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Message: [QUOTE="Organix, post: 3137482, member: 8187"] For some reason I can't edit my old posts, can the mods please merge? Regarding the spelling errors in Glenn's tweets; this thought occurred to me: we are allowing this complacency to happen. Similarly we allow the players to make the same mistakes over and over again. Instead of correcting people's errors we make excuses for them. "They are footballers, not professors". They went to school. Everyone in Australia should have received the same schooling (barring certain circumstances) and should have been corrected. Most don't have a clue when to use whom simply because they were never corrected for improper use. Fine, not a lot is lost, but when you use "your" for "you're" it actually says a lot about ones intelligence. Should we want a numpty as our captain? Or would we prefer an intelligent captain? It's simple to correct but we let it go. Why? Small problems can often build into greater ones and we can see this now at the club. The Broncos have allowed these small issues of complacency (lack of pride and team spirit) to slowly erode the mentality of the playing group to what we see now. These guys have been playing football since they were infants. They haven't forgotten how to tackle, how to run and hold the ball, how to hold the line, how to run a block play. Why shouldn't we criticise them for missing tackles, not numbering up, not maintaining match fitness and not fighting for the team? Maybe they need to hear it. They certainly aren't setting a good example for the next group of kids to come into the playing group. I recall Xavier Coates crying while receiving his jersey, and to be fair to him, he seems to still be playing to match this passion. But he is not a leader in the club. However, the hyperbole vomited by the media is ridiculous. The club certainly should be strongly advised to ignore them. The fans booing should be taken on as deserved criticism. However, if Alex Glenn doesn't want himself or they boys to get slagged on social media, as captain he should be smarter and advise them to get off it. It's not rocket science. If I cop flak here, then I'll take it because I put myself out there. Protecting the mental health of players is not about wrapping them in cotton wool. It is about educating them to be able to receive criticism and act on it appropriately. Saying "he's bullying me" and sooking about it isn't the correct response. The correct response is hearing the actual criticism, accepting or rejecting it and then acting upon it. If those giving the criticism can't articulate it well, the players should be educated to look past this to find the crux of the criticism. Similar to how this forum will convert me saying **** to four dots. It removes the sting, so to speak. In the end, a person can only truly change their own actions. [/QUOTE]

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