I would go a step further and say that some people don't want us to win the title as they will have posted several negative comments on here and other social media sites (myself included) and winning the title will mean quickly looking to delete all those comments.
I wrote to EM earlier in the year and my final paragraph did say "having said all that, I hope you send me a picture of you with the SL trophy in early October"
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Some people cannot distinguish between fans being rightly critical and still being able to support the club ? I will be delighted if we won the GF and it would be a miracle but I still think we are right to criticise for some of the rubbish we have had to put up with this season and last.
But COYS come friday.
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Some of those and I accept they are in the minority, never go and some even cough to not even watching.
You hear some extreme opinions Don, not always on here but if you look around social media and even after the game in pubs etc they are there. I've seen people say they'd rather us lose every game between now and the rest of the season if it meant seeing Cunningham sacked. Opinions like that are the ones that wind me up really, calling yourself a supporter of the club and then making comments like that doesn't really add up to me. Criticism is great, successful clubs are built on that sort of pressure because the day we don't criticise poor displays is the day where we accept them and see them as routine. There is clear talent in the team but for whatever reason we haven't found that consistency in our game and we all have our own opinions on why that is.
What I don't agree with is those who insult Cunningham though, wetting themselves over his quotes and what not. Insulting him with nicknames and things like that. The bloke was one of our greatest ever players and has a statue up outside the stadium. Criticise constructively by all means but abusing him in that manner is out of order in my opinion.
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Agreed Tez. Nothing wrong with constructive criticism and it is a fans duty to both support and point out things when it goes wrong and it has in parts last season and this.But ultimately we all want our team to do well. The Saints job is a bit of a poisoned chalice really because we want principally entertaining RL and we have not been getting it. I am on record as saying that I am not KC's greatest fan as a coach and I believe that he should have been required to go away first and earn his spurs on a coaching basis.However it does not mean that I don't want him to turn it around and bring success in an exciting manner.
We had almost reached the stage where even the Wigan fans want him to stay. I hope he turns it round but if we finish outside the top 4 (which I still think will happen) then I do expect changes to be made which may or may not mean a change of coach.I don't want a baby/bathwater situation either.
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I'm only a very minor, occasional-posting pleb on here, but I am critical of Cunningham.
If we won the GF, I'd be delighted. But that wouldn't stop the realist in me knowing that Cunningham's one-dimensional rugby, his favouritism toward certain players, and his mismanagement of others will in all likelihood set the club back in the longer term.
I don't want to see the club pull off a miracle win as underdogs. I want us to be the dominant team in SuperLeague. Not winning everything, because such a level of dominance is harmful to the overall sport, but being the clear best in terms of winning silverware - like in the 96-08 period. Cunningham's style of rugby, his lack of ability in man-management, and his very poor eye for a player (if his recruitment up to now is anything to go by) will not bring those days back.
And I think the name-calling of Cunningham only started when he began making snide digs at fan-critics in his media interviews. You live by the sword, etc...
I really do fear that Wigan are going to tear us a new one tomorrow
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