He's still a good player, he's not paid to be creative or score goals. Every team is capable of losing goals, today was a freak result, they happen. It hurts like fuck but let's not talk pish about our assets
We weren't outplayed, we were too pedestrian in build up and a sense of "We'll do the business soon" Albion had two chances and took one, they also played a blinder closing out the danger areas
I'm talking through the late 70's until I would reckon around 89/90 I started to notice more bile, although it might have started as early as 84/85.
Shearer was dead on the money with that comment though.
I don't think we're way worse than other fans, but we do have a reputation for fickle. This isn't a guess, over thirty years the crowd has changed, we used to be known for backing the team.
Playing young players while you are paying pros more is a great idea, and when the young guys are getting pelters for us sliding down the league and costing us money in league placing, we'll turn to the better players we dropped and ask them to save our season.
With the possibility of 3 of the regular back 4 missing and an unsettled midfield, on paper it looks like we might struggle. Fitba's not played on paper, hopefully we can maintain the unbeaten home run.
I'd start Kinniburgh
The problem is some of these fuckers doing the spleen venting have been going longer than I have. Trust me, a bell-end is a bell-end no matter what the age.
I think these gems you refer to are better conceived as gambles that pay off.
Ainsworth's been unlucky but we're definitely missing something in the middle of the park and pace in the final third.