Fitzhugh Fella

Always agreed with most of what you post

Those first two sentences made me laugh but it is very true, the internet is a safe battleground. I am a self-confessed bed wetter but strangely my Dad is twice as bad as me and when I am in his company and he starts moaning I instantly turn into a happy clappy. I at least enjoy winning, he still moans. I remember the day after we reached the Prem he rung me up and started slagging Adkins. I slammed the phone down and we didn't talk for a fortnight. Moan when things are bad or we lose but at least when we win enjoy it.

Another one who has little to say about football and just comes on here to "play the poster".

Spurs, only for Le Tiss to pull the plug at the last moment I believe

I agree that panic January buying can be a risky counter productive process which is why the gamble we took on what we had last summer is now hurting us. Hindsight is a wonderful thing I also agree but whichever way you look at it there is or was an element of misjudgement/mismanagement which is fuelling the current frustration. Something fundamental has changed at our club in the last 6 months, we don't appear to be as focused.

To be fair you are a civil poster

But to be fair while I understand how that lot wind you up, you should recognise that the likes of Pamplemousse and Lord Duckhunter do the same to the other side. It's how we all react when we are wound up that this thread is about. Some resort to abuse and name calling or snidey put downs. That's when it gets unnecessarily unpleasant

Not a bad idea

True but this one is the best for inside stuff, and by far the most wide read. There are genuinely some very decent informative posters on here which I enjoy.

Oh Gawd yes I do and I admonish myself for it afterwards but by and large I don't start it and at least I don't hide behind the cloak of anonymity.

There you go again accusing everyone who does not agree with the great CB Fry as being hysterical. Would you not agree to have been more prepared in out targets following on from Austin's injury may have been a more judicious way of running a club and might have meant we had an extra striker for yesterday and the Liverpool games? Is that according to you a hysterical view?

I agree January is far from ideal to be looking for players, but shouldn't we have accounted for that last summer?

This should smoke a few out. I maintain this forum is turning into a battle between the negative, moaners (bed wetters, wrist slitters) and the positive, rosy glasses wearers (happy clappies, head in the sand ostrichs). When Saints lose the bed wetters come out in force for an hour and then usually a robust fight back from the happy clappers starts and the bed wetters are forced back to bed. I guess I belong to the first bunch but despite what the clappers allege no one from either side is any more or less of a fan, we just express ourselves differently. But what has become noticeable recently is the vitriol, which I have to say is mainly one way and that's aimed at the bed wetters. Some of the uber fans seem to think criticism of the club is a personal affront to their manhood and all sorts of unpleasant names are hurled about in a macho style. Instructions to "get off the forum if you can't say anything good at the club" is a regular cry. The chest thumping is almost primaeval. Just after the game yesterday I tweeted that I believed the club to be poorly managed on and off the pitch since the summer (I stand by this view) when I got a really nasty tweet from someone I didn't know calling me all the names under the sun. it's hard to argue sanely with a guy who calls you a knob**** in very tweet. Later in the evening I recognised this guy as one who posts regularly on here. I have always respected his opinions, he posts some interesting stuff so I was surprised that he had resorted to such blind hatred just because I stated publicly on my twitter about mismanagement. To be hones tit was a bit of a worrying realisation. I suppose it's the social media world we live in, but it is becoming really unpleasant on here these days, with so many just coming on to play the posters and not give an opinion of their own. I don't actually mind the name calling etc etc but what is unpleasant is the snide belittling comments by a few posters who do all they can do try and humiliate contributors who dare to have an alternative view. There is just no need. Everyone is entitled to their views but there again everyone is entitled to respect. I think the trouble is anonymity. A lot of the abuse would not be dished out if the disher's name was known to all. So many people hide behind that cloak, a lot of them cowardly people. I don't suppose Steve would ever making this forum non anonymous but it wouldn't half make things a little more convivial. In the meantime watch to see which side throws the most personal insults and then wonder why it is mainly one way. It will also be interesting to see what follows these words. Regards to all Duncan

But why wait until the last week? Had preparations been made when it was obvious Austin's injury was serious 6 weeks ago then we could well have had some in place by now who could have scored yesterday and given us options v Liverpool. Serious question. (Sit back and wait for snide belittling comment or a reasoned debate?)

Hello Stafford Dave

So anyone who dares to criticise is a troll? Jeez this forum is becoming a Nazi state

Cb Fry can't help using belittling insults in his arguments- he thinks it helps him win his point when in fact it just means he realises his views are weak without resorting to snideness

Ah here we go CB Fry resorts to insults. Is there a need for the word hysterical? You love to belittle don't you.

Pamplemousse is a robot

I understand what you are saying but sometimes the boos are directed at the general way the club is being run and that was probably the case today.

His timer has kicked in again. Yes we know you think everything is rosey, you don't have to keep telling us every 20 minutes. Calm down, go out and have a pint. Don't worry the revolution is a long way off.

It's not all his fault but he needs to grow a pair and kick Reeds door in on Monday

He says he is not spending time on thinking about new signings but is concentrating instead on upcoming fixtures. Or words to that effect.

To be fair Pamplemousse is just the same, it's just he bats for the other side.

Which begs the question why haven't the club addressed the situation you mention in your last sentence? That's probably why the fans are booing.