Look, you guys probably know way more than I do since you're older and have spent way more time in the stands, and I totally get why people are saying we need another goalpost up in the North End... but honestly, it didn't feel anything like those old-school days back when we were tearing it up against teams like the Lakers, you know? With the way things are looking right now, we’re always at risk of getting caught slipping by some 61-style situation, whether it's just a decent message on a banner or a quick choreo... and yeah, I really do agree that we urgently need to fix our atmosphere. To be real, the North End looked absolutely killer yesterday with the Red Army in full force and all those flags waving everywhere... even other supporter groups across Europe that have been growing lately are running into huge issues with their matchday energy. In my opinion, just adding a goalpost is the easiest quick fix, but we'll just have to wait and see how it actually looks on the video if one even gets uploaded 🤷
What are you even talking about man... the energy was totally there for the whole first half and part of the second, but once things started sliding south on the scoreboard, everyone just kind of lost steam for maybe twenty minutes or so because we aren't robots, for god's sake...
wanderingpuma18 said:Honestly? I don't know about you guys, but it didn't feel all that special to me... especially those few minutes when things started getting heated, and considering everything else going on, just a handful of people cheering doesn't really cut it. I'm just crossing my fingers for a better showing next time...
I mean, I agree it wasn't anything legendary, but it was still way better than those first two halves of the season we had...
Austin Parker7 said:I don't know about any new stuff, because if you're talking about that "Sloop John B" vibe, we've tried to make that work so many times before and it just never sticks... honestly, I think this one isn't bad, it kind of has that classy Mediterranean feel to it...
Man, the Black Knights live forever, and yeah, I get that the letters aren't exactly anything new, but seeing them on the stands for the first time feels different...
The first half was actually looking pretty solid, especially when we were dominating out on the field, but then the second half hit and everything just fell apart... our play got sloppy and the score ended up looking way worse than it should have, but hey, at least we managed to bring home some good news from the front office in D.C.
Seriously, just give it a rest already, you guys aren't even making a point... maybe if you actually spent more time reading instead of just constantly typing away on this thread, you might actually learn something for once...
Hey, man, were you really out there yesterday absolutely tearing that bandit apart? Because if you were, seriously, huge respect to you... you’re probably the only one who spent all ninety minutes giving it everything you had...
Roger Sanchez58 said:Come on guys, seriously, we just need to learn how to let things go and actually start listening to different perspectives instead of staying stuck in our own little bubbles... Let’s not be idiots and act exactly like the people we're rooting against! We have to move past this stuff for the sake of something bigger, and that bigger goal is having one unified, rock-solid group of Ultras!
So, I wanted to drop my own take on how this half-season went since I didn't get around to posting when the thread first opened... honestly, I really feel like we’ve taken another massive step forward compared to last year, whether you're looking at the stats, the fan turnout, or even just the sheer energy of the choreos and the pyrotechnics... I mean, aside from those trips to San Diego and the New York Giants, the North Stand was absolutely packed with two or three different groups coming through every single game, and our away game numbers were just phenomenal... I also have to give a huge shoutout to the pyro displays, especially during the games against Milwaukee and Savannah, because no matter what the haters say about it, I truly believe this is our third straight season of real growth, and if we keep this momentum going, the future looks incredibly bright...
No skeletons are gonna come crawling out of the closet anytime soon, and honestly, thinking that Donald Trump actually has any real defenders left is just plain ridiculous...
Seriously top-tier video, huge props to you... 👍 Honestly, I think this one is just as incredible http://youtu.be/TCfhOFR-Fzo if you guys actually caught what happened...