Most liked posts in thread: What I miss most…..

Effort, passion, quality, goals . .

 

The anticipation of the few days before a game.

It’s become a chore now and i go because it’s what I’ve always done.

 

Missed out on Harrogate tickets today, even though we have Priority Away membership and do you know what I’m not that bothered, not angry that others have, slightly glad I’m not going to waste another day on BCAFC and that’s the worry.

Usually I would have been gutted, but with the current dull, flat atmosphere at Valley Parade I started to think what’s the point. Club is desperate for a new direction, but it’s never going to come. Think I will spend the afternoon watching either Steeton or Guiseley, may be the effort will be rewarded.

I must have spent over £1,000 with BCAFC this year, season tickets, 1903 memberships, priority away & did a sponsorship match package. That and a few away games and part from Mansfield away I can’t remember a game I enjoyed. My lad works Saturdays now, and is losing interest after nearly 15 years. After over 30 years I’m starting to see his point. Nothing is going to change., it’s been 7 years since we had anything to cheer about. A succession of false promises from the owner & his board, endless player failures and nothing to pin our hopes on for this season now, mean I’m not that arsed.

My lad’s season ticket will not be renewed next season, I will cut back on away days & spend at City will be down to 1 season ticket at the most.

Sorry, but come on Rupp, Sparks, Adams give us something to look forward to & buy into again which is backed up with real ambition & funding before we all drift off.

 

Looking forward to games. Doing everything in my power to get to every home match at least. Sorry to say, nowadays I often think should I go? Like everyone on here, I can only ever support City. I just find it sad that my enthusiasm has waned.

 

Fight
Passion
Desire
Leadership
Winning mentality
Battering down teams when chasing a game
A manager who shouts
A CEO who shuts up
The truth
Ambition
Value for money

Oh and a winger like Mark Ellis

 

I thought Dylan Connolly got the crowd excited every time he got the ball. He was absolutely rapid but his end product was very inconsistent. He was the most passionate player in the squad which was funny considering he was only on loan. He also scored the best goal we've had in a while...

Anyway, I miss believing we could beat anyone and pull back any deficit. I also miss aiming for promotion from League One and not to it.

 

Peter Beagrie. Worth paying the admission alone.

Throughout a lifetime of watching City, I've generally had a "favourite" player in the side - one who you'd jump to his defence, even on an "off" day and be sick as a parrot when they left the club. The first one I idolised as a child was John McCole. In these last few years I can't name one player who'd fall in that category. No characters, no entertainers.

 

Belle Vue, Haighy's......Oh, and trolley buses..

 

Miss turning up to games with hope that we will be going somewhere in the long run

 

A Manager who knows what he is doing would be a good start

 

They don't understand Plan A and neither do I.
Completely flummoxed by yesterday's system.
Was there one?

 

The bloke selling jelly snakes and other goodies from a decorating table on Midland Road

 

Donny donny Hutchins.

 

The two main things our teams have lacked in recent years are a bit of quality (you don’t need a team full in the lower leagues just enough) and aggression. We actually lost our aggression imo when McCall came back after Parky left, but due to a good quality team who had a large majority of the ball it didn’t show. However as soon as the better players started to leave it really showed, yesterday was a prime example when the Rochdale sub came on who had a bird shit hair cut and we have him so much space. The lads on the bench of a bottom half league 2 club, it’s unlikely he’s any good yet we gave him so much space he looked like KDB. Without that aggression it makes it look like the players don’t care and don’t have good fitness.

 

Ambition

 

Enjoyment.

 

A winning run.

 

Wins

 

This is the sad reality for a lot of fans I think. Even though I haven’t lived in Yorkshire now for a long time, years ago I would make as much effort as I could to make away games that were within 2 hours drive of where I lived in Surrey or the in-laws in the Cotswolds. As seasons of decline wore on I started to find more enjoyment going to watch local teams in the Isthmian leagues.

Now living in the Netherlands we have the fortunate benefit of accessing every home and away league game via iFollow. Benefit is great, however the pain is the same and actually for the most part the games are frustrating and not entertaining.

I’ve seen many posts referencing a plan to believe in, players to get excited by and to relate to etc etc - couldn’t be more true!!

 

Even omar Daley