Hindsight Utd

[fbm]

People,

Please can we stop harping back to the "Shouldn't have sacked PB/SCP", "Shouldn't have sold Leonard", "Should have done this/that/whatever" type posts please? It solves absolutely nothing, is pointless and the underlying (and usually accompanying theme) of something like "I said so at the time and..." is akin to "I told you so" which are 4 words no-one ever needs to hear (especially if they're wrong!),

Personally, I mourn the loss of Dick Bate, who I felt was on the cusp of getting it spot on and who knows where we would be now and what heights we may have ascended to if he had been in the hotseat for just a few more games?

That's ridiculous of course, but is about as useful as any of the numerous hindsight statements about who we should/shouldn't have signed/sold/sacked/retained/released.

IT DOESN'T MATTER. MOVE ON.

Thank God it's nearly January and we have a transfer thread to discuss,,,

 

[South Bank Hank]

I still maintain we should not have signed Andy Harris and you cannot take that away from me.

 

[AndyT]

The transfer thread is one of the most boring things on here, IMHO.

Where we are and how we move forward is inherently linked to the past and decisions made. Utilising the types of players that worked for us and those that don't. Tapping into history and the mistakes made is part of moulding our future.

It can't change those decisions, which is your point inherently, but it can affect our thinking and as such has it's place.

 

[united we stand]

I keep telling my mum, “ if you hadn’t had me in Rochford hospital and brought me up in Hullbridge I might have had the opportunity to have supported a decent team”

 

[Kris]

Hindsight is life’s lowlight. A joyless world of what-ifs, if-onlys and whys.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Hindsight is life’s lowlight. A joyless world of what-ifs, if-onlys and whys.

And that was Shrimperzone's thought for the day.

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Unfortunately the sign of the disconnect with the team with supporters trying to analyse why the hell they support a side that never wins ......in all my years I can't remember going to games without any belief that we are going to win or draw a game....it's not even mid December yet and the Season Ticket feels like a form of self harm

 

[rigsby]

I keep telling my mum, “ if you hadn’t had me in Rochford hospital and brought me up in Hullbridge I might have had the opportunity to have supported a decent team”

I have the same story. Although I blame Hullbridge under 10's manager for taking us to RH for surprise Christmas treat.

If I remember right we were struggling in the 3rd division at the time. We had just sold Peter Taylor.....Which i said at the time was a big mistake, if only we had kept him, Chris Guthrie, Stuart Brace and Peter Silvester because I like the name......Just think where we would be.

 

[Cultist of Sooty]

I keep telling my mum, “ if you hadn’t had me in Rochford hospital and brought me up in Hullbridge I might have had the opportunity to have supported a decent team”

You think you've got problems? I was born in Falkirk, my family moved down to Essex, and my Dad deliberately took me to Southend because going to watch a big team in London was "too much bother".

My three teams are Scotland, Southend, and Falkirk.

And people wonder why I drink...

 

[Spenser]

You should have said we're not allowed to say 'I told you so' before Tombstone got binned.

That would have been fun.....

 

[Strykr]

Should have Signed Matt lockwood.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

IT DOESN'T MATTER. MOVE ON.
,,

So whose planning to go to Barrow next season??.

 

[Lord Football]

So whose planning to go to Barrow next season??.

Hope it's midweek....

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Hope it's midweek....

 

[united we stand]

You think you've got problems? I was born in Falkirk, my family moved down to Essex, and my Dad deliberately took me to Southend because going to watch a big team in London was "too much bother".

My three teams are Scotland, Southend, and Falkirk.

And people wonder why I drink...

Recently I haven’t smiled much on anything SUFC related, but that has me laughing out loud on the train home.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

.
My three teams are Scotland, Southend, and Falkirk.
And people wonder why I drink...

With luck like that, guess you dont buy Lottery tickets!.

 

[GBJ]

People,

Please can we stop harping back to the "Shouldn't have sacked PB/SCP", "Shouldn't have sold Leonard", "Should have done this/that/whatever" type posts please? It solves absolutely nothing, is pointless and the underlying (and usually accompanying theme) of something like "I said so at the time and..." is akin to "I told you so" which are 4 words no-one ever needs to hear (especially if they're wrong!),

Personally, I mourn the loss of Dick Bate, who I felt was on the cusp of getting it spot on and who knows where we would be now and what heights we may have ascended to if he had been in the hotseat for just a few more games?

That's ridiculous of course, but is about as useful as any of the numerous hindsight statements about who we should/shouldn't have signed/sold/sacked/retained/released.

IT DOESN'T MATTER. MOVE ON.

Thank God it's nearly January and we have a transfer thread to discuss,,,

Respectfully, you cannot move on from something as drastic as our recent history, unless the initial cause was/is identified, rectified and lessons learned.

Our problems, IMO, have not yet been widely indentified, and even less has been done to rectify them.

 

[Cultist of Sooty]

With luck like that, guess you dont buy Lottery tickets!.

I keep winning those lucky dips. Well, they call them "lucky"...

 

[davewebbsbrain]

So whose planning to go to Barrow next season??.

Wheel be there ?

 

[onceknownasrab]

During preseason I posted to the effect that;

1). Our forward line looks like it will score for fun.
2). Our midfield will come into its own with a good forward line and defence.
3). For the first time in seasons I felt we had a good looking defence and it would be the base for a promotion tilt.

Can I still say I told you so ?