I could be wrong (I was once, in 1986) but I think hew was having a go at those having a go at the extra Saints fans who will come to games now and had been referred to as "real fans"
It was more aimed at this comment: "Getting to more games.., The glory fans will flock the stadium.. Meaning i can't get to as many games" but either way it's embarrassing to call them "real fans", just because they support a successful team? Anyone who uses the term "real fans" is looking down on people for no real reason, just trying to feel superior, as if it ****ing matters if someone is a "real fan" or not.
I miss Tuesday night football. Never thought I would hear myself say that, but 8 less fixtures a season is massive.
I only went to one game last year - Crystal Palace away in the cup, not only could I not afford to go go down to Southampton every other weekend or go to the games in London due to work commitments, I still don't think I am less of a supporter than anyone with a season ticket. By the reckoning of being a real fan you have to have a season ticket, I know fans with Season tickets that don't know their Ali Dia from their Paul Williams. I don't like the holier than thou attitude of some fans, but **** it, it means the club gets more money if there are fair weather supports.
I shall miss singing "Ole ole, ole ole, going up up up!" Not to mention "We are Southampton, we're top of the league."
Football in the lower [lover..? Cheq youre speeling BEFOR yoo poste a tittle maby..?] just feels like football from a much more traditional era. It isn't pushed around anything like as much by the media, simply because the media aren't anything like as interested. In a sense, that is good and it's bad. It's great for the fans because they get the purest form of football, but it's bad for the clubs because they could do with the extra media money. To my old football heart is is a better form of football, but my head says that the finest skills and show can only be had when money is thrown at the situation. Besides, Saints would hardly be making their big ambitious charge up through the leagues if the potential money wasn't available, and the world's rich people weren't attracted to it as a fun game to play.
I suspect you know EXACTLY what I meant. I dislike "fans" who suddenly appear when a club appears in the prem. If Spurs go down for example, I suspect a hefty bunch of their "supporters" will suddenly support another club. Fans in the lower leagues, whether they are season ticket holders or not, in my view are the real fans because they support their clubs through thick and thin. Plus, as the previous post points out, the game is somehow more like it used to be because the money men and TV haven't ruined it. Players don't get paid stupid money so seem to have a better attitude (mostly!). And I would have thought if there is one club that understands all that, it is us.
In a Saints promotional document (discussed on another thread), Nicola revealed that we have a data base of 180,000 supporters...many will be only occasional attendees for various reasons. They will help fill the ground...gawd bless 'em all.
The nerves and excitement that came with transitioning from saying "...if we keep playing like this, we could go up" in hushed tones, to "steady on and we will go up", and finally to "We. Are. Going. Up!!!!" over the course of the second half of last season, culminating in the Coventry game. There will be heady times in the Prem, but that progression will be tough to top. Until the season where we come out of nowhere to win the title, naturally. '13-'14, I believe, according to Cortese's current plan.
I will miss lots about being in the lower leagues! Winning Friendly fans But mostly availability of home and away match tickets
Winning more games than losing and drawing Be with the truly dedicated fans that support their local team Not miss: Standard of football from some teams Half empty stadia
I met a Saints fan the other night and he was exactly the sort of smug, self-righteous rah bastard I expected him to be. Met seven Sunderland and they were proper nice say-it-as-they-see-it, down to earth northern lads. Hate to say it, but enjoy your season in the Premiership, at least it means we don't have to witness another fluky victory at Elland Road.
