So you don't think Gus is aware of that? Nobody's expecting people to pretend we played Forest off the park - we all know we were lucky. But it's the ludicrous level of criticism that crops up here that gets on people's wick - targeting this player and that and coming up with 'hilarious' nicknames like Barndoor Billy. Unfortunately, as with the oft-repeated and utter cock 'no plan B' argument, some ideas get latched on to and repeated ad nauseum by people who clearly haven't got a clue. Or certain players get completely written off, like Harley -who the more balanced observers have said all along can do a decent and different job to our other players if people get off his back. And we certainly missed him doing that job on Saturday.
The idea that 'our luck can't hold out for long' is nonsense really. 4 wins out of 5 is what counts for now. Boro is another match entirely, a different type of challenge and one the players will work towards all week, addressing the issues raised by Saturday's game. The micro-analysis as someone else neatly called it is pretty pointless but admittedly part of the football experience. It's possible to do it though without being entirely negative which is something a lot of people on here simply haven't mastered (or rather, they prefer to moan, moan, moan).
As for the match day, I'd rather be in a stadium with 17500 people fully behind the team for 90 minutes than have that minority there who get on players' backs. If anyone can tell me one useful thing that comes out of shouting abuse or criticism at an Albion player, maybe I'd change my mind. As long as a player gives
maximum effort (and there've been very, very few over the years who've not done that) then I'll be fully behind them all the time they're on the pitch. If they're having a stinker, shouting encouragement is far more likely to be useful than telling them something they already know.
