Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

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Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Toondes » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:29 pm

hahahaha.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by jpg » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:45 am

Pardew's Legendary Specs wrote:no <laugh>
This.

Have we f***!

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Alfie » Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:08 am

SedgyToon wrote:Yup, definitely. I can't ever remember seeing a thread on here entitled "He has to go" (or something like that) in which the majority of people called for Pardew's head...! <doh> <disgrace>
After the Reading game?

Though looking back back, maybe they mean't Brian McDermott. <whistle>

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Mifune » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:02 am

I don't think we are really. Whenever the teams are announced people get hysterical about the inclusion of x and the exclusion of y, and after the Reading match people were losing their heads a bit.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by asbo » Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:46 pm

Aldridge Prior wrote:
skalpel wrote:
Really? Most people just seem disappointed that we didn't build on last season's outcome. There hasn't been a sense of entitlement as far as I've noticed - although I suppose I'm only going on what I've seen online.
ToonForum has a very mature and level-headed demographic, but you know this already. Until recently the NUFC hashtag on Twitter showed us that fair proportion of our fans are still rather fickle and have short memories.
Twitter contains the dregs of society, you shouldn't really form an opinion based on that. People have been pretty calm about this season, not just on here but around the ground, there's been no protests or real discontent that you'd have seen in the past. There have been boos after bad results but every club has that.

I think a lot of people are reassured by the professional manner the club is run from the ground up, it's not just the manager it's the backroom staff, scouting network, everything. Pardew may have underperformed this year but the majority of people are aware we're in good shape.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Holystone... » Wed Mar 13, 2013 8:08 pm

For one I don't think we have. Without the injury time Stoke win we would be very badly placed.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by MitroLand » Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:03 pm

Yup, definitely. I can't ever remember seeing a thread on here entitled "He has to go" (or something like that) in which the majority of people called for Pardew's head...! <doh> <disgrace>

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Blue & Maroon » Wed Mar 13, 2013 5:21 pm

A lot of our fans have simmered down a bit but we still have more than our fair share of utter utter mongs.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Alfie » Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:19 pm

I gave up reading the OP just to skip to the responses so I'm guessing the answer's No.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Crouching Shola Hidden Talent » Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:11 pm

outre-merTOON wrote:I couldn't define it as patience but certain parts of our support, who in the past have called for managerial changes have been far less vociferous this season.

There were still the annual mutterings of discontent and allegations that the manager didn't know what he was doing but on the whole the support of the manager has been very good.

As for the players; the support has always been there for the majority of the squad all season with just the usual suspects lined up for some abuse such as Jonas, Simpson and Williamson.
Exactly this. <gent>

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Colback's Orange Tufts » Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:11 pm

Aldridge Prior wrote: ToonForum has a very mature and level-headed demographic, but you know this already. Until recently the NUFC hashtag on Twitter showed us that fair proportion of our fans are still rather fickle and have short memories.
The people who are obsessed with shitting themselves are the mature football fans? <erk>

But yes, as in any club there are people who have no perspective, context or realism. I think fans now have more patience than before on average, but the issue is not solved.

One of our problems is that the press like to feed the stereotype about Geordies by portraying the idiots as representative of us all. i.e coming up on the train to do a report on a Tuesday afternoon, interviewing people outside the ground. The only people around at that time are people getting their Giro, skivers and kids. Meanwhile the sensible fans are at work saying more level headed things.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by overseasTOON » Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:07 pm

I couldn't define it as patience but certain parts of our support, who in the past have called for managerial changes have been far less vociferous this season.

There were still the annual mutterings of discontent and allegations that the manager didn't know what he was doing but on the whole the support of the manager has been very good.

As for the players; the support has always been there for the majority of the squad all season with just the usual suspects lined up for some abuse such as Jonas, Simpson and Williamson.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by tomtom94 » Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:05 pm

No, we should be in the top 4, Pardew out <mob>

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Aldridge Prior » Wed Mar 13, 2013 3:03 pm

skalpel wrote:
Aldridge Prior wrote:In response to the OP, no.

Relegation maybe knocked us down a peg or two but our over-achievements last season seem to have erased the valuable lessons learned from that whole debacle.
Really? Most people just seem disappointed that we didn't build on last season's outcome. There hasn't been a sense of entitlement as far as I've noticed - although I suppose I'm only going on what I've seen online.
ToonForum has a very mature and level-headed demographic, but you know this already. Until recently the NUFC hashtag on Twitter showed us that fair proportion of our fans are still rather fickle and have short memories.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by beatski » Wed Mar 13, 2013 2:51 pm

Cal wrote:Yes.
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Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by skalpel » Wed Mar 13, 2013 2:51 pm

Aldridge Prior wrote:In response to the OP, no.

Relegation maybe knocked us down a peg or two but our over-achievements last season seem to have erased the valuable lessons learned from that whole debacle.
Really? Most people just seem disappointed that we didn't build on last season's outcome. There hasn't been a sense of entitlement as far as I've noticed - although I suppose I'm only going on what I've seen online.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Cal » Wed Mar 13, 2013 2:47 pm

Yes.
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Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by jpg » Wed Mar 13, 2013 2:45 pm

I understand where you're coming from but I wouldn't say this season we've shown we've learnt patience after sticking with Pardew through our poor mid-season form. I was always pro-Pardew and knew overcome the blip but needed to spend in order to ensure it- plus we were aware of our injury list and how well Pardew had done last season.

I think the fans have learnt the importance of supporting your team even when times are tough, rather than calling for the managers head.

Re: Have we, the fans, finally learned patience?

by Aldridge Prior » Wed Mar 13, 2013 2:21 pm

In response to the OP, no.

Relegation maybe knocked us down a peg or two but our over-achievements last season seem to have erased the valuable lessons learned from that whole debacle.

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