Fraggle posted:I agree with what you say, for the most part, although I think there is also a weakness in people's personalities that once they decide there's a player they don't like, that player can't do anything right in their eyes. A friend of mine used to criticise Farrell no matter what he did, this friend just didn't like the guy so even on those occasions when he was almost single-handedly driving the team around the pitch he was still in the wrong for doing too much (even if no-one else was doing their share - a game against London at Brentford about 3 years ago springs to mind when Farrell basically beat London himself in the 2nd half of the game...)Wigan Watcher posted:
I don’t go in for that so called criticising players business. I go in for stating my opinion and nothing more. I believe there is a weakness in people’s personalities when they tell me what I’m doing or saying when it is not favourable to a player they like.
In the same way that some people get too defensive about their favourite players, some people can get equally blinkered in their dislike of a player. I wouldn't accuse you of either, and hopefully I'm the same, but I do think there is an element of that on here as well sometimes.
Talking sense again here Fraggle, it will never catch on you know!