United (H) Post Match Thread

[samarasra]

Very deep and as another "Can't sleep had a glass of wine, listening to some music but thought I'd pop on here in-between" moment one I'm not going to take too long answering

Firstly yes a few would think twice voicing such opinions in public for fear of a smack, but a lot do, although it's usually a brief "FFS Mahrez you greedy c****!" or such. Nobody on here is untouchable or allowed to get away with whatever they want. If the mods don't take them to task other posters will.

Personally?? I'm not interested in anything other than the players performance on the game I am commentating on. No sex, race,religion matters, just how they play, nor would I fetch that into it. If others do I'd think they were a **** but allowing them to post it shows everybody that. It's also why we have mods.

It's not embarrassing saying collectively and individually we were poor against the rags. That fact would be true even if we had won all the previous 21 games 10-0, in that game we were below the standards we have set.

It's a post that could rumble on forever until infinity, hopefully it won't.

Eyes burning now, It's the "not getting away with what they want" is the crux of the posts and it seems you would not want them to get away with what they want and I fully agree with that. Goodnight

 

[BigJoe#1]

For some reason beyond my comprehension Pep isn't giving Sergio minutes on the pitch for him to become match fit yet he states that Sergio can play a key part in our pursuit of trophies.

I feel the same. I can only conclude that Pep must be wrapping Sergio up in cotton wool with his mind on the CL.

He must have thought the risk of injury against that shower of s**t was much greater than your average Premiere League side?

 

[sir baconface]

Missed it all in hospital with a smashed up ankle. Sounds like I had a better day than you guys. Haha.

I did predict Sterling would (wrongly) start over Foden but find it hard to believe the same fate awaited other high energy “I give a fcuk” players. WTF, Pep?

Just hope this proves a blip in a very promising season.

 

[Blue Til Death]

If we win tonight that defeat on Sunday will be consigned to the bin of shame I have for every rag defeat, this bin gets forgotten about occasionally but it never gets emptied .... !

 

[Sir peace frog]

The op is right, some of the absolute shite posted on here gets right on my tits, not embarrassing the club, but embarrassing the fan base, there are some proper fanny's on here but also a lot of "sleepers" , some people have there own agenda against pep and pop up everytime we have a bad result or performance, I get people are " angry " with some justification some times, but the one's that get on my tits the most are the world class coaches and managers we seem to have

 

[Silva top]

I agree with virtually every word you have said and appreciate your reply. As a music fan and parent of 2 musicians/actress, I think it is an appropriate analogy. I also believe in freedom of speech with the proviso that the underappreciated right to it should be respected by not abusing the right. The OP posed the question whether some of the posts went beyond acceptable and doubtless you will agree that what is or is not "acceptable" is subjective and wide ranging. I do think that some people back off venting abuse at matches, not to spare the team or players but to avoid a negative response from others around them ie they are afraid or embarrassed. On a public forum the same people think they are untouchable and have no responsibility or restraint in the level of abuse they dish out.
To return to the music analogy, in my opinion saying something like "when I saw him he was crap" is on a very low scale of abuse and if you read the OP again I doubt that that is what the question referred to. Some posts on a number of threads go way beyond performance "criticism" , nothing to do with slagging as generally understood, and have nothing to do with football. The moderators may think differently or may not be aware of some of the stuff, but I think the OP is entitled to raise the issue as a topic of reasoned discussion. Performance criticism is one level but should posts that veer towards personal abuse, potentially defamatory statements not based on facts and unrelated to the performance be acceptable ?.
So after seeing the musician not perform to the level expected you are "emotional" and you say in the moment "when I saw him he was crap" do you then go on his fan forum slagging the performance, saying he should quit as he was shit, then make references to his personality, his gender, his looks, religion, politics, race,drug habits, his family background etc. ad infinitum then repeat it 2 days later and if anyone was unhappy about it tell them to "fuck off it's a free speech forum" . Is that acceptable when saying the same things at the performance is something you would not do ?
If the performer was your relative or friend or you were a devoted fan, would you still think that reading such a post, if posted by another fan, would be fine "sure it's only free speech" ? I guess we have the rest of our lives to answer these type of questions, if we have a mind to.

Top post. Thank you

 

[give it to gordon]

I guess we all could be accused of writing shit and over reacting.

I dont know if people think I do. I wasnt happy with the manor in which City lost on Sunday, it felt a City surrounded more than lost ! So an over reaction I guess.

Yes i hate losing to them so may over react. I want phil and Bernie in the starting 11 so was nervous before ko ! And after 30 seconds even more so lol

 

[Saddleworth2]

Its a football forum and folks will post whats in their head.
Did Kev play shite on Sunday?
Does the team play better this season with or without him?
Did Pep get his tactics wrong?
Are all perfectly reasonable topics to debate and discuss on a football forum following a defeat by them.

Sounds like some people want to close down debate and opinions they don't approve of.
The last thing I feel reading anything on BM is 'embarrassed for the club'.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

I'm pretty sure the club won't be embarrassed. Myself as a fan, i'm not embarrassed. I've not read the thread but I dare say many others aren't embarrassed either.
Emotion makes people do and say things on a whim.
Tonight when we beat Southampton and in May when we lift anything up to 4 trophies, nobody will care about our off day at the office last Sunday.

 

[Academica]

I think as a fan base we are fast becoming just like the rags and scouse. I had a friend phone me last night who said 'if fans were allowed into grounds at the moment they wouldn't put up with crap like this' I nearly dropped my phone. Had to remind him that we had just won 21 games on the trot and told him to get a grip. I am also on a what's app group for blues and have had to stop posting, at times it's like we are in a relegation battle. I have said it for a while now I think in the lean years a lot of our older supporters got used to moaning and I think some of them miss it. As for the younger fans I think it's the internet age of I want it all and I want it now. I know people who don't really care about the result it a fear of how much stick they will get on social media if we lose because of all the shit they have thrown about at other people. I don't think people have embarrassed the club but a lot have embarrassed themselves.