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Charlie Methven on metro radio

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I don't think there is a crowd in the country that make loads of noise if nothing is happening on the pitch. Fans create an atmosphere at the start but something has to happen on the pitch , if the football is sterile it transmits to the support at every ground. I've only seen Sunderland 3 or 4 times this season , you can't fault the players for effort but seem to lack creativity. Sunday there wasn't much to get excited about but when you got going you were mighty loud but it wasn't often. We are not in the same league club size wise , we would have done well to take half as many if Wembley was in the north. What we do have is big potential to an owner with a bit of ambition.
 

According to Charlie methan we were quiet at London what a thing to say 34000 fans were there watching drab boring directionless football only 2 months after 40000 off us were at Wembley watching us completely bottle it against Pompey ! We have had to endure the worst season in our clubs history only 4 goals scored in last 7 games , the fans have been terribly let down by Ross,s drab boring tactics . I wonder why we quiet . Watching that .
 
DJM said:
He didn't say we aren't as big as Charlton; he actually said Charlton are also a big club with ambitions to play at a higher level and their 40k following showed that. I have no arguments with these facts.
I also know that its right to put fans, team and manager on the same page. We are all in it together. We could all have done better on the day. He rightly grouped the fans alongside the team/manager by stating the undisputable fact the fans were quiet at Wembley. Mate, I was there and I know what he said was true. I also know that the chosen team did not whet the fans' appetite, so maybe there were mitigating factors. The loudest roar was when McGeady came on, but sadly he lacked the magic on the day. In truth he probably wasn't fit enough and lacked the much needed finesse.
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The roar when Mcgeady came on certainly wasn't louder than the roar when we scored. We did cheer when Mcgeady came on (and minutes before when he came out to warm up), mainly because the 35k fans in crowd didnt trust any of the players on the pitch to get us out the shit like he has the ability to. That speak volumes about peoples 'expectations' this season, and substantiates exactly why the fans shouldnt be grouped in with the players or the manager.

We've broke the league record for average attendances, we've broke the league record for a si gke attendance, we've took about 8k away to Blackpool, we've boosted opposition attendances that much nearly every side in the leagues highest home attendance is v us, we bought other more disadvantaged fans tickets when asked, we've travelled 1200 miles to Wembley and when it's came down to it I've sacked off going abroad with the kids on holiday and changed it to a cheaper one in UK to attend the last two.

In return this side has totally bottled auto promotion when in the driving seat with a handful of games to go, and bottled the game on Sunday and while we are hurting the most that pompous twat has turned a question that wasn't even about us into a dig at us just hours after the whistle and used us as an excuse for the failure of what's gone on on the pitch.

A day after he tells us to 'get real' after he's given it the biggun all season he's now saying we will get 100 points next season. Couldn't make it up.
 
offmenut said:
He's not saying we're not as big as Charlton.
He's responding to a question saying we shouldn't be in league one and he's responding with the facts that Charlton have been a prem team and took 40k (more than us, and I know there are factors involved in that, but it's still true) and they also deserve promotion too.
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For a one off game three minutes down the road, we had 46k for a one off game so does that make us twice the size of charlton?. He’s a bluffer out of the two of them I’ve never warmed to this fella at all.
 
Mackemansj1 said:
For a one off game three minutes down the road, we had 46k for a one off game so does that make us twice the size of charlton?. He’s a bluffer out of the two of them I’ve never warmed to this fella at all.
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Don't get it me, he clearly has an agenda when talking about fans and noise.
 
Mighty Boosh said:
I've often found our fans seem to be quieter at the London away games, not sure why
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It's usually ones with bigger allocations which go to general so includes lots of fans close to the area who may be by themselves or with someone whose not a mlf going to the first game in a while
 
Podrick said:
According to Charlie methan we were quiet at London what a thing to say 34000 fans were there watching drab boring directionless football only 2 months after 40000 off us were at Wembley watching us completely bottle it against Pompey ! We have had to endure the worst season in our clubs history only 4 goals scored in last 7 games , the fans have been terribly let down by Ross,s drab boring tactics . I wonder why we quiet . Watching that .
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I wonder why we quiet too...I know not why
 
Podrick said:
According to Charlie methan we were quiet at London what a thing to say 34000 fans were there watching drab boring directionless football only 2 months after 40000 off us were at Wembley watching us completely bottle it against Pompey ! We have had to endure the worst season in our clubs history only 4 goals scored in last 7 games , the fans have been terribly let down by Ross,s drab boring tactics . I wonder why we quiet . Watching that .
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Really!! News to me
 
He has cheesed off some of our fans..when most were veryflat anyway....not great P.R. really is it?

Whether you agree with him or not, its not very savvy and it dosnt take a brain surgeon to work out that some will now turn against him.
 
It was embarrassingly quiet. I can't get my head around people getting upset by these comments.

There no bullshitting the fact it was quiet. I was sat bang on half way line and you really could tell the difference like night and day.

Everyone needs to get their head around fact that turning up and getting so drunk you can't be arsed is not 'best fans in the land'
 
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Zidane said:
It was embarrassingly quiet. I can't get my head around people getting upset by these comments.

There no bullshitting the fact it was quiet. I was sat bang on half way line and you really could tell the difference like night and day.

Everyone needs to get their head around fact that turning up and getting so drunk you can't be arsed is not 'best fans in the land'
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Got to say like, there was some right clips, there's those that can drink properly and there's those that can't.
 
Podrick said:
According to Charlie methan we were quiet at London what a thing to say 34000 fans were there watching drab boring directionless football only 2 months after 40000 off us were at Wembley watching us completely bottle it against Pompey ! We have had to endure the worst season in our clubs history only 4 goals scored in last 7 games , the fans have been terribly let down by Ross,s drab boring tactics . I wonder why we quiet . Watching that .
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Fuck off ya daft mag scruff
 
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