The holier than thou, super fan bullshit that seems to get pushed endlessly on this site is becoming beyond a joke. Two stories on the front page about how bad we are as fans…yeah that’ll help…oh no it wont it will just give every other team a stick to beat us with.
I agree the atmosphere at the ground has faltered, it has been decreasing for years at the lane now and for the last couple it has completely sucked. However this happy clappy pious bullshit just has to stop.
Lets first get one thing straight, the lack of atmosphere has nothing to do with those booing, absolutely fuck all, in fact, the chances are if you cant be bothered to boo, you are not going to be bothered to sing either.
Secondly, this “get behind the team no matter what” shtick, what a load of old cobblers that is. It is up to the team to get the crowd going…not the other way round.
The very reason why the demographic of football crowds are changing, lies squarely at the feet of the players and their spiralling wage demands. We are constantly reminded that the club must charge sky high prices so they can break even; so we are financially viable….fair enough. When you have players on upward of 80K a week, however, the idea that we have to in some way “get behind them” is so beyond laughable its ridiculous. Motivation should not be needed when you're on that kind of wedge.
When you have a man on less than 20K a year paying 1K plus to watch 11 players on 70K/week, do you honestly think that man doesn’t have the right to let his feelings be known when they are not performing???
I couldn’t give a flying monkeys if its counterproductive, if its stupid or moronic. I’m behind him every step of the way. He was probably watching Spurs long before the happy clappers turned up and he will probably be there after they are gone....and he’ll probably still be moaning. Good on him I say.
I expect lots of facepalm smileys, neg rep and the usual lemming like response (interwang pics are lolz) you get on here but I am right….and deep down you know I am. *I ONLY SING WHEN WERE WINNING*
I agree the atmosphere at the ground has faltered, it has been decreasing for years at the lane now and for the last couple it has completely sucked. However this happy clappy pious bullshit just has to stop.
Lets first get one thing straight, the lack of atmosphere has nothing to do with those booing, absolutely fuck all, in fact, the chances are if you cant be bothered to boo, you are not going to be bothered to sing either.
Secondly, this “get behind the team no matter what” shtick, what a load of old cobblers that is. It is up to the team to get the crowd going…not the other way round.
The very reason why the demographic of football crowds are changing, lies squarely at the feet of the players and their spiralling wage demands. We are constantly reminded that the club must charge sky high prices so they can break even; so we are financially viable….fair enough. When you have players on upward of 80K a week, however, the idea that we have to in some way “get behind them” is so beyond laughable its ridiculous. Motivation should not be needed when you're on that kind of wedge.
When you have a man on less than 20K a year paying 1K plus to watch 11 players on 70K/week, do you honestly think that man doesn’t have the right to let his feelings be known when they are not performing???
I couldn’t give a flying monkeys if its counterproductive, if its stupid or moronic. I’m behind him every step of the way. He was probably watching Spurs long before the happy clappers turned up and he will probably be there after they are gone....and he’ll probably still be moaning. Good on him I say.
I expect lots of facepalm smileys, neg rep and the usual lemming like response (interwang pics are lolz) you get on here but I am right….and deep down you know I am. *I ONLY SING WHEN WERE WINNING*
