player appreciation......

[brett]

Just putting it out there - can you launch a visual protest against the team on one hand and expect them to come and shake your hand and apologise to you on the other?

 

[FFC Mariner]

Just putting it out there - can you launch a visual protest against the team on one hand and expect them to come and shake your hand and apologise to you on the other?

Possibly because we are the customers and pay their wages. Its called customer relations. If you fail to deliver, you fix it and say sorry.

WTF would sports people be different from anyone else?

 

[brett]

Just putting it out there - can you launch a visual protest against the team on one hand and expect them to come and shake your hand and apologise to you on the other?

Possibly because we are the customers and pay their wages. Its called customer relations. If you fail to deliver, you fix it and say sorry.

WTF would sports people be different from anyone else?

I don't disagree with that, but I'm referring specifically here to the 'protest' that was conducted at the match, ie an upside down banner.

Constantine's actions against the Squadron boys were obviously out of line, but when they launched their protest I bet they were hardly expecting him to come down from the stands and blow them. As fans, there is a certain division you're going to create by taking that action.

I was told that the 'protest', serious or not, was against the players for being "f**king shit". IMO those same people shouldn't be the ones complaining that they don't get enough love from the team. You can't have it both ways.

 

[Part_Timer]

what protest??

 

[loyalist]

my protest
as you are well aware i succesfully boycotted every home game bar one last season

 

[brett]

what protest??

Upside down banner. Is a player to know the piss is being taken, or are they going to say WTF is that?

 

[Part_Timer]

are u refering to the newcastle protest ...? because i havnt seen a protest from us, souvinering maybe ...... *whistles*

 

[Bear]

I was told that the 'protest', serious or not, was against the players for being "f**king shit". IMO those same people shouldn't be the ones complaining that they don't get enough love from the team. You can't have it both ways.

So should players have smoke blown up their ass and told they played well when they didnt? Honest question.

You have to be able to seperate work from leisure. DJ is my boss, if I do shit at work, I expect him to tell me what im doing wrong. If I do bad enough, he should fire me. It wont stop me having a beer with him afterwoods and it wont stop me being his mate.

Obviously different situations here, but the same principal stands imo

 

[Bear]

In saying that, ill add that I think a lot of people on here go WAY overboard with their criticism of players. They are only human after all, we all make mistakes, and im sure none of them mean to stuff up. Sometimes 100% is just not good enough if your outplayed, but if they are giving 100% then what more can we ask for?

 

[Part_Timer]

if they give 100% agree, if they free range aroud the park ... look at ronaldino

 

[Bear]

For those of you who think we bag out our own players to much, maybe you should have a look at the comments on the story I just found here....

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/98158,super-simon-is-top-mariner.aspx

If the comments on our forum are over the mark, then what are the comments by these know-it-all wankers?

 

[bulldogmariner]

For those of you who think we bag out our own players to much, maybe you should have a look at the comments on the story I just found here....

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/98158,super-simon-is-top-mariner.aspx

If the comments on our forum are over the mark, then what are the comments by these know-it-all wankers?

Bear someone at 442 should moderate their site because that is wrong. Hutch did score a cracker goal and was a good choice as Marinators goal of the Year.

 

[Bear]

oh I agree. I think they are actually refering to Matty Simon though. Its totally un-called for

 

[bulldogmariner]

oh I agree. I think they are actually refering to Matty Simon though. Its totally un-called for

No it is definately at Hutch. Maybe he will prove them wrong in the ACL. (The football related talk)  the rest of it is just crap.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Sadly, Matty is not beloved by other fans and that thread was in no way talking about Hutch

 

[Paolo]

Rofl at believing that holding your own banners upside down and the upside down holding of another teams banner as the same thing(eg protest)

 

[brett]

Hmmm.

Opposition banner held upside down.

Me: What are you protesting?

Gentleman holding banner: The team

Me: Why?

GHB: Because we're f**king shit.

Forgive me for misinterpreting then...?

 

[loyalist]

You are forgiven
It is held upside down to show disrespect to the group where the banner is from

 

[Sean]

oh I agree. I think they are actually refering to Matty Simon though. Its totally un-called for

I dont read a thing on the comments section on 442. So many spastics on there.

 

[brett]

You are forgiven
It is held upside down to show disrespect to the group where the banner is from

TY. Would obviously help if the holder knew this