I couldn’t go to the game today. I could tell you why, but I’d have to shoot you. So, tell me how terrible it was…
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think vdm s refernce to newcastle is interesting. very big ground with onviously a strong following. yet,and this relates to jon s point about unmet expectations,toon have spent a lot of money in recent years and not gotten much of a return from that.
newcastle fans may be tired of feeling “this is finally going to be our year” without that ever really happening ,apart from a couple uefa cup runs. so to a degree ,u can understand a degree of apathy amongst their supporters.
hadnt thought of this before, and it i snot an excuse, but it may have something to do with it. which is that if you look it ,we really have not had a ” normal”, bog standard average season in a long time ,datingback to 2001-2002. we ve been thru 2 relegation battles, 2 very fraught seasons in the championship ,and one FA cup run season. so to a degree , people may be a bit burnt out .
in the category of ideas on trying to improve the situation wud fall all of us making an extra effort to avoid the temptation of “negative crowd noise” ,i.e. barracking when the ball is given away. it s obviously frustrating witnessing careless giving away of the ball 2 games on teh trot, and i m sure there is not a single supporter in the ground who hans t either barracked or been tempted to at times over the years . but to the extent that people can resist doing that,that will obviously help bolster what looks to be fragile confidence amongst the players at home.
i think plaistow s comment on the “need for a local hero” is a good one, and the comment that relates to it about curbishley having grown up locally, and also him being smart enough to understand the impact the crowd has on home performances ,and hence our league position. so ,in accordance with all that ,I think on ability alone ,Noble warrants more time on the pitch- but when you factor in this issue it bolsters the argument for getting him out there more. obviously he s got to be up to the task when called upon, and altho he s had a couple games this season that are well below his best ,i think on the whole he gets the job done. one way of viewing it wud be that supporters might prefer noble to be given benefit of the doubt over someone like ljungberg – and based on recent performances especially,i don t think it wud be unreasonable for supporters to want that .
I think NY might have something there with the reaction to an average season. Average for us in the last few years has been anything but. I had difficulty explaining to my now 10 year old that actually mate you don’t get to go to Cardiff every year – it’s supposed to be the exception rather than the rule!
Don’t want to be pessimistic but too many more home performances like we witnessed last Saturday and maybe the noise levels will indeed rise again as we slip closer towards a relegation battle! (Only kidding………………………………………. hopefuly)
this is the irony ,that headmaster referred to here. when our permiership survival is on the line , or when we were trying to claw our way out of the fizzy pop, the intensity was there all the time. or as one of the lads who sits next to me at the ground says, against the top clubs , and in derby situations (spurs obviously) ,there is no shortage of atmosphere.
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