I was sat a few rows behind him. Some of his requested switches would’ve required David Beckham on a 10/10 day.
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Fairly sure I’d been taught to close my mouth when chewing by the time I’d started school.
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We’re 3rd in the table, guaranteed playoffs at least and people are talking about how the head coach is chewing gum. You couldn’t make it up.
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I’m sure we all were. But Dodds is in a high pressure environment, in his first head coach role, with all of the associated anxiety that comes with it. Chewing gum is an excellent way to control anxiety and allow the mind to focus where it needs to be. In addition, he obviously has his mind on the game primarily - whether or not you (and some others) perceive him to be successful at that is neither here nor there, he is presumably doing his very best and has total focus on the job in hand, not whether he is adhering to a culturally acceptable gum chewing technique. In short, get a life.
On another general note, I actually don’t see much difference between us now, and Matt Bloomfield’s early tenure. We are pretty dull to watch at times, and were certainly so under Bloomfield. I am proud that we gave Matt the chance to learn, grow and develop, and he did it fantastically. Let’s all try and afford Dodds the same opportunity, regardless of how we feel about how and why he has arrived here. Whoever is to blame (in my opinion, obviously Dan Rice and the Leadership group), it certainly isn’t Mike Dodds.
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pretty pathetic talking about he chews he gum , grow up fella
Is that the best you can come with? We know you don’t like Dodds but it’s so pathetic.
I like Dodds. I just don’t like seeing the contents of someone’s mouth.
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Have to say I am impressed by your visual acuity but surely it’s a basic social grace to keep the mouth shut when eating and chewing. I have started to warm towards Mike Dodds and I want to be proud of him as someone constantly in the spotlight representing our club and it really isn’t a good look.
Perhaps @Atomic could set up a poll!
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Carlo Ancelotti chews gum.
That’s why the circles slightly touch in the Venn Diagram of him and Dodds.
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I have to say I have not noticed how Mike Dodds chews his gum as I’m too focused on watching the game.
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Tell you what, why don’t you go back to my original post which I thought was actually a pretty considered post and was lengthy. Just my opinion of course.
Really classy of you to pick up on my 2 and a half lines within that post about what I personally feel is a disgusting habit instead of picking up on conversation about the product we are all actually turning up to watch and pay for.
Under my former guise of Username123 on the 2.0 site I went out of my way once because I really didn’t like how it seemed that the majority of your posts were being replied to by a number of posters. I noticed an improvement in the tone of replies to you after that. Don’t think I should have bothered.
I’ve had a shit day and I’m done with this, I’m out.
Keep up the great work 3.0 team, it was great you could keep everything up and running.
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Sorry but if this post is directed at me you can’t have read my reply in full because I did address your other points as you will see below:
Unfortunately, if like me you were dependent on Sky Football + for your viewing you would have to suffer repeated close-ups of Mike Dodds pacing backwards and forwards like a caged tiger and chewing furiously.
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TBH I think there was definitely a couple of moments when the frustration of the situation manifested itself as some muffled booing - namely the Norris kick and at HT.
I think those reactions from the fans were perfectly justified, in the moment, because we wanted/realised the need for a win.
However, it’s also perfectly justified for the players, and Grimmer as their captain, to say ignore those comments and concentrate on the bigger picture - i.e. control the game, don’t concede and we have every chance of automatic promotion still - because we DO have the talent to score in any game.
Dodds gym chewing technique and any swaying during post match interviews is about as relevant as the colour of my underpants!
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Light and dark blue if you’re a REAL FAN
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If he confined his chewing to when he’s in the gym, it would be a lot less in our faces. With our mouths closed of course. We’ve been brought up proper.
I’m personally finding that I warm more to Dodds every time I visit the Gasroom
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I remember a young fan on 3 counties or Wycombe Sounds literally in tears begging Bloomfield to step aside for the good of the club. Think a few Luton fans are thinking the same way now. I have no issues with fans having an occasional whinge or groan. But its the constant moaners that get me. I’ve sat in the frank adams now for around 25 years. Not many of the original fans still there. But there always seems to be one feller (never been a woman) who shares his negative (never positive) comments loudly with everyone. And when one whinger gives up their season ticket there always seems to be a replacement to step in. Tempted many times to stand up and tell him to STFU. But dont have the boll**** + it may make for a tense atmosphere.
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For me, the gum chewing was a bit of a running joke…I think people are taking it far too seriously on both sides. Like others I heard no boos, but quite a bit of groaning and I was down in the corner when we scored so that was a great end… but we are allowed to groan when we think a good attacking phase is ignored for a pass back without being bedwetting miseries who wish ill on our promotion push. Humphreys looks very frustrated to me a lot of the time and the isolation of Kone sometimes brings out the worst in his elbows. I know we would have cheered this in GA’s era…but it seems a shame with the attacking players we have at the moment.
I realise even on Gasroom 3 other opinions are available.
Onwards and upwards.
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I said loudly words to the effect of “For fucks sake what was that for?” After the Norris keeper to keeper punt and “Fucking hell I thought that was in, hell of a stop” after his save. If the first in the moment comment means I’m a bedwetter and don’t want us to be promoted and not a loyal supporter then so be it.
The position, expressed by some, that you cannot and must not criticise any aspect of the performance, selection, operation or ownership of the club is hopefully a minority one as it’s the sort of supine lickspittle attitude that makes it easier for owners to ruin what we hold dear. To me a loyal supporter is a critical friend and a good manager, owner, player and supporter is someone who has the self-awareness to both learn from their mistakes and to, in the case of players, recognising that supporters expressing a collective groan in the moment is part of the game. Abusing players, booing a team off is piss poor behaviour, no debate needed. Shouting “Fuck” when a sitter is missed or a collective groan when a terrible pass is played and an attack breaks down is part of the game.
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