Moncurs Putting Iron
6:24 Thu Feb 4
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I wont lie I thought this was going to be about swinging.
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Lily Hammer
6:24 Thu Feb 4
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goose
Obviously the promotion and high finish seasons were the precious few where all the fans bit their lips and shouted nothing but encouragement and loving soothing platitudes to the players.
We need to kum bye yah again.
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Side of Ham
6:29 Thu Feb 4
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goose, whenever I've gone (except in any sort of corporate) be it standing or sitting, had nutcases just berating the team for the full game, one of my ST involved sitting in front of a group who walked back down to the bar if Mullins was playing which was a lot as they would just cane him and it was the same with Cole for them.
Some turn up week in week out to purely vent is my experience.
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Vexed
6:34 Thu Feb 4
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It's nothing to do with the lack of fans. It's a weird COVID ravaged season, another one that will be forever remembered with a * next to the 'winner'.
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goose
6:34 Thu Feb 4
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i get that football is a release for some, but it goes both ways - positive and negative. and even if your mate hated Mullins there are still 10 other players he is getting behind.
i cant imagine anyone moaning when we are beating spurs at home.
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Mace66
6:38 Thu Feb 4
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I think no fans has sod all to do with it and you have to look for other clues like, for example, better players, team spirit etc etc
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Mace66
6:41 Thu Feb 4
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As an example
33 year old Mark Noble ( WITH fans )
25 year old Tomas Soucek ( WITHOUT fans )
hmmm, let me think, why are we doing better ....
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Side of Ham
7:14 Thu Feb 4
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goose 6:34 Thu Feb 4
THEY wasn't my mates goose they just sat in the row behind where me and my mates were. why they bothered to get a ST was something only they could explain....
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Westside
7:28 Thu Feb 4
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I think no fans have helped us. The fans getting nervous, twitchy, frustrated, hasn't been felt or heard by the players.
The players can leave it late to win/equalise, without the fans getting on their backs. We are joint top of the goals scored in the last 10 minutes of a match (although we have played more matches than some). And joint 4th in points gained from losing positions.
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stewie griffin
7:40 Thu Feb 4
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agree completely with Vexed. Freak season.
As for us, the Newcastle performance was as bad as anything I've seen in 37 years of watching us, we made the most boring, functional team in the league look like Brazil 1970, and there were no fans there.
Truth is we've got rid of the foreign cunts who won't work for the team (kept the ones who will), and have 11-14 good, honest pros who will work hard for each other. We've also benefitted from being largely settled and not having too many injuries. Even the most significant, to Antonio, our results were ok without him as we got goals from set pieces.
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Vexed
7:41 Thu Feb 4
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Do you honestly think we're the only fans that get twitch, nervous or frustrated?
What an absolute pile of old cunt.
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Side of Ham
7:47 Thu Feb 4
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Who said that, all I can see is a sofa?
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Mayor of Newham
7:56 Thu Feb 4
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Madeeasy,
Nothing to do with fans being at a game or not. Just look at the PL table, still the usual clubs top half, usual clubs lower half.
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pdbis
8:03 Thu Feb 4
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Funny how the so called top 6(except Man City)moan about the absence of fans.
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Sir Alf
8:18 Thu Feb 4
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There is likely to be an impact but it might be more about the lack of fans and its impact or should I say lack of impact on the away team.
The onus is usually on the team at home ( except when playing the rich 4 clubs with the multi million pound squads like City etc ) to take the game ( on the front foot so as to speak ) to the visiting side and that is backed by 20, 30, 40+ thousand vociferous fans which is pretty powerful psychologically both to get the home team's adrenaline going while making the away team feel like there is a huge "presence" / wall of sound against them as they are being put under pressure.
Take that away and the away team is more relaxed and the home team lacks that adrenaline rush they get. The home team by trying to force things and pushing forward too much are seeming to get caught on the counter a lot in games now.
Also the fact that they can hear the coaching staff might play a part? In our case, if you listen to games without the crowd noise, we have the noisiest bench and coaching team in the league. Nolan, Pearce, Irvine, Nevin all bellowing along with the bench who seem to feel included as part of Moyes's squad.
All just theories and maybe bollox but it must impact psychologically.
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normannomates
5:35 Fri Feb 5
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This is a very good subject... Some merit in it
Personally feel its the same for all Clubs..the away support we have wouldn't have impacted on our superb away results Shirley?
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normannomates
5:40 Fri Feb 5
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The Holte end.. FUCK OFF..
THE MOST GRATING CHANT ' VILLA.. VILLA.. VILLA'
FUCKING DULLARD BRUM CUNTS.
WHAM BAM... THANK YOU MAM.
FUCK THOSE TOBY'S..
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scott_d
11:13 Fri Feb 5
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To say that the fans not being there has been help rather than a hinerance is basically saying saying that our fans and shitcunts.
Well what is then?
Are we all a bunch of fickle cunts or are we a decent set of fans?
As some have said before, it would be more accurate to say that all football fans and fickle cunts.
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Mr Anon
11:22 Fri Feb 5
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I think the combination of Rice, Coucek, and, Coufal has a lot more to do with it. All clubs have impatient fans so it should be pretty relative overall.
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White Pony
11:50 Fri Feb 5
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Love it, norm.
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Fifth Column
12:07 Fri Feb 5
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Bollocks. Are Villa fans bad for their team given the positive season they're having. What about Leeds? For a team that's come up they're having an impressive season.
Do Fulham and West Brom have such amazing support that lack of fans means they're in the bottom three?
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