Paul Asling can't understand the lack of ambition at his club - do you feel sympathy?
As an Orient fan, I have to suffer players coming and going and our main problem is because we have a wage cap in a city like London where the cost of living is so high.
How are we supposed to attract decent players if we don't pay decent wages?
Loan players are all well and good and do serve a purpose but we need players who want to play for the club with pride and passion.
We needed a striker after letting Jonathan Tehoue go to Swindon, especially as we seem to lack goals, but we haven't got one in.
So if the fans and people like me can see this, why isn't anything being done?!
Time for ambition and not consolidating our place in League One.
Jake Beales-Hobson messaged us through Facebook and told us why he thinks Roberto Mancini's decision to play Carlos Tevez was a travesty and a huge mistake.
Wednesday night’s clash of the two richest clubs in English football made me believe football’s spiraling out of control.
This is a rant at Mr. Mancini.
I come from a neutral viewpoint when it concerns Carlos Tevez. I'm a supporter of neither Manchester club, nor any Premier League side for that matter. And I think for Mancini to bring back Carlos Tevez after a period of months is beyond ridiculous.
He should in no way be able to get back into a starting XI of a side he refused to play for. I do not care about Manchester City's recent struggle, there should be no way back for Carlos Tevez after he snubbed Roberto Mancini publicly.
Not even the most formal of apologies could make up for what he did.
To add to his indescribable act against Bayern Munich, something else happened just days afterwards. Coming from Doncaster myself, I was hit hard by the death of Luey Jacob Sharp, the son of the ex-Doncaster striker Billy Sharp (now of Southampton). For Billy to do what he did just three days after the passing of his three day old son was simply astonishing and he deserved all the praise he recieved.
He scored a wonder goal against Middlesbrough on a cold and wet Tuesday night – which defines commitment.
The only similar example in the Premier League is Scott Parker - by far England's most passionate and committed player.
The Tevez situation gives all other City players the opportunity to walk all over Mancini. It seems to me that Mancini couldn't care less about his own self-pride, and bringing back Tevez shows huge weakness.
Being a Leeds United fan myself, obviously Manchester United are not my favourite team, but after Mancini's ridiculous decision, I couldn't care less about seeing Sir Alex Ferguson's smug face at the end of the season when he lifts the Premier League. It will just teach Mancini a valuable lesson: talent is not everything, you need a bond with your players.
Something Sir Alex has with his players, while the only bond between Mancini and Tevez is the money they each earn.
To sum up, I believe it is a ridiculous decision to bring back Carlos Tevez. He is a disgrace to football and should have never been allowed to play in England again.
In the first of what we hope will be a regular feature, we asked fans of our Facebook page for a rant – and here’s one of those. Do you agree fans of big teams have it too easy?
As a West Ham United fan I have seen plenty of excitement, anticipation and quite a lot of failure in the last few years:
* Watching Avram Grant play what was our best striker on the wing, when he managed to relegate what I thought was a top eight team.
* The season prior watching one man carry us through the entire year just to send me into hysterics in the 77th minute on April 24th 2010 when we beat Wigan 3-2 to stay up.
* And now despite sitting third in the Championship, managing to play ultra defensive and being held to a 1-1 home draw against Doncaster Rovers.
But you know what, I wouldn't change it for the world.
I love my club despite all the faults it has, I see supporters who follow teams like Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, United etc that moan after they lose one game and it's always the same story. I can't remember the last time I saw a Tottenham fan just admit they were beaten by a better team on the day.
It's either the referees fault or Harry has to go (which is diabolical thinking in my opinion). All these big teams in the Championship and Premier League need to realize the bigger picture and just look at some of the other clubs in our divisions like Wolves, Wigan, Plymouth, Port Vale, Blackburn, Nottingham Forest, Rangers, Luton.
In comparison their teams have a pretty bright outlook and future.
Richey Paris
Rangers and Portsmouth are both in rather sticky financial situations and it appears the two clubs are going to try and work together to help themselves out of their respective messes – and one way which is being considered, is to organise friendlies between the two.
Rangers already had a ‘legends’ game scheduled against an AC Milan XI, with funds initially earmarked for their charitable foundations but now it looks more likely to go towards their own plight – but can clubs 450 miles apart arrange mutually beneficial matches?
Bearing in mind the cost of transporting a squad of players that distance, not to mention the cost for fans, do you think there are better ways of going about it?
On Facebook, Steve Hill said:
“It’s a good idea, but clubs should NOT be deducted points for financial matters - it only makes things worse.
“It’s usually the actions of individuals that create problems, but often the club, its supporters and the community who get clobbered if someone screws up or fiddles the books. Sack those individuals, fine them and send them to jail if necessary.”
While on Twitter, @procus_1 said:
“I think the ‘game’ should be held at Wembley and anyone who wants clubs to survive can attend and help boost the coffers! #gooddayout.”
But what do you think?
Are friendlies between struggling clubs the way forward?
Should individuals be punished rather than the clubs?
Should those financially secure clubs help out those in trouble, or is it not their responsibility at all?
|09:00 UK time, Saturday, 31 March 2012
