Do You hate our team?

[brentoncowell]

Im just interested to know if anyone else hates our current /team like i do? I have come to genuinely hate our playing list, our coach and the whole situation we are in at the moment. Im so fed up with our team but i still watch and still support, but my passion has died. I hate the order of things at collingwood and i hate the fact that i think we are gonna get buried further into the ground with the set up as it is. Collingwood are a rabble

 

[guess_who]

No i disagree, I hate the arrogance and the front runners style play of some players. And the fact that we have no depth and that we have some extremely poo players.

 

[Lensen]

I don't hate the team per se, I hate the willingness to accept that we're ordinary as long as we have "good blokes" around the place. i.e. Balme, Cummings, Kinnear, McGough etc. I also hate the Eddie McGuire spiel of "we're the biggest football club in the world" blah blah ********ing blah. I don't give a ******** if we operate out of a shed in the middle of the Southern Ocean, as long as we win flags.

 

[Stan.]

I dont hate them, but im extremely worried about aspects of our club.

Im worried about our recruiting especially what they consider to be talent ie mccough,nixon, shackleton etc.

Our trading where we usually lose out is a worry and also the good bloke syndrome which has cost us mal micheal and scoots.

Also mick amd ed feel a bit comfortable , cosy and satisfied which i dont think they should feel.

The move to olympic park has me worried, i dont think the ranififcations of this move have been thought through well enough.

And for the"donut king" neil balme please edddie sack this fat bastard soon as possible. he is a pig.

 

[chipsticks]

agree... with a passion

 

[rychenroller]

Im just interested to know if anyone else hates our current /team like i do? I have come to genuinely hate our playing list, our coach and the whole situation we are in at the moment. Im so fed up with our team but i still watch and still support, but my passion has died. I hate the order of things at collingwood and i hate the fact that i think we are gonna get buried further into the ground with the set up as it is. Collingwood are a rabble

No.

I dont hate them, I love to watch them play. I get frustrated sometimes but still, theres nothing like the anticipation of going to the footy to watch em.

I dont hate the situation, we've had one bad year after 2 very good ones, mainly due to circumstances beyond our control (injury, tribunal).

This isnt what I'd call you supporting the team. We wont get buried, we'll be back next year. I have faith in that and I think the team management as a whole will be ok (apart from the recruiting aspect). I think to give it up after one bad year, generally due to extenuating circumstances is pretty shallow. And well, if the passion has died theres nothin you can do about that really.

But I'm sure you were "up" last year, and in 2002.

 

[Pedro]

Im just interested to know if anyone else hates our current /team like i do? I have come to genuinely hate our playing list, our coach and the whole situation we are in at the moment. Im so fed up with our team but i still watch and still support, but my passion has died. I hate the order of things at collingwood and i hate the fact that i think we are gonna get buried further into the ground with the set up as it is. Collingwood are a rabble

There are aspects of the club which are a concern. However, 12 months ago we were Grand Finalists, and arguably favorites to win it. This year has been ordinary, but no, I don't hate them. Yes, they frustrate the buggery out of me though!

 

[leonmagic]

The only thing I hate about Collingwood is the fact that we have NO decent kids.

After Bucks, Burns and Wakes go we are screwed.

'Oh, we've got Tex to take over from wakes...'

Tex is CRAP!!!!

Nixon has shown nothing.

Mullins and Shackleton don't even get played.

Billy is playing reserves reserves.



That worries me.

 

[dumesny1]

Im just interested to know if anyone else hates our current /team like i do? I have come to genuinely hate our playing list, our coach and the whole situation we are in at the moment. Im so fed up with our team but i still watch and still support, but my passion has died. I hate the order of things at collingwood and i hate the fact that i think we are gonna get buried further into the ground with the set up as it is. Collingwood are a rabble

Why don't you go and support someone else then?
We only want proud and passionate people at Collingwood.

If you HATE us maybe you would be better off at Carlton.

 

[The Scarecrow]

Im just interested to know if anyone else hates our current /team like i do? I have come to genuinely hate our playing list, our coach and the whole situation we are in at the moment. Im so fed up with our team but i still watch and still support, but my passion has died. I hate the order of things at collingwood and i hate the fact that i think we are gonna get buried further into the ground with the set up as it is. Collingwood are a rabble

Why would I hate the team? Better yet, why would any Collingwood supporter hate the team? There are players that sometimes shouldn't be playing, but that is no reason to hate the whole team.

I hate the way we went about trading last year, and the way we performed this year, and I hate the injuries we had this season. Other then that, no I don't hate our current season.

 

[Murray]

Why don't you go and support someone else then?
We only want proud and passionate people at Collingwood.

If you HATE us maybe you would be better off at Carlton.

Well said.
When I read this post and the reply's I thought I must have stumbled onto the Richmond Board

 

[brentoncowell]

This isnt what I'd call you supporting the team

Well you wouldnt know would you, im a huge fan, but the more i watch the guys on the field and the way thery get selected i wonder why i pour my heart and soul into teh team. The only answer i can think of is that they wear the jumper that they do.

Why don't you go and support someone else then?
We only want proud and passionate people at Collingwood.

If you HATE us maybe you would be better off at Carlton

You are tool, thats a childish reaction to a point of view. Im proud as punch to be a collingwood supporter, i love the club as much as anyone but im voicing my disgust in the current situation and asking if there is others with the same view. I didnt ask for some ********er with a ********er name to question my motives.

Better yet, why would any Collingwood supporter hate the team?

I think the thing that gets me is that i have two eyes and can define real players from pretenders and i can analyse the coaching abilities of coaches and their selection methods and also team developments. Maybe its a bad thing but the more i see the structures of other clubs and the way they select players and trade4 and draft i suppose i get jealous. I think i wish our team was like that.

And for those who think we will be back next year, im glad you look at life optimistically, but the team we have havnt got the heart, im sorry.I hope we do bounce back but i doubt it.

 

[dumesny1]

You are tool, thats a childish reaction to a point of view. Im proud as punch to be a collingwood supporter, i love the club as much as anyone but im voicing my disgust in the current situation and asking if there is others with the same view. I didnt ask for some ********er with a ********er name to question my motives.


You are not a Collingwood supporter.
Collingwood supporters stick by their team during good times and bad, they pay their memberships and go to the footy to support the team no matter what.

One bad year and you are all over them. Why don't you ring Eddie and tell him how to fix the team up, cause obviously you know how.

With supporters like you who needs Carlton fans.

And keep your abuse to yourself, you don't know me so how you can judge me is beyond me, I also am allowed an opinion.

 

[funghoul]

the rot has really set in ..hasnt it!

 

[FIGJAM]

I don't hate our team. I consider that this year was an abberation and that we have sufficient talent there to be a force again next year. That said, it's dependant on players pulling their fingers out. The players have obviously enjoyed a year off, basically, and have been guzzling the juice like there's no tomorrow, but hopefully they can make a committment and pull themselves back into line.

I am beginning to become a bit ********ed off with the coaching / football departments. Our inability to trade well has been years long now and seemingly nothing has been done about it.

We have had three kids with talent come to the coaching staff in three consecutive years wanting out. Granted one was a nutcase, but it's still a shocking record!

I think our coach is overbearing and that we're too defensively orientated (MM, Lloyd, McKenna). I'm not sure Balme is good at anything. Our mids coaches Gotchy and Browny haven't come up with any inspiring moves. Indeed in a year whereby we were gutted by injuries to key midfielders, why the hell didn't we test Didak and Cole on the ball?? Why the hell didn't Mullins get a decent run???

It's time to freshen things up. This can be done by trading the right players and showing faith in the right players.

 

[PieGal]

I cant believe what I am reading...how can anyone hate anything that bleeds black and white....

Before you go painting a picture of years of doom and gloom just remember we only had 6 players that were able to play for 20 games or more this year which was the lowest in the league.

I have faith...although I wasnt rapt with our lack of trading last year, I am hopeful this year will be a spur for the current admin to swing into action...

I could never hate anything about Collingwood...very grateful to follow a cub like our no matter where we are on the ladder...

 

[MarkT]

Well this is a bit bizarre. Hate our team? How? Wouldn’t they not be our team then?

Anyway, for the sake of the exercise:

I hate the fact a couple of mug hacks can exist on our list because our list is not good enough that they have no prospect of getting a gig. No names no pack drill.

I hate seeing the amount of turnovers I have seen this year and consequently I hate the fact that we have to retain some of the prime offenders because we have few options.

Most of all I hate the fact that having a real crack over the last 2 years and doing better than all bar the best team of the modern era and maybe ever sees us penalised with late draft picks. I hate that we were so get at getting better we were forced to draft ordinary footballer with ordinary picks. I hate the fact we have to get crap to get good. I hate the way the AFL run football for their own agendas and don’t let clubs get on with being the best they can every minute of every season and off season.

And I hate this nagging feeling we can’t catch 3 or 4 clubs.

 

[sedders]

I hate your team and therefore love your current team if that makes sence.

 

[Bueller]

God there is some bull******** spoken in this thread.

 

[sedders]

i think you mean this forum

 

[Bueller]

If you are going to be a troll, ******** off.

 

[Rave Slave]

For as much as i hate your team i couldn't believe when skimming i was reading a post such as this.

To post something such as DO YOU HATE OUR TEAM - is plain ridiculous. As a supporter you follow your team through peaks and troughs. Admittedly i wont say your style of game is the most exciting in the league and heck you dont have the best young list but what you do have is the supporter base, the most powerful and influential (if not evil) president and a quality (if not slightly senile) coach.
No one expects you to blindly follow everything your club does as religion but at the same time have some faith. You hate your team and yet they made 2 grand finals in the last 3 years - geez with standards that high i would hate to see what you deem as acceptable. Fair enough your team was poo this year we all agree on that (so was mine if its any consolation). But have some faith in the administrative side and your recruiting staff - they will get the job done.

 

[guess_who]

I agree with the above post some what. Even if our list is poo and our performances this year were poo I think we have a major advantige to many rival clubs and that is our president and the supporter base being so strong. Also remember the last 2 years well we had a dream run.

 

[rychenroller]

You are tool, thats a childish reaction to a point of view. Im proud as punch to be a collingwood supporter, i love the club as much as anyone but im voicing my disgust in the current situation and asking if there is others with the same view. I didnt ask for some ********er with a ********er name to question my motives.

You love them and you hate them? make up your mind. Dont be a front runner. One bad year and you hate them? Did you hate them in 99 as well? Is this an on/off thing?

 

[brentoncowell]

You are not a Collingwood supporter.
Collingwood supporters stick by their team during good times and bad, they pay their memberships and go to the footy to support the team no matter what.

Mate, i do pay my memberships, i do support the team, i do go to the footy, i dare say morwe than most of the people who use this forum.

To post something such as DO YOU HATE OUR TEAM - is plain ridiculous. As a supporter you follow your team through peaks and troughs. Admittedly i wont say your style of game is the most exciting in the league and heck you dont have the best young list but what you do have is the supporter base, the most powerful and influential (if not evil) president and a quality (if not slightly senile) coach.
No one expects you to blindly follow everything your club does as religion but at the same time have some faith. You hate your team and yet they made 2 grand finals in the last 3 years - geez with standards that high i would hate to see what you deem as acceptable. Fair enough your team was poo this year we all agree on that (so was mine if its any consolation). But have some faith in the administrative side and your recruiting staff - they will get the job done.

When did i say i wasnt following my team?
So what if they made two grand finals? I think you have a misconception of my motive, i dont dislike the side because they don't perform, i just dont like the set up. Winning is great but it doesnt concern me.

You love them and you hate them? make up your mind. Dont be a front runner. One bad year and you hate them? Did you hate them in 99 as well? Is this an on/off thing?

Them? meaning who? by 'them' do you mean the current list or do you mean all the great people that have made our football club so great?
Its not because of a bad year, i wish people could understand that. Performance isnt everything. Did i hate them in 99? Ive never loved them as much as i did in 1999. As much as it hurt to see them down there, i just loved the players and still loved to see them lose. I watch collingwod but it isnt like it was then, that passion just isnt the same with today's list.

Where does it say that loving the collingwood football club means i must love each player and each decision that my club makes? Swear to accept things i dont like about the team just because im a fan of the club? And where does it say that by being upset about the team as it is makes me any less a lover of the collingwood football club?