in order to achieve success you first need to be granted opportunity

I know for an absolute fact that not every person who is unhappy at some of the recent signings posts on here

and I know for an absolute fact that there are many more FC fans playing the "wait and see before I comment" hand.

Of course, but the displeasure is about whether we are granting opportunities to the right people.

He can't play in the back row. He runs about as hard as rice pudding

As long as he attacks the gaps he'd be fine.

wont it be great to have a coach that encourages that, instead of constantly running at the man.

drivel?

looks like im in good company then as there has been plenty posted!

never known a set of ungreatful fans who don't realise how fortunate we are to be rid of hetherington and agar!

You may consider it pedantry, but Pearson didn't say anything about demonstrating that we were going to be a 'massive club'. He said that by October/November people would see what our intentions were or similar. I didn't interpret that as us making huge signings, others seem to have. Hence I thought it relevant to point out what had actually been said.

He was quite clearly talking about the direction of the whole club, and in that space of time we've had major changes the vast majority of which have been positive. A little premature to be writing things off as 'spin' IMO.

I actually think he said something along the lines of:

get your season passes early as by November everyone will want one

Can't wait for November

I do, because it is.


You're not wrong, but you knew what the poster meant yet just dismissed him out of hand because he didn't quote Pearson exactly.

Really? Spin is spin, regardless of when it's said.

Lets face it every club in sport uses spin pre season. Maybe AP's best signing could well be Mcrae, he might just rein him in.

Dear me with comments like that your longevity and credibility on here will last about as long as Lammtarra's career! You want to try watching the game and you'll maybe notice that the most successful loose men are the ones that go around the opposition or put others into spaces.

Accuracy and pedantry are not (always) the same thing.

I didn't dismiss his point out of hand. I corrected him on what he was quoting AP as having said. If you wish to interpret that as dismissing his entire point then fair enough.

It will only be spin if the club don't deliver.

Not sure if this has been mentioned, I've skipped the last few pages because the bickering made me think I was at home with the kids, but next year we lose 2 interchanges. I think this will see a lot of team's packs lightening somewhat to cope with the fact that they won't be able to chop and change the big lads as much. Maybe this is why the pack is looking lighter for next season, I know that Huddersfield have done the same.