Remember when Bassett insulted fans calling them "anoraks"?

Or when Ritchie told us we weren't ever going to go up again

Just remind me how much longer they lasted?

You see keith, if you had been as smart as you cracked on to be, you would have looked at the recent history of this club and realised that you don't make the same mistakes as anyone else. One faux pas would have been bad enough, two is just downright stupid. If I was you I would I'd shut up, get on with your job, stop courting the media and hope the furore dies down.

When you get a bit of spare time, book yourself on a PR course and stop reading Colin ******* book, " how to be a **** end"

 

hes not said anything wrong ffs.

if i was the manager at oakwell i would be much harder on the fans.

some of the people who turn up at oakwell and you cant call these fans as that means they should get behind the team are an 100% disgrace.

some of the fans need telling. i sat and listened to it on tuesday night but if its like that again some people will be told the cold hard truth.

 

Bassett referred to a section of fans on the internet as Anoraks,he said it once, Ritchie made his comments once then shut up when he saw the reaction.....Keith Hill has spent two weeks making a number of derogatory statements about fans and the clubs status ,in effect belittling both. He doesn't look like he's going to shut up

 

Did you blindly clap during the last three games when teh tactics and performances were dog ****?

What is the "cold hard truth"?

 

Re: Which is why you'll never make a manager

Hill hasn't blamed us for anything.

He said some of the criticism from the terraces was unjustified in his opinion and he's tried to relay the real position of BFC in the footballing hierachy as he sees it. He's been put in charge of a club where the policies of the last 3/4 seasons has altered dramatically in terms of freedom to bring in expensive Premiership loannees.

Whether he was well judged to do so is another debate, but the vitriol aimed at him and the absolute hysterical reaction of some on here beggars belief - when did we all get so hyper-sensitive ? Never knew Barnsley folk were so sensitive, poor souls.

 

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For all his boring tone of voice, Mark Robins was much better with the fans. He was always pretty honest and straight in post- match interviews and praised/ encouraged the fans who I think almost to a man, supported him

 

Re: Which is why you'll never make a manager

Had the opportunity to speak to Robins twice - once after his first (part) season here and once in may this year - the contrast couldn't be more pronounced between a man up for the job and a man who 12 months later was blatantly obviously not going to stop here. Reasons for that seem to be becoming clear.

The only observation I'd make is that from Christmas 2010 to the end of the season we were abysmal. In fact apart from Leeds every home game was awful imho. We seemed happy 'not to lose' - some would say that would be progress this year.

 

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He brought Foster and Steele straight back in on Tuesday. Foster at the expense of one of his new signings.

imho the only position where your accusation has any merit is at full back regarding Wiseman and Hassell.

What he's actually doing is publically protecting Scott Wiseman - now again imho I think he'd be better pushed forward and have Hassell behind him, but it's quite obvious that Wiseman has somehow become the focus for a lot of criticism, some of which is actually general criticism of Hill.

I think we need to accept that sometimes people do things in a slightly different way to how we personally would do them.

 

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Agree totally. I am sick and tired of listening to him. He will stubbornly play those players regardless of the TEAM as a whole and perhaps with a better chance of winning games. I've just listened to his interview again and it sounds even worse the second time round; "I know I am a good manager!", he says, well prove it then and choose players fairly and on merit, not just because you've brought them in!

 

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But there plenty of anoraks on here. He was right.

A sprinking of 'bell-ends' too.

 

Been looking in the mirror.

 

Re: Which is why you'll never make a manager

You my friend are becoming a Knob head of the highest order.

 

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agree with you on that mark.i'll listen to anybody's opinion, but he puts his own words on your posts then argues against them. then you find yourself disagreeing on something completely different to what you origanally posted. "confused" so was i.

 

What is the "cold hard truth" ?

Is it that we have no money and a manager that thinks we are playing well and the fans should just clap and enjoy the total football we are playing?
OR

We have played absolutely diabolical, the manager now says the fans are unrealistic in wanting a good footballing side, we have no money, less pride and even less ability?

I will let you choose, because I think I know which it is.

 

I agree, Hill has made his bed with pre-season comments, now he should back up those grand words with a team that will put a shift in!

 

I think I disagree with you, but to be honest, at least 50% read as if you'd typed it into a google translator in Japanese and clicked 'English'. So I don't have a clue what you actually meant. I swear that English isn't your first language.

 

I hope that was not aimed at me?
Ov korz I speek Ingiss.