Recently I have read on here that our manager and coaching staff are hopeless, that our chairman is a skinflint, that our recruitment is woeful, that we can't spot a player, that we play shocking football, that our transfer policy is crap and that our Chief Exec is clueless amongst other grumbles. Clearly these are terrible times to be an RUFC supporter. I thought it might help lift spirits to identify at least a couple of positives - things that are quite good about us, or at least things that are not too bad. I'm happy to get the ball rolling. Here is one - I've always quite liked our red shirts and white sleeves kit.
It all depends on the weather, if the sun is out, everything is rosier. But if it rains (when we all shed bucket loads of tears of frustration), everything is gloomier. Not sure if everything is as black as painted on here from time to time, but we definitely have problems. Trouble is we don't know the inner workings of the club, so as outsiders we have to guess a lot of what we perceive to be the problems, and it may well be that we are close to some of them. However, when all is said and done we only have two choices, support the club, or walk away.
All the other choices are someone else's territory, and we have no control over how or what decisions are made. We can and do voice our displeasure over events, but until those voices become a groundswell of opinion, we just continue to bleed (bleat) when we are cut.
It often hurts to be a Rotherham United supporter, so we have to make the most of the enjoyable successes we do have. And we have managed one or two in the last 10 years. Even in this season's disaster there is some sunshine to be found in the gloom, doing the double against the unspeakables, especially with 10 men in the last minute. That'll keep me warm until the season starts again.
Here is a fun fact. Last season we finished second highest of all clubs yet to grace the top division of English football. Wycombe were the highest. On reflection, I am not sure how much fun that fact is. But it is a fact.
