And why on earth would they want to clap them off the field after another defeat? That completely bemuses me.

FWIW, since I started the aforementioned poll, I have found out some interesting information that may well exonerate Mr M from a lot of the blame, but on the flip side, make the applauding of the team after the game even more baffling than I first thought.



In terms of RL, yes. Many on here do. That does not neccessarily mean that their personal opinions are always right though.

..... go on then....you cant leave it like that!

FWIW I clapped them off for the second half effort and just a blind show of loyalty/unity as us and the players were beaten a long way from Odsal and booing just didnt seem the right thing in the moment. (rightly or wrongly)

You're kidding? You really don't understand?

I would reckon over the years I've followed Bradford, I've clapped them off after a defeat an absolute shedful of times. If a team tries its knackers off and does its best to win, however unsuccessfully, then it would be mean not to recognize the efforts of those players. Well, to me, it would.

Your view isn't really that whenever a team loses, you sulk and fold your arms? is it?

Maybe it is. The result seems to be all that interests you.

Agreed.

However, if you had bothered to read the paragraph that followed the quote, you would see that I was suggesting exactly the opposite of what you are suggesting may have been the case.

Careful FA commensense replies will get you hate mail or worse a personal visit from Asim!

I assume you have had neither then?

Your weird cryptic comment, which you haven't cared to expand upon, suggested no such thing. Not even in Greek.

..is not capable of meaning exactly the opposite of what it says. Not even to you.

TBH, I am beginning to like you. Which is a shame, cos I enjoy our regular banter.

Here's the thing, I'll clap the team off after a defeat if the team has run themselves ragged but didn't have enough in the tank to get the win. But tbh that has NOT be the situation this year. There seems to be very little effort on the part of the players during the games we've lost this year. In fact the general work rate of the team seems to have been steadly declining since Noble left.

Oh and as for the whole "The team is in the because of Noble" arguement, I don't buy that at all. McNamara has been in charge for 2 years now. The only players remaining from Noble's championship winning team of 2005 are Harris, Deacon, Vagana, Langley and I suppose you can count Lynch in that one too. So that's 12 players out of the 17 that have come in under McNamara. So poor performance can hardly be laid at Noble's feet.

As another person who attended the game I too cheered the lads off the pitch in recognition of the effort they all put in. After falling behind they all bust their nuts trying and nearly succeding in coming back to win. If they look to be giving their all they deserve our support regardless of the result.

No problem. I like my dogs, doesn't stop me whipping 'em

And to me that was the point, they did seem (however frustrating some of their decision making is) to be putting in 100% to my eyes anyway.