Hey chaps I come in peace. Oh no they say, this means another whinge. Nah not looking for a rise.
Firstly I pickup the pod most weeks and love it so keep it coming.
Secondly, Just wanna give you some feedback - you need more data before starting the plastic vs real supporter thingy.
This one been done too many times - I just don't think you understand.
I think it was Flav who said we had supporters go to Oz last yr, they are real supporters, stay calm Flav - not criticism. Does that work for downunder supporters who go to WHL? Not once but do it every couple of years - real supporters or plastic.
No doubt we want cheering loud supporters at WHL, including the NWHL but don't fall into the trap that we (overseas) who go to WHL are silent armchair dancers. I'm from a Newcastle, not the 5-1 but a 300k city 165k north of Sydney (we Ozspurs call it Yidney) - we have Spurs community in Newie will get a group to pub 12 times or so a year. Then we got a big, big support in Yidney. Sydney Ozspurs put on every match, big loud numbers turn up, I get down 3-4 times a year, once this season meet Emma Storey (London lady think she been on your pod) she was in residence this year for a couple of games - get her on the show to talk about real supporters downunder.
Yeah just a couple of hundred in a Sydney pub, but extend that all over Oz and the World, I've met travelling guys from America, Brazil and Ireland who have popped into the Triple Aces Bar (now Surrey Hills Hotel) to get a Spurs fix. I've got Yidney mates who have dropped in on Dallas Spurs Supporter Club, likewise Chicago, Dublin no doubt others do the same world over. Acknowledge us don't isolate us - we help keep ticket prices down, we buy memberships, merch, help flog sponsorship worldwide.
We all want to be there and we are. 1am this weekend KO I'll be there, Yidney for Watford, Newie pub for Bournemouth and others all over world the same.