Negative Sharks supporters

[Hardstyle_shark]

Do people think their is to much negative comments on these forums? Well i do. Their is to much wingeing and not enough positive support on these forums. We are fans of sharks not critics. I might not agree with some of Ricky decisions but in the end i will support the team through thick and thin. Everybody has their own opinions and i respect that. People have to be more positive. Still along way to the end of the season and if we can hit some form at the right time we could go all the way. Go the sharkies.

 

[peachey]

when under performing players like dykes stay in the team week after week, when we have players like watts and neilson wanting a go and there stuck in PL, we keep lossing close games, other things going wrong, how can we be positive about that

 

[teflon77]

Not so much on this site. If you were to go to the sharks site on league unlimited its a totally different story over there. Honestly, I dont know why any of those ****ers even support the sharks. I agree whole heartedly that we should try and find the good in most situations but it cant all be sunshine and lollipops, especially when you follow the sharks as passionately as we all do.

 

[fancyman]

i use this site as a venting site. this site helps me out so much. and if you look at someone like mega, he is on his own over in NZ. wot would he do for example without this site,
thats my excuse

 

[Megashark]

and if you look at someone like mega, he is on his own over in NZ. wot would he do for example without this site,
thats my excuse

Sounds like a valid excuse to me Fancy, I have no idea which type of institution I would be in without this site, it keeps me sane!

I agree with you in many ways Hardstyle, while we may at times appear excessively negative it is because we love our club and so badly want it to succeed, but at the same time the club and players need our unreserved support and we need to be aware that negativity can do more harm than good. I think Stevie summed it up best in an earlier thread:

Loyalty is a hard pill to swallow sometimes.
Take it with water or beer or a grain of salt. If it's bitter and you bitch about it, your'e better off bouncing off down the road and barracking for this years
sure thing! I say " Here we go again, my friend!"

 

[scott17]

yeah i agree with peach, its pretty obvioous that dykes doesnt care bout the sharks anymore and he doesnt want to get injured so he is under performing (or is it his best?) but he still gets picked each week when milky is playing good in PL, how does that work

 

[Bronze Whaler]

when under performing players like dykes stay in the team week after week, when we have players like watts and neilson wanting a go and there stuck in PL, we keep lossing close games, other things going wrong, how can we be positive about that

What the hell peachey, did you get Dykes and Kimmorley mixed up or have you turned over a new leaf.

I don't think it's too negative but i do think the opinions of some people ebb and flow and seem to change too quickly. One week we are going to win the comp and the next we are going to be at the bottom of the table. Sharks supporters are always hopeful and also repeatedly fooled by short term success. Lets face it we are a long way of the pace at the moment and have been for some time (well maybe for as long as i can remember) but we are hopefully making some fruitful changes and stepping in the right direction under Ricky. Just don't let your passion for the Sharks allow your hopes to rise to high because the disappointment is all too familiar.

 

[peachey]

i havent turned anything, i wrote dykes and noddy on 2 separate pieces of toilet paper put those to pieces in a hat and picked one, who ever i picked i wrote in my other post the other, i wiped my arse with it

 

[Croc]

i just hope all the people displaying the negativity are the first to admit they were wrong when noddy and dykes get a bit a time on the paddock together without interuption(injury ,s.o.o)and therefore get into a bit of a groove and lead the sharks to some success at the business end of the year ,for anyone to suggest that Adam Dykes doesn't care about the sharks hasn't watched the same footy as me over the past 10 years approx.

 

[Megashark]

Croc I have for a long time now given the Kimmorley-Dykes partnership the benefit of the doubt, but the last two outings against the Warriors and Souths have conclusively demonstrated that for whatever reason, these guys do not have what it takes to run our attack together and we simply cannot afford to persist with them any longer. I have a lot of time for both players individually, just not when they are playing alongside each other, and as a long-suffering fan my patience has been exhausted. Ricky has to do something to fix our attack, and fast, or our season is over for another year. It's not as if we are without options in the halves - Bird, Kearney, Watts, all of these guys deserve a shot at turning things around, and I cannot understand why Ricky appears so reluctant to change the present set-up when clearly it is not working. I'm sure that I am not alone on here in finding this situation incredibly frustrating.

 

[peachey]

well that was random....................

thank god i havent had to put up with it as long as others, 13yrs (started supporting em when i was 4)

noddy's form died 7 yrs ago, dykes never the same since he came back from parra...EVERYONE PUNTER can see they dont bloody work except for the australian coach, greg pierce who is the general manager for the blues and the bloody board

ill be positive when they give us something to be positive about, lossing to many close games (biggest loss - 10 points) then told to be positive when ya cant

 

[brently]

i can't see the harm in dropping dykes to pl - he is heading o.s. anyway. get noddy working with someone else NOW. it can't hurt our chances this year, and it is going to happen next year anyway. the week after a sharks loss feels like 10 days, this site brings it back to about eight. i'd be mental without this place.

 

[scott17]

if they give watts and noddy ago as a combo your getting ready for the future dykes is leaving and wont be at the club next year when u have watts hoo will be, so give him ago and u never know it might just work

 

[SHARKSTER]

Are we supporters or critics

I am starting this thread to get some feed back from Sharks Forever members.

Day after day we see threads in this forum degenerate into debates about Misi and Simmo in particular, with the emphasis being on their failings in our top side.

Accusations of being SOFT, can't tackle, wont hit the line hard, throwing dumb passes or not passing at all.

Sure everyone is entitled to their opinion and I might add I am as guilty of posting critical statements as the next person, but I am wondering what does our team have to do to keep us happy.

We complain if they lose, we complain if they win. If they lose they are playing shyte and if they win it's not to our satisfaction so again some players are shyte. We are always looking for a scapegoat and we seem to select the same individuals to focus our expert opinions towards.

We have a wonderful coach in Ricky Stuart and a club that is supporting him to build what is looming as a very good looking side for the future, yet day in day out we seem to doubt him and the team.

I think as Supporters we should be accepting that as a great coach, strategist and League expert, our coach is better placed to determine who should be in the side and when and if players from lower grades are ready to step up to the NRL.

As supporters we should be backing our team as a unit and trust in our Coach and players.

Sure I accept that players have weaknesses just as we all do, but we don't have Falou or Ingliss in our side and we are very unlikely to in the foreseeable future. Ricky has a squad that he has to get the best out of.

Do we honestly believe players will perform if there own supporters do nothing but bag them out. Do we think about what effect we have on their performance? What if Ricky and the boys access these forums?

They must thing we are the biggest pack of complaining wankers.

Just some thoughts, feel free to blast me now!

 

[WillyInBris]

Well I would say I am both as well as an Arm chair coach/manager/marketing manager/CEO/pain in the ass.

These forums are just a medium for us to express our opinions no different if we had been standing at a bar having a few drinks.

 

[Megashark]

Just some thoughts, feel free to blast me now!

You'll get no criticism from me on this one Sharkster - it's nice at last to hear a voice of reason and common sense. I'm not sure if a tendency towards negativity is intrinsic to footy forums in general or whether it is unique to this one, but sometimes I wonder what it would take for some members here to get behind their team and praise them when they get good results. I'm all for constructive criticism, but I can imagine that the bagging would continue even if this side were to bring the Shire that long awaited maiden premiership. The late great Jack Gibson was once quoted as saying "They'd boo Santa Claus, this mob", and that was in reference to the Lang Park crowd at Origin time, but I think he could just as easily have been speaking about the punters on this forum!

 

[SHARKSTER]

Thanks Willy and Mega for your responses. I agree and understand where your coming from Willy. I just think it would be great to see a balance that really gets behind the team sometimes with less focus on attacking individuals in the side.

Don't get me wrong. I find many post very amusing and am sure they are meant to be light hearted and tongue in cheek. I certainly am not suggesting a stuffy boring forum.

 

[Smile Ricky...]

Good effort Sharkster. Thanks for voicing what needed to be voiced. I think we are all proud supporters of the our team but at times, constructive criticism gets taken to a new level. Not only is it very annoying, its often upsetting to know that no matter how hard these guys try to please us supporters, they're apparently never doing a good enough job. WE'RE IN THE FINALS! ..... F*CK!

I'm stoked. And things can only improve on that and into next season with some great signings.

These forums are just a medium for us to express our opinions no different if we had been standing at a bar having a few drinks.

I couldnt agree more mate. Well said.


Im curious Sharkster, what prompted you to start this thread?

 

[Sparkles]

just waiting for Peachy's reply
Well said sharkster, couldn't agree more.

 

[Master Sharky]

I dont think this site attacks our Sharks too often, you get the occasional idiot bagging our boys but thats what these types of site are for arent they??
I tend to agree with with comment below.

These forums are just a medium for us to express our opinions no different if we had been standing at a bar having a few drinks.

As a season ticket holder i feel i have a right to comment on certain issues. I give my hard earned every year to support them i should be allowed to express my opinion?? I think anyone who supports there club whether it be through going to the game, Foxtel, supporters gear, has a right to comment. Anyone who doesnt truly support the club as indicated above, should bugger off!! :rant

Thats my thought anyway!