I am still optimistic myself, I just think its an outlook. I am not a person who really sits there and mopes about little I can change. Maybe its out of spite, stubbornness or stupidity, but I will be very shocked if we went into the NL. Regardless I'd support the club through thick or thin call me a happy clapper I really don't care. There have been mistakes both by Stuart and by the club but I have been crying out for stability and it looks like I am finally getting my wish. I am writing off this season but am hopeful for next season!
EDIT: I will say that this year has been HARD for everyone. whether it is a global pandemic or racial tensions resurging, it has been very hard for everyone. Hopefully this forum and to an extent the world simmers down once this all blows over too. Then hopefully the optimism comes back!
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XCIV_Bantam Squad PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
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Ulysses S Grant Squad PlayerP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant
Sod the strikers, every successful season had great centre back combos - 82 (McFarland, Jackson & Cooke), 85 (Jackson & Evans), 88 (Sinnott, Evans & Oliver), 1996 (Mitchell, Mohan & Youds), 1999 (Moore, Westwood & Dreyer), 2013 (McArdle, Oliver & Davies).
Build from the back and the rest falls in. Instead we have a set of wet lettuces who couldn't tackle a big mac even if they were straight out of a week in Ethiopia.
What strikes me most about our games so far is just what McArdle did v Exeter to get his head on every ball that went into the box, whilst AOC, POC & BRE just watch them fly over. These three should be red arrows pilots, because they all just love a good fly over.Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...Lepton Bantam, Manningham bantam and Chrisako like this. -
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not even gonna bother hoping they wont embarrass us further because every single time in the past three years I've thought 'no, surely they're not going to be that amateurish/mismanaged/embarrassing/stooping that low', without fail they have proved me wrong. still here despite the club spending the past 3 years doing its darndest to insult the fanbase in every way possible
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I find it odd that "Happy Clapper" has become a term of ridicule or abuse. My wife has a sign in the kitchen that says "Think Happy" and she is just about the most cheerful person that I know. It's the opposite type of insult that would worry me. Mr Negative Moaner or Unhappy Chappy might send me off to the psychiatrist!
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bailiff bridge bantam Impact SubP.L.22/23 Entrant Euro 2020PlatinumChaosX and Biker like this.
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Quite frankly I was pessimistic for this season, given the disjointed squad and what I (rightly) perceived as an attack that would struggle to score.
I thought we would be in the upper half of the table, probably missing out on the Play Offs. However the current situation is ‘nightmare on VP Street’!
I hope we can do enough to remain about where we are now and avoid a full relegation dog fight. The trouble is I struggle to see how we can get out of this ever deepening hole.PlatinumChaosX likes this. -
Have you finally stopped smoking "suspect substances"?
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JonButterfield Star PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant
I started watching in Division Two so not long before you, going sparingly while Lennie Lawrence was in charge, then we signed up as season ticket holders after beating Notts County at Wembley.
We've seen the big peak, the crushing low, a revitalisation, and then an utter collapse under the Germans.
It's hard to imagine us getting relegated, but I never saw us finishing bottom of League One either. It's a real possibility with only Southend performing worse than us. If we can't beat anyone but three or four dreadful bottom dwellers, we simply won't get enough points on the board. And so far, the best side we beat was Stevenage and midtable sides have routinely thrashed us.
Optimism?
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bantamdave41 Regular StarterP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
Kevin bloody Francis. Oh I rue for a striker like him at VP now...
Optimistic, yes we'll survive this season. But to arrest this decline, is not going to be an easy challenge. For all the rhetoric from the club, I have waning faith in the decision makers. Until Rupp goes.....
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Fairly optimistic we won’t go down. What a pathetic aim for the season.
Long term I’m not optimistic I think the club are in deep trouble and can see us going bust, which might trigger a sale if it’s imminent, we’re crying out for a charismatic figurehead at the club to take us on another journey.
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Lets lift the mood - Eels 'Everythings gonna be cool this Christmas'
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If you can't find some optomism,
what is there?
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