Thoughts of a lifelong fan: Where to start?

Where to start? Yesterday was not good enough. It wasn’t good enough from the players, the coach and yes, from some of our supporters too. When we arrived at Wimborne Stadium, after the half mile walk from the car park, spirits were high with some fans predicting an easy victory, whereas I would have taken a win on penalties if it had been on offer there and then. We all know we didn’t get that; we couldn’t blame the referee as none of the ref’s decisions would have affected the result, and we have to accept that on the day Wimborne wanted it more than we appeared to.  

I hope you have noticed the use of “we” in my writing, because that’s what following and supporting any team in any sport should be about. I was at Old Trafford when we went a goal down and the level of support we gave increased, I was also at Wrexham when we lost four-one in the promotion season and were complimented by the Welsh fans on how we stuck with our team throughout the whole game. 

The difference yesterday? Apart from some players giving their all there appeared to be no plan of action to get the right result. I can’t accept it was all down to the players though, as the coach would seem to suggest. I believe that we have enough quality players in our bottom of the table side, not to be where we currently sit at the nadir of the 92 and out of all the cups that really should matter to us. I believe that supporting a team must be shown more when things aren’t going right, and if that means cheering your team on even when they are losing to a poor side, who would normally be beaten easily, then so be it. 

Nobody covered themselves in glory yesterday, the coach, players and us the fans.  Some of the “us” were too quiet whilst some chose to be negatively noisy, demolishing, rather than supporting the players on the pitch. 

You can tell I’m not a happy devil, but will I be there at the next game to cheer the players on? Yes, I will, and I’ll keep on supporting them no matter what. 

PS Why wasn’t Ade Adeyemo brought on Yesterday Kevin, when I believe he could have made the difference.