There are Irons who want the team beaten – incredible!
Straight to the point here: Never once in the 57 years I have supported this club have I wanted them to lose – not once – and I’ll go to my grave in the same mind.
Like most – but clearly not all – the idea of the Irons losing tomorrow (Sat) is anathema to me
Like many I want Manuel Pellegrini gone. There’s no doubt about that and I have little doubt – without any inside knowledge at all – that it will happen.
I have read his quotes from yesterday’s presser – in despair – because there remains no passion and no explanations – just a jumble of often incoherent words delivered in broken English which are sometimes difficult to follow.
No doubt some numbskull will call that racist – it’s not. I find it impossible to take notes of his quotes…first time ever in my journalistic experience. It’s just a fact.
Over the past three or four days I have had personal conversations with fans and read the same comment on the forums – people claiming they want us beaten at Saints because that will leave the board no option but to fire him.
That’s appalling simply because No 1 it’s not necessarily true and No 2 it’s a betrayal of the club we are supposed to be supporting in all circumstances.
To repeat, I want him gone but he will do that to himself in my view. It could be tomorrow night or on Boxing Day because he has made the wrong signings and refuses to change the formation and tactical approach which is failing time after time.
He’s lost the plot for sure and eventually the axe must fall and personally even if he wins or draws tomorrow I’d want him sacked.
But I will never ever claim that I want the team beaten. For me that’s just a betrayal of an important part of my life.