This thread is simply extraordinary. It's no more than a licensed pile on by a bunch of blokes who haven't a clue what a game plan looks like let alone any idea of the finer details of man management across a group of 45 odd mostly young men.
Leaving aside the small detail of 17 other similar organisations trying to do similar against our one but better.
How in the world have we made finals the past however many years with such a shit coach/game plan/list manager/veteran group/fringe group/selection process/skill set/you name it.
Now I appreciate the need to let off steam and if it was confined to this thread maybe it would be tolerable but it's now infected almost every bloody thread on the Swans board.
The same 6-10 posters. Over and over.
And if you object or even debate you get labelled a fan boy with rose coloured glasses or worse. Some rookie poster got told to leave the forum the other day. Thankfully that post was deleted by mods.
Thank god our players have more character than many of our so called supporters.
Understand your sentiment mate.
We're all here supporting the club one way or another.
Some like to keep on the optimistic side while others are pessamists. Noone is right or wrong. We can all support the side however we see fit.
If a poster wants to shut the whole club down & start again as the Northern Beaches Sparrows then that is their opinion... They have every right to have it & express it here. In their mind they are trying to do what they think is best for the club. Who says they aren't any better/worst a supporter than the next poster?!
Likewise, if you feel they are overreacting then you can suggest that & the reasons why... telling them they aren't "real" supporters or how/what they post is "wrong" (how can an opinion be wrong?!) is something none of us want to see.
Of course there are posters who are upset, angry, frustrated & disillusioned. Just as there are supporters who are positive, optomistic & perhaps have those rose-coloured glasses you mentioned.
Neither are right or wrong.
We love this club & we all want success. One way or the other. Discuss. Debate. Listen. Learn. Dispute. Comment... Engage constructively & you will be rewarded. Attack posters & their "worth" & you will be dealt the same in all likelihood (& in the process continue the same back & forth attacks you have picked up on as displeasurable).