Dont know about all of you but I for one cannot wait for 3pm tomorrow.
Lets really get behind the boys (AND the manager) and be the twelth man. We can make the difference and give the players that extra bit of fire in their bellies. 3 points tomorrow will lift the grey clouds above NYS (albeit temporarily) and get us on our way.
C'mon you Millers! 3 points in the bag! Evo's Red & White Army!! UTM.
There's an interesting piece of research waiting for someone to do on the relationship of vocality of support to results achieved. My brother-in-law is a Liverpool ST holder and reckons he's never seen the crowd in better voice than last season but the results at Anfield were pretty awful.
if Evans has realised he has to change his formation and style of play with the players in their right positions and we get the right performance we know we can have then I will be first on here to say well done carry this on and i will be there clapping him off the pitch.
but if have same old then i will be very vocal at the ground booing evans and shouting evans out
if Evans has realised he has to change his formation and style of play with the players in their right positions and we get the right performance we know we can have then I will be first on here to say well done carry this on and i will be there clapping him off the pitch.
but if have same old then i will be very vocal at the ground booing evans and shouting evans out
Managers (and this is a general point, not an Evans one), though, are disposable. They're to be respected, applauded, appreciated, but not supported in and of themselves. The great ones, you might admire as men.
I've never understood the transition from the old days of songs about Rotherham and about players, to songs fixated on the manager. You need a manager, to organise and assemble, but it's the team that counts. That's why managers are always yearning, frustrated players.
I always hated the "Ronnie-ham" element to his time with us. It wasn't his red and white "army", or at least not his alone. It was all of ours.
Everything for the team, but the manager? A consoling shrug if we lose, an acknowledgment of a best effort and honest work and desire. Because he's the part of assembling the team. And the team is all.
I couldnt get to the last 2 away games and so I am really feeling on edge and excited just about watching the team again. No idea about the performance or score but happy to be there again.
so yes, I feel its a very important game for us. Will the fans feel able to front it up and be optimistic or will we hide behind the result and just hope in silence?
Id like to think we will front it up and be loud and proud from the off, and keep going even if its not going well...
Managers (and this is a general point, not an Evans one), though, are disposable. They're to be respected, applauded, appreciated, but not supported in and of themselves. The great ones, you might admire as men.
I've never understood the transition from the old days of songs about Rotherham and about players, to songs fixated on the manager. You need a manager, to organise and assemble, but it's the team that counts. That's why managers are always yearning, frustrated players.
I always hated the "Ronnie-ham" element to his time with us. It wasn't his red and white "army", or at least not his alone. It was all of ours.
Everything for the team, but the manager? A consoling shrug if we lose, an acknowledgment of a best effort and honest work and desire. Because he's the part of assembling the team. And the team is all.
A very good point, David. Possibly representative of the modern obsession with "leaders" in business and other sectors which has seen executive pay spiral as a multiple of average wages. I remember watching Final Score a few times and each time the Millers were mentioned as scores were updated it was "Steve Evans' Rotherham": when I was a lad only a very few great managers were household names, managers were rarely interviewed and managers' comments and spats did not make back page headlines.
Not able to get down to NYS today , hotel not even got sky (bet she planned that one ) I will be more nervous waiting for this result than I was at Wembley .
All I hope we get behind the lads from the first kick to the last and don't turn on them or SE .
Reckon players will be more nervous than crowd s o get behind them and shout them home to 3 points .
UtM
Not able to get down to NYS today , hotel not even got sky (bet she planned that one ) I will be more nervous waiting for this result than I was at Wembley . All I hope we get behind the lads from the first kick to the last and don't turn on them or SE . Reckon players will be more nervous than crowd s o get behind them and shout them home to 3 points . UtM
There's been quite a lot of work done on how to improve atmosphere at sporting events. The widely-held belief that fans can influence events on the pitch is largely unproven and in reality it is the other way round: events on the pitch encourage and determine "atmosphere". Research suggests stadium construction, design and acoustics are very important as is fan culture and the tradition of different clubs' fans in singing, chanting etc. One finding is that the desire for more "family friendly" stadia and attracting more women and children to games actually has an inhibiting effect on the production of atmosphere. Bring back standing, introduce men-only stadia and you'll solve the problem. Keep women and kids at home where they belong.
