Dowdsy McDowds
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Lee - Ally McCoist as manager of Newcastle. What would be your thoughts?
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Last I checked those clubs aren't Real Madrid. You know, the club that the guy in your sig is playing for. People support winning clubs, but if they don't jump once the club stops losing, why are they still considered glory hunters? Your small little head can't seem to grasp that concept that winning is one of the way clubs reach new fans.
My parents support club x or I was from the local area therefore I am a 'real' fan is stupid. It isn't like they are claiming to be fans of Athletic Bilbao or the old firm clubs.
Glad you are taking your outdated notion of tribalism out of the discussion here.
Jesus Christ, you are truly something special.
If you had the option of choosing to support (and yes I get that choice just like every other person in this world, regardless of where you fucking come from), would you choose a relegation side or a side that has the potential to finish either mid-table or top four. Get over it. I guess Arsenal fans are glory hunters too? Despite not winning a title for almost a decade.
You make no sense. So please do us all a favour and go....
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Boro win!
The thing is, it would at least make sense if he was like 'you should support your local team', but actually it's 'you should support your local team or someone shit for a totally arbitrary reason, but never anyone successful as that is artificial'. Whoever you support is artificial - it is not innate. I was born whinging, full of shit and screaming with a sense of entitlement. Then I became a Liverpool fan.
I think it is just him projecting his own inferiority complex in his fandom for Spurs unto other fans. Seems like he wants to be perceived as a 'realer' fan to the true local hardcore fandom so he is trying to put down others that are just like him from far away places but don't have his arbitrary connections to the club.
PS: Liverpool fans are still whinging, full of shit and screaming with a sense of entitlement so you were born to support them.
25 years and counting. 
PS: Liverpool fans are still whinging, full of shit and screaming with a sense of entitlement so you were born to support them.
25 years and counting. 
Lee
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Supermod!
He couldn't hack it in the Scottish Championship. Is a Sunderland fan. No.
A11oftheLights
Getting Noticed By Management
I do support my local club, but the premier league is the biggest(not neccessarily the best) league in the world you can try as hard as you want but you cant remain neutral.
Hahahahahahahahaha, sorry, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I have no problem with people supporting big clubs and clubs with a big history, as for most of us those are the teams you get exposed to from an early age and old loyalties die hard. It does get on my nerves when a bunch of southern Liverpool fans do their worst Booker T impression everytime you mention that they're shit now "FIVE TIME! FIVE TIME! FIVE TIME! FIVE TIME! FIVE TIME!" and I do find myself asking just how skin deep these professed loyalties are, most weren't alive for the first of those cup wins. Then you get people who've never seen the city of Manchester or London calling their 'local rivals' "scum!" Were it not for their success, most would be supporting another team that had the success and exposure instead, and I don't get why people get so arsey when that is rightfully pointed out. If I'd had grown up somewhere else I'd support someone else.
That said, that peep guy goes far too far the other way. Most of us want a Premier League team to follow and I picked Spurs to spite all the Arsenal fans I had to put up with when I was younger (Chelsea fans weren't as much in evidence then, probably because they won fuck all
) so I am not sure if that is any better. Credit to most of those, they stick by the Gunners. Not to mention the feeling of immense satisfaction when Spurs finally break the top 4, so much more fun than a trophy a season team, modern day Liverpool fans must feel the same.I don't support any club. If I'm pushed I'll identify as a Chelsea fan, because I think I have an old shirt kicking around somewhere which says so, but it's not really an accurate statement.
I support teams which entertain me in a number of ways, and root against other teams for a similarly arbitrary and flexible list of reasons.
Right now I like Chelsea because their manager amuses me and they're reliably entertaining. I support Arsenal because I like their philosophy and their fans piss me off, and thee days rooting for the Gunners seems equivalent to rooting against their supporters. I like Sunderland because the residual narrative of Gus Poyet (who used to be a favorite of mine) coming in and saving them from what looked like inevitable relegation still pleases me. I like Southampton because I'm a fucking sucker for youth academies and I like West Brom because my best friend is from Wolverhampton and fuck him.
On the other hand, I don't much like teams from the north because I'm a bigot. Special contempt for the two Manchesters - I dislike City's Real Madrid esq transfer policy and how can you not hate United these days? Normal sized Liverpool fans are the worst for making ***** out of themselves on the internet, so add them to the slop bucket. I wish pain and suffering on Cardiff and Newcastle because of the actions of their respective chairmen, and I support the immolation of Norwich City because their strip offends my sense of taste.
So to summarize, I like the teams that I like, for totally arbitrary and inconsistent reasons. I'm not certain if that makes me artificial or not.
I support teams which entertain me in a number of ways, and root against other teams for a similarly arbitrary and flexible list of reasons.
Right now I like Chelsea because their manager amuses me and they're reliably entertaining. I support Arsenal because I like their philosophy and their fans piss me off, and thee days rooting for the Gunners seems equivalent to rooting against their supporters. I like Sunderland because the residual narrative of Gus Poyet (who used to be a favorite of mine) coming in and saving them from what looked like inevitable relegation still pleases me. I like Southampton because I'm a fucking sucker for youth academies and I like West Brom because my best friend is from Wolverhampton and fuck him.
On the other hand, I don't much like teams from the north because I'm a bigot. Special contempt for the two Manchesters - I dislike City's Real Madrid esq transfer policy and how can you not hate United these days? Normal sized Liverpool fans are the worst for making ***** out of themselves on the internet, so add them to the slop bucket. I wish pain and suffering on Cardiff and Newcastle because of the actions of their respective chairmen, and I support the immolation of Norwich City because their strip offends my sense of taste.
So to summarize, I like the teams that I like, for totally arbitrary and inconsistent reasons. I'm not certain if that makes me artificial or not.
About as artificial as I am then, since I share your views on Southampton and Chelsea. I used to cheer Wigan on because they somehow survived every year, famously don't have much support and Martinez makes his sides play entertaining football. On the lines of bigotry, another reason I liked Spurs when I got back into football is because they had a larger English cast than most under Redknapp and did pretty well for it. I root against any fat Sam team, "oof it to the big man" indeed. I root for any Mourinho team (unless they're playing Spurs) and I want Pep Guardiola to die in a fire for trying to make Munich play Spanish football.
I root for Man U because my closest British internet friend is a die-hard fan of them. I troll him and another guy I know by pretending to be a Chelsea fan though with the reasoning being that my high school sweetheart's name was Chelsea and Diego Costa is my favorite player. They constantly call me a Rent Boy, which I'm not a fan of, but it's really fun banter.
Lee
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A11oftheLights
Getting Noticed By Management
Just so we can move on from all this shit (again)
Can someone explain to me how clubs make money in the FA Cup? I remember watching a game a few years back and that its good for the smaller clubs to draw a giant so they could get a big payday from the TV deal. Yeovil are apparently getting half a million pounds for their game against United.
Which leads me to this, are all cup games televised meaning teams are garunteed a payday and is it a standard rate across the board or do the bogger teams get a bigger fee?
Can someone explain to me how clubs make money in the FA Cup? I remember watching a game a few years back and that its good for the smaller clubs to draw a giant so they could get a big payday from the TV deal. Yeovil are apparently getting half a million pounds for their game against United.
Which leads me to this, are all cup games televised meaning teams are garunteed a payday and is it a standard rate across the board or do the bogger teams get a bigger fee?
Guaranteed prize money in televised matches.
Potential prize money for winning the round.
Gates are split among the two clubs and the FA. If paired with a club like Manchester United at home the smaller club is almost guaranteed a full house which is probably above their average attendance.
But what they really want is be the away team, then they can pocket more money. The bigger clubs have way higher capacity = more $$$. And the smaller clubs don't need to pay for precautions in handling a larger than usual crowd at their home.
Potential prize money for winning the round.
Gates are split among the two clubs and the FA. If paired with a club like Manchester United at home the smaller club is almost guaranteed a full house which is probably above their average attendance.
But what they really want is be the away team, then they can pocket more money. The bigger clubs have way higher capacity = more $$$. And the smaller clubs don't need to pay for precautions in handling a larger than usual crowd at their home.
A11oftheLights
Getting Noticed By Management
How do they decide on ticket prices?
A11oftheLights
Getting Noticed By Management
I figured as much but thought they might cap it becuase you shouldnt be charging 70 bucks/quid/pound or whatever for a 3rd round cup tie.
Luther_Hull
Cunt.
Hull City made a loss on the FA Cup last season, until they reached the final.
I guess it relies on who you draw, Boro, Southend, Brighton, Sunderland and Sheffield Utd aren't going to make you a ton of money.
But they will guarantee you a lifelong contract apparently. Regardless of how much money/European football you piss away the next season, but hey ho.
I guess it relies on who you draw, Boro, Southend, Brighton, Sunderland and Sheffield Utd aren't going to make you a ton of money.
But they will guarantee you a lifelong contract apparently. Regardless of how much money/European football you piss away the next season, but hey ho.
