I have no problem with people defending their team - blind loyalty and a complete refusal to look at facts is part of what supporting a team is about.
I just thought that the slagging off of Billy Harris was a bit.........I don't know, petty? He stated an opinion (in an opinion piece) and the general response was "you are a dick" and "what the f**k have you ever done". We laugh at the rugby supporters attitude about the Helbergs but we are just as guilty of throwing our toys if something is not 100% complimentary of us. Then there are comments about having things lined up for Harris on Sunday (I am guessing some kind of banner or chant) whichI just find a little embarassing.
Massive oversimplification much?
The reason the response was "you're a dick" is because his reasoning just didn't stack up.
In summary it says:
1. The Nix win-loss record improved steadily over their first three seasons.
2. It dipped this season, despite bullish predictions.
3. They need to make the final for it to be a successful season.
4. Manchester United are going to win the English Premier League.
Therefore the Phoenix's entire existence to date has been mediocre, QED.
Now you tell me, how do you engage someone who is that dull in reasoned discussion?
You're defending him because a few of the sentences in his article are true - this year the Phoenix did have a good squad with high expectations that they haven't fully realised, etc etc.
But overall that article is just tosh. He's written the headline in the shower one morning, and then written a bunch of arse underneath it to fill up his word quota.
In response to that, I don't think it's unreasonable to poke a big yellow painted abusive stick back in his general direction. He has a platform, we don't, so we can't post a reasoned think-piece in response.
What we can do is point out with the use of a bit of house paint (from an unspecified manufacturer) and yellow fabric (from a local retailer) that he is as poor at his job (both his current one, and his previous one as a footballer that he uses to justify his badly set out arguments) as he accuses the Phoenix of being at theirs.
Glass houses. Stones.
That doesn't make us childish at all. It's doing what we can with what we've got.
/rant.
Smithy2011-02-18 16:16:55
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
"Phoenix till they lose"