Armchair Expert:
"Someone who claims to know all the answers to a problem, situation or scenario but has little or no experience or real understanding of it."
I really need to understand this, or just probably accept its reality.
Somehow I feel it's increasing every single season though.
It's one thing to have an opinion, and a strong one at that, but to go around spouting as if we know better and defend it so vehemently, while bashing players and managers alike as if we could do better is just mind boggling.
This feels like it's becoming the predominant culture of fans these days, rather than trying to enjoying the game. Granted the 2 aren't mutually exclusive, but some just take it to another level.
It's probably always been like that maybe, but hey, guess it's part of the spectators game too now.
It's emotional as a fan, I get that, and unless you winning the league every year at a canter like Bayern and others, we will always have turbulent times. During which, I feel it's better to give the benefit of the doubt to a manager who has, (and in Ole's case) in my view done so much better than any of our preceding managers post Fergie, and results will eventually match it, we seeing it in patches, at that's to be expected, just like Fergie didn't conquer all before him in his first few years.
I've had my fair share of arm Chair managing, make no mistake, I just wish we can enjoy the game more than critize at every opportunity, sure it will get frustrating and demoralizing at times, so it's fair to vent and point out what your opinion of how you think it should have gone or what should have been done differently, but at the end of the day, don't spout of as if you know better, for the most part, you don't.
Otherwise, go coach your local team, earn you badges and make your way up the ladder so you can show people just how clued up you really are.