Quote ="MjM"Don't know about last week as I don't watch games from the Feckw[ii[/it Stand any more. If the two-faced moronity on display in the away end at the HJ tonight is anything to go by then that's a big plus - I'm thinking in particular of the pre-pubescents stood at the back who seemingly can't cope with a three game losing streak never mind a three decade one. The laughable ease with which these tw[ia[/its have revoked hero-worship in favour of taunting and abusing the likes of the former "Super Man", the ex-Sir Kev and even the once-beloved little Robbie is stunning and faintly revolting.
I'm not particularly going to go down any "believist" route as there are clearly some deep-seated problems but I would point out that, papering over cracks or not, this team are the present Champions and World Club Champions. So when the team encounters a tricky patch it's a little pathetic for the self-proclaimed "loyal supporters" to react by violently turning on the same players through whom they have vicariously lived their sad and otherwise unfulfilled lives for the past 8 years.
Yes, there's no doubting the players and coaching staff need to look long and hard at themselves and what they are doing - but too many of Leeds' feckw[ii[/it, know-nothing fans need to do just the same.'"
An admirable old skool rant in some respects but completely missing the point with a ludicrous comparison.
The flexible attitudes of many youthful fans of today cannot be compared to the hardcore loyalist attitudes of yore because the entity formerly worthy of undying faith and loyalty (win or lose) is no more. The club is no longer representative of the community or city we belong to - it represents a product, a brand name - and like any other brand name which no longer tastes good or is no longer cool to wear - when it fails in it's ultimate purpose of providing instant consumer gratification, it's component parts become selectively open to abuse and ridicule as they are perceived as no longer fit for the purpose. Should the product continue not to provide instant gratification in the short to medium term, it risks being ditched in favour of an alternative product without so much as an afterthought.
Being current SL champions and World Club Champions is irrelevant - that is so last year and early doors this season - the product sucks right now (as it did for the most part last year) and that's the only relevant point of reference for many fans today.
It's shelf life is limited.
Anyone for stale cake?
