Deservedly bottom of the Championship.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

You say: “I only come on this board occasionally. But, a recurring theme is your negativity.”

The irony of that claim is you were incredibly negative about Bulut and you’ve also posted some very negative observations about the board and the owner. So, apparently it’s fine for you to be negative when you so desire, no problem at all, but you get upset when others (or more specifically me) dare to criticise any managers or players you happen to be enthusiastic about.

You were scathing in your criticism of Bulut, but effusive in your praise of Riza. I thought both were utterly hopeless, and the latter in particular should never have been anywhere near a management job at this level. The fact that we’ve just finished rock bottom of a dreadful Championship would suggest I wasn’t too far off the mark, but sorry if that doesn't fit your agenda.

You say: “The only time you were quiet was after the Swansea game. You struggle when things go well. Weird really.”

As I’ve previously explained, I was given a diagnosis of prostate cancer in the run-up to the Swansea game, which knocked the stuffing out of me for a little while, so I’m sure you can forgive the fact that I wasn’t turning cartwheels at the time. But I struggle when things are going well? Really?!? Remind me, when in recent years have things been going well exactly? Most people seem to agree that this relegation has been a long time in the making. Perhaps you don’t agree with that and the whole thing has come as a nasty shock to you?

As regards Rubin Colwill, TOBW said (and I quote): "Best of the subs though was Rubin Colwill who replaced Joe Ralls at half time, in fact I thought he was superb."

You didn’t say he was superb, but you have suggested you agree with TOBW, so presumably you thought he was superb without actually saying it?

I thought it was a typical Colwill performance - he looked good at times, but ultimately there was no end product. I guess that’s why Craig Bellamy has selected Swansea reserves and League One players for Wales ahead of him, and why Aaron Ramsey didn’t give him a start in any of his three matches as caretaker manager. Or maybe you reckon they also have an agenda?

Sorry about the prostate diagnosis. I hope the prognosis is better.

On Colwill - I said he was very good. He was very good....on Saturday.
On Bulut - He was a fraud. He had us playing god-awful football.
On the Board - the way they run the club is a joke. Their handling of the Riza situation was painful.

But there are positives. Brightest of those is the Academy in recent years. I fully support the Board's investment here. And probably the reason it performs, is because the board is more hands-off following the investment. I think we should build the club under a particular style of play which is progressive and positive. This is happening at the Academy and needs to be replicated at first team level as more players come through. I also refuse to believe that the squad is shit. But is painfully lacks balance and there is a lack of leadership on the field.

I think "Leadership" is one of 2 words I would.use to sum up why the club is where it is today. Leadership is lacking throughout the club at all levels. Leadership doesn't mean investment it means doing the right thing and setting an example. It also means inspiring support. Wrexham has investment but it also has brilliant leadership. The only part of the club where I have seen true leadership recently is Gavin Chesterfield at the Academy. And whilst Warnock isn't my favorite person, he was a leader. We need fresh leadership and perhaps Ramsey can be part of that.

The other word is "Soul". We no longer have a soul. It started with the red debacle and we have never recovered from it.

I said I call it as I see it and yes all I see from you is negativity. It appears to be negativity for the sake of it. And your response to Bob's article summed it up for me. Yesterday, you criticised someone for commenting on players season scores, you said they they should bother to create their own scores before they comment on others - or words to that effect. Bob makes the effort to create good content and to write excellent reports on every City match. His report on the Norwich game was very good. It could hardly be said to be positive ... even the heading was about us being at the bottom because we deserved to be at the bottom and this is undoubtedly true. But god forbid he should say anything positive about Colwill (even though he caveated that with comments about his season overall). This is what you pick up on because, well, because that's what you do.