It’s not exactly unique for a manager to motivate players by publicly questioning their attitude or the way the team functions. If it is followed by positive results then everyone in hlndsight says what a master stroke. Great man manager.
As to the stuff about team talks. Did anyone actually...
No lack of effort in the games I have seen this season. Yesterday was just the wrong line up. Not very often that I agree with Keown but he is right in that the team selection showed no respect to Forest.
Has done all right for himself even if he doesn’t get everyone’s dream move to Aston Villa. I remember the abuse he took from a section of Brighton fans in the cup match away at Lincoln. Right in front of us. He looked nearly as perplexed as I was at those morons.
What did you think when Glenn Murray ran along the touchlne behind the goal to give abuse to Leeds fans after he scored against them ? Football is an emotional game. Let’s not sanitize it even more than it already has been. We should see more of this, particularly from our players.
Who cares. It’s a football match. Pickford has had loads of abuse from Brighton fans last few years and that is also fine. A classic case of people trying to be offended ?
Opening Post is a good summary. I have only popped in to look at Man U tickets but some of the thread titles are a little extreme. Palace was grim, particularly the defence, but that’s football. We don’t have a divine right to good performances and wins. Only thing to add is that these OTT...
The numbers are straightforward. There are a lot more fans these days so in addition to the people you know we now also have people attracted by success. It’s inevitable. A much smaller home and away support watching lower league football made for a very different atmosphere to the one we see...
The only part of your post with which I disagree is your last sentence. The years 1983 to 2011 were by no means fallow. Full of memorable Albion experiences, but those that appreciate them are perhaps not the types attracted to the club in the PL. I know we digress a little from the home fans...