I can see where he's coming from. I don't like the amount of personal vindictiveness on here for players who have a bad game or who we don't rate, but I always assumed it was the same on all fan forums. But the implication is that it's not the same at Burnley. It's easy to say 'don't read the comments if you're going to be affected by them' but we have to realise that just because they earn shedloads of money doesn't mean they don't have feelings and aren't vulnerable to this type of thing. Some of the comments about Engels were way over the mark on Sunday.
In the past I have always been pretty highly rated at work but in my latest job I have had my first experience of trying to do it as well as I can whilst having managers who constantly tell me I am doing it wrong (& I mean constantly).It’s gradually left me unable to think straight, not able to remember simple facts, procedures or tasks, unable to make a simple decision. In fact, from being really well thought of in my previous job which was similar, they have not only made me FEEL like I am no good at it, they have made me ACTUALLY no good at it.Constant criticism does take your mental health apart, and your ability to be competent goes with it. The truth is that this treatment of players robs us of talent.
Dire player.
Quote from: amfy on February 21, 2020, 05:19:33 PMIn the past I have always been pretty highly rated at work but in my latest job I have had my first experience of trying to do it as well as I can whilst having managers who constantly tell me I am doing it wrong (& I mean constantly).It’s gradually left me unable to think straight, not able to remember simple facts, procedures or tasks, unable to make a simple decision. In fact, from being really well thought of in my previous job which was similar, they have not only made me FEEL like I am no good at it, they have made me ACTUALLY no good at it.Constant criticism does take your mental health apart, and your ability to be competent goes with it. The truth is that this treatment of players robs us of talent.I sympathise with you there Amfy as I had a similar experience about 12-13 years ago. I was working in a joint venture and had 2 bosses, one of whom was very political and did everything to make a landgrab for more than 50% of the team, with me somewhere in the middle.Basically it got to the point where everything I did I was double and treble thinking and no longer trusting my own judgment. I disliked the company anyway so was able to leave within 8 months of joining, but for a while i was plain miserable, even at weekends.I hope you manage to sort this out. When I left I was out of work for a while but much happier, though I appreciate you may not have the luxury of being able to douse your boss in pigshit and resigning.
Quote from: Ads on February 21, 2020, 05:39:56 PMDire player.Makes you wonder how the numerous managers who really rate him get work in football and you don't. Thank Christ there was no shortage of similar geniuses to tell him how shite he was. I look forward to the fraud charges against him for continuing to fool the Premier League.