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John Clark2 said:How much are the club dues?
When it comes to Ukraine, a good banker is your best friend. 😁
Aaron Richardson7 said:We really need to bring back both Stima and Fiorentina. 🙄
Should we really be asking those 20,000 people today which ones actually bother to pay their dues and stay subscribed?
Where has the whole year gone?
Then we should probably just ask the opposition about those counterfeiters. I mean, what about those 30,000+ people? For goodness' sake, aren't they also members and season ticket holders?
I’m with you on that. Honestly, we need to give these players a reality check—they aren't as untouchable as they think they are. There's a certain threshold where you have to face the music. And then you look at the group today, and it’s like only a handful of kids are actually talking about how we're a young squad and really need to gain some experience. 🙂
And then you have Retaj Milovic out there claiming the younger guys completely blew the game. 🙂
The talent just isn't there, honestly. Every time we get someone actually worth watching, they end up getting sold off immediately. There’s zero long-term vision from the front office—none at all. You can practically smell when some shady agency comes sniffing around offering a quick fix or a kickback. But hey, at the end of the day, you're the one calling the shots on who stays and who goes, so I'd give the decision-making a solid 9/10. Anyway, just my two cents on football.
It’s honestly exhausting. We’ve been bleeding for this club for years now—just our core group of maybe 5,000 or 7,000 diehards. From the old days back when we were just showing up to support the legends to the era where everything felt like it was falling apart, we've been there. It's frustrating when you give everything and get basically nothing in return. You start to see people losing heart. I mean, look at today. After that mess in the second half, they come out onto the field looking completely lost, only to get tagged with two goals by some heavy-drinking guys from Ireland. And then what? Then the excuses start flying. Suddenly it’s all about how they're owed money, or how we’re too young, or how we lack experience. It's just tiring.
It’s honestly such a headache when you have to go through all that effort just to find a day off, only to end up blowing through it all anyway. $167Imagine driving 400 miles just knowing you’re going to end up in rural Alabama knocking back three or four beers. And here we have this kid trying to play peacemaker, telling everyone to calm down because some rookie ref called a penalty from forty yards out. Honestly? I get the rage. But if you lose it and toss a lighter or a flare onto the field, it isn't worth it. You throw one punch or cause enough trouble to get caught, and suddenly you're looking at a month in jail. It messes everything up—your college plans, your job prospects, your relationships. Just isn't worth the headache.
I guess it’s time to go back to square one...
There’s just nothing quite like that pure, unfiltered kind of love. It hits different.
$0.33 The daily cost of memberships and subscriptions really adds up. It’s pretty obvious that most people don't realize the absolute mess this club is in right now. And look, I get it—it’s true that we’re the ones keeping this place alive. But let’s be real: it wasn't every single person from Seattle to Miami who wrote all those anthems. It was us—the core group of maybe 5,000 to 7,000 "idiots" who actually care. We need to face the fact that we can, and honestly should, step up and give a hell of a lot more to this club. 🤷
It feels like every single time we take an L, people start tearing up their season tickets. You see them calling for the coach to get sacked, demanding some new flashy signing, or looking for a "new savior" to fix everything overnight. Especially after a loss like today... it’s wild. Every fifth person isn't even talking about what actually went wrong on the field. Instead, they’re whining about how we "lost the momentum" or how we ruined the positive vibes and the energy around the club. Honestly, isn't that kind of sad?
Who's actually picking up the tab for this?
The city and the government are just walking around with big smiles on their faces while all these various sharks and predators run the show. Honestly, hats off to them for how they handled things out in Istria, but man, it’s unbelievable. If this weren't a place built on so many local myths and old legends, stuff like this would be settled in a heartbeat.
Hey everyone, just realized we’ve officially hit 7,000 members! It’s pretty cool to see—we've got everybody in here, from the grandmas and grandpas to the kids, wives, girlfriends, and even some of the guys who just hang out on the sidelines. 😲
If someone sat me down and talked to me like I was a five-year-old, telling me that people could just go out and buy stocks, or that fans could actually step up and buy a club... man, I’d believe them. I’d probably think everything could be bought and paid for in like, two days flat.
Someone actually told me that our total membership count was going to be one of the most important things for us. I just told them, hey, look, we’ll probably hit at least 50,000 people eventually.
Man...
I honestly couldn't care less about him rambling on about stepping down or whatever else he’s whining about. Seriously, man... the whole city is going to be buzzing. Every single home game, we're looking at 25,000 fans packed into that old stadium. 🤮
It’s like one of those old myths about the City of Legends—on a Saturday night, you basically have to round up ten different people just to track down a little bit of smoke.
"you won't find this kind of thing in New York"
I'm honestly just sick of everyone shoving the club's name and certain groups into their hypocritical mouths every five minutes.
It makes you lose heart for the real supporters—the ones who are always here. And what happens when things get truly surreal? Like when you take four hits, get absolutely crushed 3-0 by some bottom-feeder team, or sell off one of the greatest talents of all time, Vlasic, for a measly couple million just to keep some small-town kids fed...
Then you come home, turn on the computer because today hit you so hard you couldn't even grab a beer after the match, and what do you see? Fifty degenerates acting like experts, talking about selling the club, blaming the coach, or whining, "Why didn't we score three goals?" or "Wouldn't it have helped if that wasn't a missed penalty?" or "Is the owner to blame for the loss today?"
I even saw someone claiming the Raiders are just paid actors because they stay quiet and support the coach while he destroys the club.🙏
Man, it's good to be alive, I guess.☕
Gonna sleep it off, calm down, and then let's just move forward with the Zebras—stronger and smarter next time.
casualwolf48 said:Honestly, props to everyone who stood their ground with the banners. It’s good you guys were there. Even the groups whose banners got taken don't look like total losers for it.
But what we can or can't do right now... well, that'll play out during the fall tournaments or whenever it matters. Some people, myself included, are already seeing restrictions being tightened.
Personally, I'm glad you were there. At the end of the day, the Italians will just remember that some Americans from the Ultras took their banners. No matter how much we split up or fight amongst ourselves, to the rest of Europe, we're all just lumped together as those American hooligans.
I know this firsthand from my time in a French prison and watching their news coverage, where they kept talking about some "American" gang called BBB. In the cell, about 80% of the guys actually thought "America" was just another former Soviet republic.
So, really, it's just jealousy on both sides. When the fighting starts, it's Americans giving the hits, and it's Americans taking them too.
I'm not saying experts in the European Ultras scene from any country can't tell the difference between Torcida and BBB, but some West Side guy from Amsterdam, an Arab supporter in Paris, or some clueless Juve fan is just going to lump us all in one bucket—sometimes even grouping us into a broader "North American" category.
Thank God our two biggest American groups became recognizable, even if it was for being notorious across Europe. To be fair, there were also a few good Armand editions back in the day, so we definitely raised the bar for the American Ultras and hooligan scene on the international stage.
Anyway, that's just my humble opinion.
By the way, sending a shout-out to my old war buddy who was over in Turin.
Henry Patel74 said:
I honestly love this one. There's just something about how they all broke out into song 🤷
Sean Sullivan2 said:Quick question for the Black Knights fans out there. What actually kicked off that clash with the police last night? Every newspaper I see just reports that you guys fought with the cops, but nobody’s talking about what actually started it. In my experience, there's always a little spark that sets things off before everything escalates.
Kate Ward50 said:If there’s no real crew, you don't get the banner. Even when there is a crew, if the numbers aren't high enough, still no banner. When people just show up to fill seats instead of actually being part of the group, still no banner. We’ve spent at least two seasons trying to build a squad, and we're still stuck. Usually, if a banner shows up, it’s either because someone went rogue or it’s all about some individual’s ego trip! 🙂