Fans Often Write Off A Player If Things Don't Go Their Way

We've all seen it.

A player is sold by his club-invariably, even if he is a good player, messageboards will abound with comments like "...he isn't any good anyway..." and "...I never rated him...", "...good riddance..." etc.

After all, no-one is going to risk saying "...oh no, he was a great player and we've sold him.."!!

All sorts of negative stuff came out when we sold Leon.
Of course, if a player is deemed to be popular and has earnt his chance, the comments are more of the "...thanks and good luck..." variety-such as when Greeno moved on.

But if a player, however good, is deemed to have done wrong-Ashton? Then its more of the former stuff plus anything anf anything else negative, no-one wants to show any sign of upset to watching fans of the buying club!

If the Hearts fans think we might pip them to Rae's signature, same thing-the old "...well, we didn't really want him..." mentality all over again.

And, if we get him, as with anyone, lets reserve judgement until he's played a good few games rather than worrying that he isn't good enough already! My mate Jon, a Portsmouth fan laughed in my face when we signed Crouch on loan, said we were the biggest fools on earth, waste of money, he'd been utter crap there etc etc-he isn't laughing now!

Posted By: Martin Peters on June 4th 2007 at 18:48:25

Message Thread

Gavin Rae (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jun 4, 16:56:06
- As a youngster he was a decent player, but (NCFC) - ruudyforcity, Jun 4, 23:12:17
  - Mullins is a CM while I thought Rae is a left sided player ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Commisar_Canary, Jun 5, 02:41:21
    - nope, central midfielder (NCFC) - ruudyforcity, Jun 5, 10:48:47
- so .. we haven't actually signed him yet.. but nobody wanst him ? who has seen him play ? (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, Jun 4, 20:44:40
- On the contrary (NCFC) - King, Jun 4, 17:57:43
- I see nothing wrong with his signing. Rangers captain and 11 Scottish caps.... (NCFC) - Hulk Rules, Jun 4, 17:56:07
  - Fans Often Write Off A Player If Things Don't Go Their Way (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Jun 4, 18:48:25
    - your friend John obviously missed the season Crouch scored 18 goals for Pompey then? (n/m) (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jun 4, 18:59:58
      - Exactly! Which Proves The Point... (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Jun 4, 21:14:05
  - and HCH (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:57:18
  - (loads of Scottish football on Setanta) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 17:56:52
    - Hmmm. My twat got asterisked out (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:59:38
      - Capital 'T' did it (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Jun 4, 18:07:03
- Agree about Rae but Grant was a legend (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jun 4, 17:15:40
  - Grant was terrible when he played for us (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jun 4, 17:21:12
    - He was excellent for Celtic and as I said most (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jun 4, 17:25:30
      - he had slightly more to compete with re. getting in the squad! (n/m) (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jun 4, 17:27:24
        
        He's right you know (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:31:49
        
        And Keith Curle (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:40:27
        
        lol......classic stats (n/m) (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jun 4, 17:42:45
        
        Agreed but I used to regularly in 80's & 90's (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jun 4, 17:30:20
        
        You don't need to assure hch - he watches loads of Scottish football. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 17:34:23
        
        Afternoon, frizzy-haired mad scientist bloke. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:37:00
        
        As a youngster he was a decent player, but (n/m) (NCFC) - the Tilt Man, Apr 1, 20:12:06
        
        Evening by now, by my reckoning. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jun 4, 17:38:07
  - what do you agree about Rae? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:16:37
    - That he's no better than average and certainly not as good as (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jun 4, 17:19:40
      - As I asked HCH below.... (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:27:00
        
        You can see Scottish football on Sky during the season (n/m) (NCFC) - Commisar_Canary, Jun 5, 02:44:20
        
        I like to think that I keep up to date with (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jun 4, 17:33:03
        
        Please view my response below! (n/m) (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jun 4, 17:27:59
      - Fothringham is another very average midfielder (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jun 4, 17:22:53
        
        Both Lappin & Fotheringham (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jun 4, 17:27:54
      - He must be bad if he is worse than Fotheringham (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Jun 4, 17:21:33
- So far it's only Vital Hearts (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, Jun 4, 16:59:01
  - he was Rangers captain, y'know. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:10:15
    - only cause Ferguson fell out with them. Walter Smith soon made his mind up about him! (n/m) (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jun 4, 17:19:21
      - Presumably there were other people Le Guen could ahve chosen? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:23:09
        
        Its amazing how much Scottish Football you can watch when you subscribe to Satanta (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jun 4, 17:26:37
        
        Do you really end up watching Rangers TV? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 17:28:28
        
        Being half Irish and brought up in surrounded by Rangers fans gives me an excuse! (n/m) (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jun 4, 17:30:37
        
        A poor one (n/m) (NCFC) - King, Jun 4, 18:04:59
- do headless chickens point a lot? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 4, 16:58:33

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