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But please don't think Ben is blameless in this. Is he fuck. I'm not buying his self-pity any more than I buy the 'it was impossible to sign a striker' narrative.
Spot on.
With regards to the 'not trying' line, I don't think that refers to his demeanour on the pitch during matches. It probably also means his attitude in training, the dressing room etc etc. Of which we won't know that. I think the truth of this lies somewhere in the middle ground.
The whole communication with the fans thing is simply not working, and again I don't think this is solely on the club. For some unbeknownst reasons, they're fucking terrible at the way they try to put their arguments/POV across. Maybe that's to try and offer extra clarity to fans, I don't know. But whilst some of the things they said last night appeared honest, others were OTT and frankly, not necessary for us to know. I don't think we needed to know this about Afobe. And those who hate the board won't believe it anyway.
And no matter what the club say, there are far too many fans who wouldn't ever believe a word the club come out with, despite them DEMANDING answers to EVERYTHING - immediately.
I don't think there's any point in trying to find a middle ground here, because they can never win on the majority of issues, and when they do have something to offer, it comes out really badly!
It's been the 'Sam's Town' of seasons. A really, really shit follow up to something so very promising.