There may not be hundreds of people moaning and cheesed off with things that post on here, because hundreds don’t actually post, but there are hundreds thinking exactly what people on here post and that’s a fact. The bar and other places are non stop about what’s going wrong, and it’s hard to figure it out, myself and I could be a mile off course, but i think we have a number of players who don’t want to be here, and you don’t perform if your not happy. No one wants players who don’t want to be here, that’s obvious but this team seem completely soulless and it’s a great shame, things are just not right at the moment and you don’t have to be Einstein to figure that out, our gaff sadly ain’t the happiest place to be at the moment, yes we all turn up but there’s reasons for that and it’s not just to watch the game. Just hope the problems can be sorted because this club and fans deserve better. Sometimes it’s good to talk and we don’t do that very often, what ever happened to that group of fans that were supposed to be the link between the fans and the club, that was very short lived.
I think the general feeling has a few facets at present:-
1. The disappointment with this team/recruitment/coaching setup. I’m not suggesting we oust PR, but he did come with a big-rep and quite a lot of expectation considering his achievements elsewhere. If he recruited this bunch of mid-fits then he must take some responsibility.
2. Are we treated as real-fans these days or just expendables at the mercy of the now slick Devils corporate machine. Don’t like the logo - suck it up (no consultation). Wanna drink, pay top dollar, fancy chucking a puck, pay top dollar, a programme - yeah that’ll cost you a pretty penny too. Yes, things have gone up, but let’s be honest, even the blindest person can see that the club is hell bent on extracting any penny possible from your pocket these days.
3. Per point 2, you feel more like a general franchise customer these days - the historical connection and values are being eroded. Some will see that as progress, but the best business look after their customers and don’t mercifully try and extract every last penny from them!
4. Club is disconnected from the fanbase - no player access, no interviews, nowt from Todd, Steve is hardly seen on here these days.
5. Match night is stale - flat atmosphere, dodgy music selection (especially when the opposition scores!).
It all adds up over time.
No wonder people are generally feeling peeved !