The All New Chester Wire wrote:We could lose the next 20 games on the trot and I'd still go. Don't give me that rubbsih about going if they showed effort. If you don't want to go because you're fed up then just don't go. It's great to be a martyr, isn't it? Ooh, I'm not going to here, there or wherever. Oooh, I'm not getting a season ticket. Oh, whoopy do.
As you're usually one of the more sensible contributors on here, I'm not sure whether you're being entirely serious or not.
Would you
really still go if they lost the next 20 games?
Even if those 20 games were in the same manner as the Harlequins game?
If so, I'd question who were the martyrs were.
Is it really those who have had enough, or perhaps those who will continue to attend matches completely regardless of what's being served up on the pitch?
I can sort of understand a mindset of not being bothered about Johnny-Come-Lately fans, but what should be sounding alarm bells, to anyone with even a passing interest in the club, is the number of long-term fans who have reached the end of their tether.
I'll give you an example. I and a group of old pals, all life-long Warrington fans/supporters (whatever the definition of those is on here today), who now live throughout the North regularly meet up at a Warrington game.
We've started to arrange our next meet and it's looking likely that a walk up Snowdon is the preferred option rather than attending a match!
This isn't just a dodgy couple of performances. This is the first time in 130 years we've lost 10 games on the run.
I do have confidence that Tony Smith will turn things around and it wouldn't actually surprise me if the prospect of a Wembley appearance finally entices 100% effort from the players.
However, until that 100% effort is displayed on a regular basis, "Whoopy Doo", I'll be merely a distant observer.