alexanl1 Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 We have some of the most deluded fans in the football league! Some fans think we are a huge club and deserve to challenge straight away for promotion. I cant say in best pleased with the results so far but booing? Already? Yeah that's gonnna help. And what's with all these SOD out posts? Granted its a minority but c'mon! For those of you that think we will be in the championship next season had better get ready for a few more years of league 1. City were a severely damaged club before sod came in and sl started the change and by the looks of things still are. Just do what fans should do best and get behind the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted September 18, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Not sure Bristol City fans are the only ones that fit into that bracket Pretty sure you could swap the City references to England and we are on about our National team. I suspect a majority of fans are like that, we are just not in the same circles as those fans so are not as much aware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanl1 Posted September 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Not sure Bristol City fans are the only ones that fit into that bracket Pretty sure you could swap the City references to England and we are on about our National team. I suspect a majority of fans are like that, we are just not in the same circles as those fans so are not as much aware surely not when it comes to the level of success we've achieved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 And we all know which club's fans accuse of Big Club delusions, don't we? Which is not to say that there isn't a grain of truth in that accusation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I think the OP is mistaken ,how many other clubs give away the points so easily ;0) Not the Gas ,we're talking football here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Ever listen to 606? Liverpool fans are the worst, followed closely by Chelsea 'fans' who have been Chelsea fans for all of 5 minutes. The difference between City fans and most of the rest of the lower leagues is that we live in the 6th largest city in the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinheadface Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Other fans don't like us becouse we're so damn good looking, and drink real cider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Other fans don't like us becouse we're so damn good looking, and drink real cider. And intelligent, articulate, and kind to hedgehogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon8er Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 A club that gets 18,000 for a JPT first round tie is a huge club, us and Sheffield United in similar circumstances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanl1 Posted September 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Other fans don't like us becouse we're so damn good looking, and drink real cider. and that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 We have some of the most deluded fans in the football league! Some fans think we are a huge club and deserve to challenge straight away for promotion. I cant say in best pleased with the results so far but booing? Already? Yeah that's gonnna help. And what's with all these SOD out posts? Granted its a minority but c'mon! For those of you that think we will be in the championship next season had better get ready for a few more years of league 1. City were a severely damaged club before sod came in and sl started the change and by the looks of things still are. Just do what fans should do best and get behind the team. Hello Sean. Your cover here is blown! Seriously though, you could say the same about a minority of fans at every club - or are those phone calls from bitter Gasheads on 20man all made by City supporters on a wind-up? At AG we've had to endure month after month after month of league defeat and disappointing draws. Is it any wonder there is some disgruntlement? The amount of happy clapping on this forum over the fantastic future SOD will usher in is amazing, considering. I expect some of his cheerleaders to get out a guitar and start singing Kumbaya whilst worshiping at their personal O'Driscoll shrines. For me, the jury's still out. I like many of the things he's done with the club and we have a squad that - on paper - we should be able to have confidence in. All very good - especially when you consider the constraints he's had to work under. But I can't but say he makes stupid squad choices, rewards failure, penalises success, asks some players to play out of their best position, makes substitutions too late, and makes fairly baffling choices in his subs. The results have been many months of abject failure on the pitch. Add to that he is a tedious and fan unfriendly interviewee. I support the club wholeheartedly, but I defend the right of anyone who has paid hard-earned money to watch the club, to make their feelings know about our underperformances. It is us - the fans - who ARE the club. Not the players or management team who happen to be here at this present moment in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Hello Sean. Your cover here is blown! Seriously though, you could say the same about a minority of fans at every club - or are those phone calls from bitter Gasheads on 20man all made by City supporters on a wind-up? At AG we've had to endure month after month after month of league defeat and disappointing draws. Is it any wonder there is some disgruntlement? The amount of happy clapping on this forum over the fantastic future SOD will usher in is amazing, considering. I expect some of his cheerleaders to get out a guitar and start singing Kumbaya whilst worshiping at their personal O'Driscoll shrines. For me, the jury's still out. I like many of the things he's done with the club and we have a squad that - on paper - we should be able to have confidence in. All very good - especially when you consider the constraints he's had to work under. But I can't but say he makes stupid squad choices, rewards failure, penalises success, asks some players to play out of their best position, makes substitutions too late, and makes fairly baffling choices in his subs. The results have been many months of abject failure on the pitch. Add to that he is a tedious and fan unfriendly interviewee. I support the club wholeheartedly, but I defend the right of anyone who has paid hard-earned money to watch the club, to make their feelings know about our underperformances. It is us - the fans - who ARE the club. Not the players or management team who happen to be here at this present moment in time. Fair points there, but haven't you noticed that it's always the same posters who are the first to be disgruntled and the same who remain gruntled longest? That suggests that it's more about the posters than the managers, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Fair points there, but haven't you noticed that it's always the same posters who are the first to be disgruntled and the same who remain gruntled longest? That suggests that it's more about the posters than the managers, doesn't it? Aye. There are some whose tethers are particularly short.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Aye. There are some whose tethers are particularly short.... Who are you fracking accusing of being on a short tether? Outside, mate Can I bite his ankles, please, please, please? <°¥¥. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Who are you fracking accusing of being on a short tether? Outside, mate Can I bite his ankles, please, please, please? <°¥¥. Blimey! p.ricklier than SO'D in a Radio Bristol interview! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderbeans Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 amen to that alex. people on here are ridiculous. completely blinded for the need for short term gains that they cant see that long term plan/goal. if you want short term releif for your money, go to a bloody brothel! If you love this club, stick with it through the hard times and it will repay you in time. Fickle is a perfect word for a large amount of fans at the club and on this forum and I completely understand SOD's reason for picking them out for their deficiencies. Why should SOD be the scape goat for everything when he has done so much already to change the club for the better. The fans have a job to get behind the players and management and if ti was a real job, they would have been sacked IMO Grow some pride in your club, gain some belief and get behind the team/manager of bugger off! And before anyone tries to argue that, you cant, as you are a supporter of this club and that is what is expected of you without question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Right Honourable Les Q Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 No-one likes us? Do we care? Must be a song in this. We need some songs. And probably to be liked a bit more, so leave the song thing. Actually, some of our own fans don't like us much, either. I do care about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I disagree that it is illusions of grandeur. Didn't SOD messiah, undoubted, unquestionable one almighty come out and say the team is not good enough for the club, or words to that effect? Footballing history no we don't have pedigree. As a city and an area we have every right to demand, and expect, more - although it would be good if we could get more to attend: the onus there though has to stop with the club. We do our bit, and no doubt invite mates, the club has to make it attractive and has to sow the seeds. As for frustrations, perfectly understandable. We have had the fortune of being in the NPower Champuonship. By heck we even competed, and compounded ourselves to a stable team. Then GJ left, we got fleeced by Coppell, had marquee signings like James, and have never looked forward since. People forget how long we were in the championship. In football terms it was a damn long time, long enough to be established! - to be sweating in the position we are now in is not acceptable. There are a plethora of reasons why we are, but acceptable it is not. Oh and before anyone asks, I've watched us more in Div 3 (league one) than I have any other. But the positive work and foundations getting there and getting established have been ripped apart. Ill feeling should not be misconstrued as illusions of grandeur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodEmperor Palpatine Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Wow so other clubs fans don't like us... And we care why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrizzleRed Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 No-one likes us? Do we care? Must be a song in this. We need some songs. And probably to be liked a bit more, so leave the song thing. Actually, some of our own fans don't like us much, either. I do care about that Must say you have a very entertaining writing style your honour. You wouldn't happen to be related to a certain Turkey Twizzler, who used to reside on 606, as I seem to detect certain similarities in style? Whatever, please keep on providing a jolly entertaining read old chap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 We have some of the most deluded fans in the football league! Some fans think we are a huge club and deserve to challenge straight away for promotion. I cant say in best pleased with the results so far but booing? Already? Yeah that's gonnna help. And what's with all these SOD out posts? Granted its a minority but c'mon! For those of you that think we will be in the championship next season had better get ready for a few more years of league 1. City were a severely damaged club before sod came in and sl started the change and by the looks of things still are. Just do what fans should do best and get behind the team. On the point about having a lot of deluded fans, I agree. It always used to make me cringe when so many of our experts took L1 for granted the last time we were down here. Before the start of this season there were many on here under the impression that we were certs for a Play Off place at the very least (I know that it could still happen but not likely atm) However we aren't the only club with fans guilty of this. In response to the thread title, I really hope other clubs fans DONT like us. It always amuses me when Gasheads make out they are more liked by other clubs fans than we are....good! it means that other clubs see them as insignificant or a bit of a joke, not a threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 On the point about having a lot of deluded fans, I agree. It always used to make me cringe when so many of our experts took L1 for granted the last time we were down here. Before the start of this season there were many on here under the impression that we were certs for a Play Off place at the very least (I know that it could still happen but not likely atm) However we aren't the only club with fans guilty of this. In response to the thread title, I really hope other clubs fans DONT like us. It always amuses me when Gasheads make out they are more liked by other clubs fans than we are....good! it means that other clubs see them as insignificant or a bit of a joke, not a threat. +1 +1 Which means you're dead right on both counts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Right Honourable Les Q Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Must say you have a very entertaining writing style your honour. You wouldn't happen to be related to a certain Turkey Twizzler, who used to reside on 606, as I seem to detect certain similarities in style? Whatever, please keep on providing a jolly entertaining read old chap! Thank you kindly, dear Brizz. We all cope in our various ways, through times of famine, drought, doubt, and home games like the last two. I shall steer clear of your Turkey reference, as no doubt this is some cheeky ploy by you and your young chums to make a fool of me by highlighting my ignorance of some deviant activity youngsters get involved in these days. No doubt involving social media, Norwich fans and people's wobbly bits? Or Besiktas fans? No, I'll leave it there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Wendall Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 We are no bigger than say a Barnsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 We are no bigger than say a Barnsley No, but Bristol is a hell of a lot bigger than Barnsley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Yorkshire CideRed Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 No, but Bristol is a hell of a lot bigger than Barnsley I had to check this one out myself... The Barnsley metropolitan borough had a population of 218,063 at the 2001 UK Census Bristol - 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVMal Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I don't agree with the booing but criticising the fans is not wise, you sound like SOD himself. The fans shouldn't have to put up with the poor performances we've seen recently and happy clapping would not encourage the players to do anything more than booing does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murraysrightplum Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Other fans always hate successful clubs. Wait, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I had to check this one out myself... The Barnsley metropolitan borough had a population of 218,063 at the 2001 UK Census Bristol - 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009. Yes but Bristol is split between two authorities: BCC and South Gloucestershire. People usually quote over 600,000 for the metropolitan area - and a much bigger overspill suburban area than Barnsley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Right Honourable Les Q Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I don't agree with the booing but criticising the fans is not wise, you sound like SOD himself. The fans shouldn't have to put up with the poor performances we've seen recently and happy clapping would not encourage the players to do anything more than booing does. "Happy clapping" might seem a bit 'soft' and 'touchy feely' for some, but it would allow the players to continue, or start, taking some risks. Booing and turning on your own players will have the opposite effect, generating fear. Fear leads to avoidance of risk, resulting in dull, sterile, predictable play. The taking of safe options. Or, specifically, passing. If you want to see more passing across the back four, followed by hopeful long punts to a small guy on his own, up front, keep on the players backs. If you fancy seeing some one, or two touch, football, ball played into feet, players moving into space, passes forward, even to players in tight areas, then try some "happy clapping," or, encouragement, as some of us call it. If a good booing ever did inspire a second half improvement, or in the following game, it would not have lasted very much longer than that. Managers who employed tea-cup throwing, or the hair drier, the successful ones, did so sparingly. They used far more subtle, sophisticated motivational tactics than that, but not the sort of things that make tabloid headlines and eye catching stories. Fear is a killer. If you insist on getting at our own boys, don't be surprised to see more turgid, predictable, risk averse, fearful football. Not such a problem if you are route one, launching it, but a big problem if you are attempting to produce something more intricate. I wonder when people produce their best work: in an atmosphere of negativity and fear, or in a broadly supportive, accepting workplace? (meaning accepting of courage, taking risks, rather than safe options, not accepting lack of effort). Pretty soon, the players will be preferring to play away, a sad state of affairs. There is a time and a place for criticism, but there is no room for fear. The team have got one bloody opponent, out on the pitch. They need another one, amongst their own, like they need a dose of sheets. It is so thick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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