap, Dimi.

Interesting interview, mind.

Good post