Posts by Melissa Kelly3

slylynx3 said:Is this supposed to be some kind of joke?

It was just a prize drawing. They were pulling balls out of a drum.🙂

Nah, that was just some leftover residue from the last game.🙂

nimblebison8 said:I had no idea Mamić was running his own agents inside the fan clubs. 🤷

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wJxb99zgo4 😍

Let me see this once... 😁

ABC News 1

after the news

I once knew a guy in Chicago who thought he could tame a wild mustang. He was wrong. Life doesn't work that way. The user says:
Jerry Maguire.

Zachary Sullivan2 said:My parents wouldn't be half as complimentary if they weren't being showered with praise by these people calling themselves fans.🤣

Jesse Campbell, thanks for ruining my night. 🙂

Zachary Sullivan2 I watched the video. It’s just more noise in an already loud world. I remember seeing similar nonsense back when I worked in Chicago; people always love to hear themselves talk. It changes nothing. 😁

I’m genuinely curious—what kind of future do you see for this club once Mamić is gone?

Honestly, I haven't the slightest clue...
The internet is full of noise, and even current supporters claim he might be cooking the books, yet Real Madrid just keeps sitting at the top of the table.

How do you think this will actually play out? Is there any realistic chance we make it to the LP without selling off our ten best players first?

The only thing I truly believe in is that the stadium attendance will increase, and that's something I'm looking forward to.

Joseph Harris5 said:Of course you're going to get into a fight just because someone stood an inch too far to the left or right. My point is that while we're over at the East Stand, they should probably build a terrace between those yellow lines. It’s just more practical to lead the crowd when everyone is lined up straight instead of scattered side-to-side. There's nothing malicious about the suggestion. 👍

They're obviously already thinking about it, but people still feel the need to state the obvious. It's like reading the warning label on a box of Teddy Grahams telling you they aren't a meal replacement. 🤣

analogheron19 said:stop the nitpicking🙂
In just a day and a half, they pulled off a masterclass. The turnout is nearly triple what we saw at the last game.
It’s on all of us—every single one of us—to step up over the next few days. If everyone brings just one more person to the next match, things will eventually fall into place.🙂

Classic. They immediately build a wall of comments to shut you down. 😁
What I pointed out were just observations, not an indictment of how the event went. 🤷

These forums are exhausting. You can't say anything without getting attacked... and then you get banned just for making a joke about the flight delays. 🤷 😍

Henry Grant51 said:Just listen to the lyrics... how can there be no connection?
And who cares if it feels like being at a concert...
If you have an idea for a new song (provided it isn't some trash/folk nonsense), feel free to reach out to the guys at the association, on Fifth Avenue, or at the meeting...
Any change for the better is welcome... including this one.
It was a decent bit of fun and finally something new.

I don't have any ideas; this is just a comment. Maybe someone will get what I'm trying to say, or maybe I'm just typing nonsense.🤷

Second—I know the lyrics well enough because I used to listen to punk while drinking beer, unlike plenty of these people who clearly didn't grasp the point for even ten minutes. By that logic, we could change everything about Bruce Springsteen next time.🙂

Third, there are tons of well-known songs that are smarter to play when more people are involved, rather than leaving gaps in the chanting.

And fourth, you were previously all for standing in front of the cathedral supporting gay rights, while on the flip side, eighty-six waitresses were visible.
So, looking at the group as a whole, I still don't see the connection.🤷

That's all from me.🙂

The stuff from HP isn't really stadium material; I just don't see the connection 🤷
Yesterday's set was at least "polished," but this feels like being stuck at some dive bar concert 🤷

To actually fix the atmosphere, they need to break up those lines. They should encourage people to get closer to the group and pack into the same section instead of standing ten feet back while security keeps them separated.

There’s a massive difference when the whole crowd is roaring versus when the noise just dies out among the guys in front of the terrace.

Sure, nobody can go full throttle for ninety minutes straight, but if they're closer to the core, it’s much easier to catch that energy than when you're isolated on your own.

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vividotter40 said:http://www.nytimes.com/politics/corruption-scandal

🤣🤣🤣

None of this is true.🤣

That’s what some senator would say.
It's easy to dismiss things when you don't believe them.
The real issue is seeing the corruption with your own eyes and still being unable to process it.

😂

silverbear38 said:Real fans don't need fancy marketing or merch drops. They just wear the GOP colors and walk around in black with dark stares on their faces. 🤣

http://s15.postimage.org/exmj9p6vv/airbrow_eye.jpg

They even sell a kit for that moody look. :t:

Hajduk Split isn't pulling any wild stunts like FC Barcelona did for this calendar; it’s just shots of the players. And, naturally, the fans. They were careful to make sure not a single smoke flare made it into the photos.

☕

Christian Moore41 said:So now everything an American nationalist writes is absolute truth? Just pure fact?

By that logic, those American expats in Austria didn't just beat up some random group of guys—they took down the original crew of hardcore fans. Ridiculous.

🤣 Reading through the comments from that game, it looks like that's the case. They’ve got plenty of those travelers coming in. 😁

(Whether it was Laura Mitchell87, or someone else entirely) there was this one photo showing our guys looting jerseys, scarves, and flags during that away trip. The caption joked that since they had so much gear, the fans might as well open their own souvenir shop in downtown Chicago. 😁
Do you know anything about that photo or if a shop ever actually opened? 😁

Actually, we should probably ask those thugs why they don't seem to care much about representing America at all. 🤷

Adam Morris8 said:Is it actually funny to you how many people show up to watch Inter at the Rose Bowl?
Suddenly, you don't care about your Hajduk anymore? Typical. I remember when people actually had some skin in the game.
Listen, kids, start using your brain cells.😉

He’s just playing dumb. I've seen this act before.
I remember when Barcelona came to town; they couldn't have cared less about the local team if they tried. $167 There weren't many tickets left. 😉

You all claim the league was rigged by the owners from the start. Why bother celebrating wins like that?
The fans showing up are actually undermining the front office, while everyone else just moves on to a different sport...
Like I said, clearly beating the Red Army isn't the highlight of their lives.

Anonymous said:I didn't say they represent us. I'm just pointing out that half the people posting nonsense here aren't even part of the group they're talking about. Some are just sympathizers who don't understand what being a fan is actually about, some are just derby spectators, and others are wannabe hooligans looking for a fight without having a clue what's really going on. For me, it doesn't matter if there were 2,000 or 2,500 people, or if we were 3,500 or 4,000, or whether 30 or 34 flares went off or where the mics were placed. All that trivia is noise. The only thing that mattered was that we, the Tovar, and the East side all stood together to tell the US Soccer Federation to go to hell, and how the West side failed to back us up with boos. Why does everyone—us, the Tovar, the Cohort, the Armada—constantly fight over such trivialities? Healthy debate is fine, but this is kindergarten level. It won't help anyone achieve the goal we supposedly all want: a strong league for the fans and the sport.

We argue a bit, and you see how much our version sucks. They constantly push for us to be better, yet we refuse to move an inch 😍 because we can't coordinate, our numbers are small, we steal ideas, we can't agree on choreographies... hey, at least they praised the flare display 😁

You're bringing up heavy topics. You can't expect actual intelligence or seriousness on an internet forum like this.
🙂 👍

placidfalcon4 said:So? Are you actually suggesting the Los Angeles Dodgers are to blame for this? Typical. I saw the same kind of finger-pointing back when I was working in Chicago; everyone looks for a scapegoat instead of facing reality.

A derby is a derby. It’s that specific matchup between two rivals that commands the spotlight regardless of where they sit in the standings or how much trouble the clubs are in. I remember watching one back in Chicago during a blizzard; the standings didn't matter then, and they don't matter now. The tension stays the same.

It’s still a massive rivalry here. Over there, it isn't, because nobody gives a damn about either the Yankees or the Dodgers anymore. If the Dodgers are playing poorly, you can't blame them when people in Washington, D.C. couldn't care less about the Yankees.

You wrote that well, but...

Maybe people finally realized that Major League Soccer is a joke. 🤷

How do you even explain the mindset of a New York Yankees fan who just can't bring himself to enjoy watching their biggest rival get crushed? It’s a strange way to live. 🤷

placidfalcon4 said:Please, don't. You were always the only sane one in this group. 😁

So, what, is the crowd in New York City made up entirely of NFL Ultras? Are there no people who just plain love Real Madrid, show up to the games, and especially "love" their biggest rival?

If those people were actually real fans yesterday—not just posers or fair-weather types—then I suppose we should expect the stadium to look exactly like that again next week. Or at least the North Stand. Just my luck. ☕

If you’ve got a problem with this, just say so. Then we can all go back to obsessing over those guys from San Francisco. 🙂

😁

Don't take me too literally. I'm telling you this without any jokes.
That peasant is also right about that whole mess.

It’s a sunny day. We should probably kill some time this afternoon. The crew doesn't have DirecTV, but we're expecting a decent game. Security has the flares under control... naturally, an extra thousand people will show up anyway.

Don't let the hype get to you. Thinking we have anything to look forward to when FC Barcelona comes to town? Forget about it.

Before the era of the big money moves, I didn't even realize games were happening. It's pretty obvious that for the average fan, even a massive rivalry isn't enough to pull them out of their house and into the stadium.
Imagine if this had aired on NBC and it was actually raining outside. Then people would realize how little the average American actually cares about this derby. 😉

http://s14.postimage.org/sszw2pofl/DSCF1781.jpg

I assume this was your final score last night...