#2841 ·
Look, nobody’s claiming you’re going to vanish from the face of the earth, but it’s clearly in the interest of the powers that be,
that you disappear from the stands.
that you disappear from the stands.
Started by Henry Grant51 · · 👁 526 views · 6K replies
Robert Cooper60 said:Man, I'm not even against
I just can't count past 2, I guess.
Like, if Mamić can stand there in front of the cops and scream at a reporter, calling his mom names and acting like the devil right in front of all those cameras without getting anything done...
but then they go out and arrest people just for shouting something rude—imagine doing that at a game!
I mean, I don't even know what to say about that.
redjackal8 said:People are getting arrested mostly because there aren't many of us; if there were 50 people, they wouldn't know what to do with them. But whatever, it's an annual thing—we'll head to Amsterdam, hit the clubs, see some girls, and just get out there.
ruggedridge47 said:If people hadn't been turned away even before Unešić, the numbers might have actually been higher. You know as well as I do that our current situation isn't really about whether you want to show up, but rather whether you can even manage to sneak into the stadium unnoticed. But that’s beside the point right now; you hit the nail on the head regarding the main issue—we're heading to Eindhoven, and before that, there'll be some time spent wandering through Amsterdam or Frankfurt... people just want to see the world, I guess. It's frustrating because just two weeks ago, authorities imposed those voucher systems, and only about 120 of us from the area made it out—including both those who got in and those who didn't—when, if we were acting out of pure spite, at least 500 would have gone. I find it fascinating, honestly, how people who show up maybe three or four times a year for domestic games (if that) have the nerve to suddenly appear whenever these European away trips come around. Do they have even an ounce of moral backbone? Is there no sense of shame when they show up among the people who are fighting tooth and nail every single week? This group, which has been around since the summer of 2010, and especially since the summer of 2012, is living through its hardest days in history—maybe even tougher than when we were trying to rebuild our reputation. Last season, maybe 200 to 300 people showed up for home games in the East (keeping in mind only about 60 were blacklisted, and half of those haven't been active for years), and we're dealing with about 50 bans and restrictions in total... yet they show up for Porto, Paris, Vienna, Sofia, Eindhoven, etc., and act like they belong. And I'm not talking about the few folks who owe the group money or the handful of people the police pick up the moment they're spotted—there are only a few of them, you could count them on one hand. Don't tell me they're going just to support the club or to throw flares onto the pitch; there are barely any of them either. They go because they just want to travel. When you see things like that, even though our numbers are small, I suppose I'd bring back that practice from the 2004 game against Leverkusen a hundred times over (where you'd show your ticket from a previous home game to prove you're part of it)—a practice that all these self-righteous moralists seem to despise so much. Just don't start lecturing me about "300 true believers" versus "3,000 posers."
If you don't feel like showing up for the regular matches, then don't bother appearing when Europe comes around, because you're making fools of yourselves and spitting in the faces of the people who are always there.
Maybe work on your mentality....
Kyle Stewart65 said:Jesse Campbell, you’re high on hype every single weekend. You act like everything’s getting better, but it’s just because the boss hasn't been kicked out yet... you’ve been preaching this same crap for three damn years and nothing has changed. All those legal paths and nonsense you talk about? Total garbage. You’re just like those guys in US Congress, trying to pull the wool over people's eyes. That idiot isn't going anywhere unless we actually do something real. The Chicago Blackhawks fans used to be a real force, and if they’d acted back then, he’d be facing a firing squad instead of just getting high. Even if a massive crowd showed up at the stadium and we all screamed at him, what does that achieve? Nothing. You see, even the other 80 percent of the mindless crowd realized the guy is trash and needs to go. So we have 90 percent of the public and regular people wanting him gone—what good is that if we don't move?
Kyle Stewart65 said:Nothing... he won't budge until something real happens, and why would he? Put yourself in his shoes... he pulls in huge money, shows up to a game, you scream insults at him, and he just laughs. He doesn't give a damn. The game ends in 90 minutes, your voices fade away, and he's still collecting checks. Every weekend is the exact same cycle, just with heavier crackdowns until they eventually kick us out of the stadium entirely. Once we're banned, it'll be too late for any moves. And honestly, I don't care what your answer is, if you even bother answering, because you just say the same thing every time...
redjackal8 said:They’re only making arrests because there aren't many of them. If there were 50 people, they wouldn't know what to do with them. Doesn't matter though. It's the annual tradition—head to Vegas, hit the clubs, find some girls, and we'll be back up there soon enough.
ruggedridge47 said:If people hadn't been turned away even before Unic, our numbers would be higher. You know as well as I do that the current situation isn't about whether you actually want to show up; it's about whether you can even manage to sneak into the stadium unnoticed to get to the stands.
Two weeks ago, those bastards introduce these voucher systems, and now when we head to a game in a place like Miami, only 120 people show up—counting both those who made it in and those who didn't. Instead, out of pure spite, there should have been at least 500 of us.
This group, which has been around since the summer of 2010, and especially since the summer of 2012, is living through its darkest days in history. Perhaps even darker than the period when we were fighting to rebuild our reputation.
When you see things like this happening, even if our numbers are small, I’d bring back that old practice from the 2004 Beverage era a hundred times over. You know, the one where you just show your ticket from a previous home game to whoever was guarding the gate? The very same practice that all these self-righteous moralists love to lecture us about. Don't start with me about "300 true believers" versus "3,000 posers."