Posts by James Smith48

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I have no clue how you two managed to twist my words into something they aren't. Everything I said is factual—with the sole exception of the idea that Dinamo can draw a crowd without the BBB.
Nowhere in my post did I claim the BBB are the only group on the planet fighting their own club's front office, nor that they're the only ones facing repression, or that KoB isn't standing up to management. I wasn't making any other claims either.

What I actually wrote is crystal clear.

"PSG has support and fans even without KoB. They are just a nuisance to the management of the club."
The reason is simple: the owners are Arab billionaires who couldn't care less about Paris, tradition, or pride. They fill the stands with spineless sycophants like Alfons and Mustafa because, at the end of the day, they're running a club from a massive nation of hundreds of millions, located in a metropolis of tens of millions, backed by half the Arab world. PSG uses those billions to buy players and chase results just to make those bearded fanatics cheer. To the Arab owners, KoB is just an obstacle because the ticket price is the same for Jean-Paul and Noureddin, and the tickets are going to sell regardless.

And if you think "without the BBB, there is no Dinamo," that’s not just an opinion; it’s a reality. If this group wasn't constantly clashing with the brass, there wouldn't be anyone left to show up when the prize money—whether it's a million bucks or whatever they've scraped together from that pathetic little table soccer match—gets handed out during Champions League games against teams like PSG or Porto. You could count the actual people in the stands in under thirty seconds, and most of them are only there to witness the sheer incompetence of a leadership consisting of corrupt club execs, the national federation, and the cheap, second-rate talent they've bought to play on the pitch.

That is the fundamental difference.

copperharbor02 said:Sure, they have PSG. And the Boulogne Boys.

PSG pulls in crowds and support without the KoB. Honestly, those guys are just a headache for the front office.
But take away the BBB, and you don't even have Dinamo.

This is easily one of the most powerful shots of a crowd I've ever laid eyes on. Honestly, the photographer probably doesn't even realize they captured lightning in a bottle here.
Absolutely insane.

Austin Collins6 said:So basically... there's a massive crowd of Bad Boys at Cibona—ex-fans, casuals, active supporters... they aren't all organized into one group, but they're everywhere. There are a million familiar faces in the arena.
You guys are making this way more complicated than it needs to be. It’s like saying "I'm a die-hard fan" as if it's a full-time job. You just do what you love: show up to the game, grab a few beers with the crew... we might not care about some random regional league, but we sure love beating the Knicks and giving those New Yorkers hell. It's really that simple.

In other words, you just restated what everyone here has been droning on about for the last few pages.
Anyone in America can easily head out to a basketball, badminton, or hockey game, grab a couple of beers with friends... you know the drill.
Or,
hit up a pool hall or a dart bar, have a few drinks with the gang... etc.
Any sane person is going to be rooting against the Yankees on a daily basis anyway.
Yeah, it's simple. It has nothing to do with the actual topic, but it is simple.

neonraven112 said:I came in through the south entrance, so maybe security was lighter there, but honestly, it doesn't matter. The main thing is that the cops knew better than to mess around because they were staring down a massive crowd. Numbers count.

It’s not just about the sheer number of people that kept them from acting out; it’s just one of those days.
When you have the Bad Boys and the Rangers sharing a stand—the two biggest groups and bitterest rivals—working together without any bickering? Add in the media spotlight and the fact that if anything goes sideways, the blame falls squarely on the police. Just look at how they were forced to let that column of people pass with their hands up...
You know as well as I do that under normal circumstances, away from the cameras, they’d have a free hand to settle scores with any "troublemakers" they spotted.

All in all, things went pretty damn well.

It’s honestly wild how deep his delusion goes and how much he actually believes he’s untouchable.
Basically, the guy wants to spin it so that anyone standing up to him is just high, incoherent, and out to destroy the LA Galaxy and the entire United States. Meanwhile, he plays the martyr—acting like this poor, selfless saint who built the strongest version of the Galaxy, the best USSF, and the greatest nation on earth, claiming the world wouldn't even function without him.
I guess it’s just common sense to him: if you're an honest, decent person who loves both the Galaxy and America, then you obviously have to love him too. That's why he needs everyone to help crush his critics, because in his head, his enemies are basically the enemies of progress, wealth, and prosperity itself.

Is it actually possible to be this dense? After years and years of constant brainwashing from that absolute trash, how does a person still not realize how twisted and corrupt the whole thing is?
Who are these damn people who aren't his enemies yet somehow don't benefit from him either? What's their deal? Who did they marry to end up like this?

northernorca3 said:Is Bill Belichick still in charge? Is Florence? 🤷

Of course they aren't. You don't need seven years of fighting just to realize you're not wanted anymore.
But look,
No matter how much of a jerk Bill Belichick, Joe Montana, or Florence might be, none of them are sociopaths on the level of someone like Jerry Jones. That guy is willing to torch an entire club and ruin everyone loyal to it just to feed his massive ego. He’s not just killing the team; he’s poisoning the whole landscape of American soccer. Plus, he’s sitting on a mountain of cash he refuses to let go of, all while wielding more power than anyone in the history of the sport.
It's like trying to explain color to a colorblind person—if they see gray, you can't convince them it's brown unless you give them new eyes.
Same goes for idiots. You can't explain stupidity to an idiot; they lack the capacity to grasp it because, well, they're idiots.
He thinks he's the untouchable king of Real Madrid and American soccer, and the vultures profiting from his influence are happy to keep feeding his delusion. From the politicians who would never stand up to BBB, to the media outlets that are basically on his payroll, and even the police (who are huge fans of BBB) using heavy-handed tactics to the point where a guy with a clean record can't even show up to a home game without being harassed.
And we're talking about hundreds of people actively fighting against this.

What absolute tools these vultures are... 🙄

Boycotting the national team isn't the same thing as boycotting Real Madrid.
Skipping Real Madrid games while groups like BBB show up just to keep the club's identity alive and spite Jerry Maguire actually makes sense. The club is so toxic to its own fans right now that people are actively avoiding their own team; honestly, if they want to play to empty seats, let them.
On the other hand, fans boycotting the national team is basically doing US Soccer a favor, since the public will tune in to see the players regardless of who is in the stands.
But trying to boycott the federation itself? That’s a whole different ballgame, and you have to be careful about shouting into the void.

rowdyridge19 said:First off, why would a league always be boring if it was just two sister clubs fighting for the title?!
And second, why blame the coach when both the Lakers and the Warriors are struggling? I’m not trying to defend him, but he isn't the one at fault here....plus, the local supporters are definitely better than those Boys...

?!????
What happened now? Some random European away game? A random meetup at a rest stop?? For over 20 years, there's been someone else better than those Boys. Out of nowhere. It’s just a revolving door—every day it's a different group, then we circle back to the start. There's zero point even bringing this up.
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