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Why Does The Grass Seem To Always Be Greener?

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Looking at a lot of posts recently, and hell, lets just say it, for the past few years, I find it kind of strange that one of the biggest 'quirks' of this forum is the continual floating of replacing one player, often in decent form or going through a bit of a slump, with pretty much any player, whether they are available or not.

I don't go into other forums, so I don't know whether the same stuff goes on in there.

Some of the suggestions are quite strange and I wonder if it's the halo effect of gone, but not forgotten, Stake or if this is just a regular thing.

(currently unemployed, so I have a lot of time to think about this shit :p )
 

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Looking at a lot of posts recently, and hell, lets just say it, for the past few years, I find it kind of strange that one of the biggest 'quirks' of this forum is the continual floating of replacing one player, often in decent form or going through a bit of a slump, with pretty much any player, whether they are available or not.

I don't go into other forums, so I don't know whether the same stuff goes on in there.

Some of the suggestions are quite strange and I wonder if it's the halo effect of gone, but not forgotten, Stake or if this is just a regular thing.

(currently unemployed, so I have a lot of time to think about this shit :p )
It's called scapegoating with a herd mentality. The place is full of "me too" posters.

Certain posters can very easily sway opinion and garner support.

Blame culture has been around since the old O Forum.

I don't mind a bit of the old scapegoating, a bit of sacred cow flogging but I usually am not on the popular picks.

Nicho sucks as a halfback.
 
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Looking at a lot of posts recently, and hell, lets just say it, for the past few years, I find it kind of strange that one of the biggest 'quirks' of this forum is the continual floating of replacing one player, often in decent form or going through a bit of a slump, with pretty much any player, whether they are available or not.

I don't go into other forums, so I don't know whether the same stuff goes on in there.

Some of the suggestions are quite strange and I wonder if it's the halo effect of gone, but not forgotten, Stake or if this is just a regular thing.

(currently unemployed, so I have a lot of time to think about this shit :p )
I’d say sometimes it would be when a player has been doing the same shyte each year and every year and not looking like they are going to progress their game.

Also fans seeing the team just being a get into the top 4 or 8 and not progressing in finals football team each year.

Also players not playing to their high contracts re Nicho.

Also spine players get a lot of scrutiny because they’re premium positions and we expect a lot from those positions.
 
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