Posts by Drew Barnes4

Brian Martin78 said:Who gives a damn where the agents end up? They aren't heading north.

Well, honestly, that’s plenty of info right there. 👍

Honestly, most of us would be totally fine with the group finally making a call on what we’re doing about those agents. A lot of people just don't want to be stuck standing in the stands next to that trash. It's pretty funny how their official statement completely dodged the one thing everyone actually gives a damn about.

Jonathan Barnes5 said:Man, what are you even talking about? You've got DMs right here. There's the association too. If you actually want to know something, just ask. All you guys do is sit around making wild assumptions worse than some clickbait tabloid reporter..

Fair point....I deleted my post. You should probably delete this one too. I was just heated in the moment, damn...

Ronald Bennett30 said:All I know is I wouldn't even share a slice of pizza with Nijaz and those losers if they were starving on the street, let alone sit in the same section at the stadium.

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I’d actually show up to the concert if there was a massive march, just so I could crowd into the front row with the main crew. That way, there's at least a slim chance I'll end up in some photos online later.

If there’s no march, I’m staying home.

If anyone here knows the guys from the West Side, do me a favor and tell them they should organize a march. It doesn't even have to be a trek from City Hall to the Salad Quote if they're feeling lazy. We could just go from the Federal Reserve to the Salad Quote instead. We can stop right in front of the Federal Reserve to yell at the Chair and shout slogans against the bankers and capitalism. Might actually win over some regular people instead of just looking like a bunch of thugs or losers. Plus, even if it's just from the Fed to the Salad Quote, I still might get caught on camera in the front row with my boys.

If that's how it is, then my bad on the misunderstanding and the question I threw out there...

John Campbell27 said:The indoor soccer team kickoff at the local arena is set for Sept 9th at 6 PM!

Since they moved the indoor game because of the matchup between the local pro team and their rivals this Saturday, I gotta know—what’s the actual reason? Nobody shows up to the home games anyway, so I don't get why the indoor schedule is getting bumped just to accommodate some big stadium match.

thanks

Jerry Morris2 said:@SUMANUTI and others.
Every fan group in America stands united behind certain ideals against US Soccer. Very few groups even show them, and even fewer actually live by them. The complexity of what you guys are talking about is multi-layered. We’re looking at totally different reasons for getting into the fight. If we're talking about the Ultras, one major reason—and probably the biggest—is how much the US Soccer federation and the MLS and other quasi-institutions have basically spat on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. For the Bad Boys, the reason they stepped up was seeing the identity of Los Angeles FC being gutted, and believe me, that was already the reason when we started boycotting back in 2010. Most of us knew long before then (personally, since the relegation battle) that a split between the club and us was inevitable because the level of small-town corruption inside LAFC had already pushed most of us over the edge. Now look at those two different motives. The Bad Boys rise up while LAFC is dominating American sports, and it's not a stretch to say they'll keep doing that for years (honestly, I don't know if there's any group in the world that would turn its back on corruption in their own club while that club is sweeping everything in the domestic league and playing in the Champions League). At that moment, an already fractured group decides to take on Jerry Jones. In the following years, I don't even need to mention what happens to that group—the blackmail, the attempted bribery that actually worked on some people, the shootings, police intervention, interference from veterans, stolen banners, blah blah blah...
Basically, the Bad Boys were left completely alone fighting the snake in their own city. On the other hand, you guys have it different. You drove out your "tycoons"—who, let's be real, aren't even half as bad as ours—and you're building your own club with the City itself and a huge chunk of public figures (lawyers, doctors...) standing behind you. Not to mention the Miami residents and Dalmatians who were sick of Washington, D.C. from the jump for other reasons too, all symbolizing this fight for clean soccer that you're successfully pushing forward. Now, just put yourself in the shoes of anyone of us who's been dealing with injustice for years while everyone around you is hostile. The media has already painted us as villains and pushes us (instead of you) onto the headlines every single time (how long did it take people to blame the Bad Boys for the stuff in Fra?). Every group had its own way of operating. Maybe our way was, from a fan perspective, pure, but it failed in so many ways. But it was undeniably a fight—physical, mental, legal, just sometimes not media-friendly. It's also undeniable that the crackdown on the fan movement hit us first and hardest. You guys recognized that back then and stood on the same side of the bleachers as us, which might be one of the most significant moments in this whole struggle. Now, most people in both our ranks will probably say "never again with those pieces of trash," without realizing there are plenty more just like them lurking around. But whatever, that's just my take. Mockery is just part of being a fan, and I don't see anything wrong with it. Bottom line, I think every group acted within its own limits. Unfortunately, our limits are incomparably worse than yours. It's stupid to claim leadership in any fight or brag about it before the fight is actually over. And it isn't.

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Alright Taylor Williams28, I give you one little compliment and then you immediately go off the rails 😁

Taylor Williams28 might have a point here. Those old neighborhood crews and local street talk? They're gone. The whole city's vibe has just diluted over time. Times change, you gotta roll with it... every era has its own thing. But honestly, the biggest issue is the crackdown. The cops are out for blood right now more than I've ever seen before...

If they weren't suppressing everyone and tearing the group apart with all this political and mob-style harassment, things would look a hell of a lot different...

Raymond Reed10 said:The hypocrisy is unreal. You’ve got these random forum trolls attacking people who have spent six years standing their ground just so you lot could actually have a club to support tomorrow. Out of maybe 250 people, like ten of them—if that even counts for anything—actually went out to the fence to grab jerseys from players who celebrated goals with the fans instead of some hired guns or whatever. So what, were we supposed to insult the players again and demand the jerseys back, or hunt down anyone who caught one and burn them in a ritual? What are the "standards" on this forum anyway? If it wasn't for those Bad Boys opening everyone's eyes through boycotts and fighting the system, you guys would probably still be cheering for every transfer and trophy handed to you on a silver platter. Most of those Bad Boys who have been taking heat from the establishment for years can't even get into the stadium because the big shots pulled some shady ban on them. I honestly don't know who they're even targeting here. They just make up these fake scenarios and demand "answers" on this damn forum.

Amen. If you don't get this, you're clueless and shouldn't even be on this sub, let alone in the stands...