A difficult one to call in my book vfts. I personally agree with you and though it may not be my style it reflects what quite a substantial proportion of Welling's hard core support demonstrate week in and week out - the sing when your winning and silence only broken by the odd attack on a player when things are going badly. As Stafford posted last week "Twas ever thus I am afraid.....I'd agree we are probably quicker to get at the team than many sets of supporters."

I personally believe that you need to get behind your team more in times of trouble but even the most hardened fan is entitled to be critical though in my view this should be confined to post match and forgotten about when the next match comes along. WIE and whoever, including myself and yourself, as ticket purchasing fans have the right to criticise a poor performance in just the same way as we would complain about a flat pint, but have to be aware that those affected, while finding this an irritation/temporarily demoralising, know that the view which carries weight is that of the manager in the case of players and the Board in the case of managers. I have to accept that my view is probably a bit old fashioned in this day and age which focuses on success (but hasn't a clue as to how to handle failure or poor performance) but I happen to think that it is more constructive and a value worth maintaining.

WIE is a fanzine and they are publishing the view of a fan, which I would defend their right to do to the hilt (even when it is OTT), but that doesn't mean I have to agree with it as indeed you do not. I personally found the criticism of Che OTT but he and the other players are being paid and their performances are in the public domain and open to comment. I found the attempted topical joke amusing in that it was as inaccurate as Che's (and others) attempts on goal since if he hadn't been in the right place he wouldn't have missed the goalscoring opportunities!!!!

FFS! The Havant report is now up , congrats for being up so fast BUT, Now Ellis and Bod get the treatment and in WIE's view lol are not good enough against the better teams?

Ellis Green has done very well coming from a few leagues down and is young and learning, Get behind him!
Matt is a confidence player and you have seen him destroy teams, again get behind him.

As for calling for new players, you better give Adrian the money in the WSU account as he will be getting none off of Graham & Barrie.

Im just trying to be clear here... Only people like Russ/WIE/WSU can criticise the club?

Spud

We have TWO right backs. Mark Goodfellow and Leon. I think this new kid from portugal can play left back or midfield.

I think we just need to get over feeling sorry for ourselves and go kick some butt on the pitch.

last 2 games you can say, ok fair enough but it needs to stop, show everyone its just a bad week or so ad all the good results previous are the real welling.

Would rather individual players arent ripped to bits to be honest. They need encouragement, We are a young team doing well. get behind them dont humiliate them in match reports they all read.

JgFc,
To clarify the whoever did not go with WIE. Obviously those who have paid (particularly when they have had to travel to a place like Havant or Dorchester) and seen a match have every right to criticise IF they are presented with Sunday park football. My personal views do not preclude those who were not at the matches but have gleaned information from others who were, and match reports, contributing to discussions or indeed starting threads though I accept that this is not a universally accepted stance.

As far as highly critical comments about individual players go I hold the view that whilst I personally do not subscribe to it on the basis that I don't see it as being particularly constructive I would defend people's right to express their opinion in their own way subject to the usual matters such as the law, racist comments, etc. As with any other practice this is not written in tablets of stone and I believe that there are situations when individual criticism is appropriate such as a player consistently underperforming, showing a lack of commitment, or having a bad attitude but these are the exceptions rather than the general rule.

In the case of the Clevedon match it was a bad performance as a team and I personally think that WIE's selecting individuals for harsh words was inappropriate but I say again I defend their right to express their opinion in their own way. People will either agree or disagree with how they handled it and choose to support, pass a contrary opinion or ignore it just as they will this posting.

Spud
Speaking only of the Clevedon report I disagree and think that perhaps if you were Che you might feel differently.

I think we will find the bosses are the manager and the Board not the supporters but I understand and respect the point you make Mark.