The Leeds fan at work who has the club badge tattooed on his leg, a Leeds mug, a scarf etc, yet not only doesn't ever go to games, he never even knows who they're playing next or if they've signed a player. The **** him.
I dont agree with that definition. Plenty of what i would call Plastics watch their team play on tv. If it specified in person it'd be closer but it still needs to consider why they chose that team and invariably a Plastic chooses a successful team at that time.
Someone who watches their side religiously isn't plastic, at least not in my opinion, even if it is on TV. I think these definitions wholly depend on geographic location.
That's only half the issue, a plastic chooses a successful team, but then jumps off when the team stops being successful.
That's a shocking definition. That captures people going to their first game, getting enthralled by the bug and becoming life long fans. I think calling fans plastic is a ****'s trick. People are fans to varying degree, according to their own preference, and shouldn't be looked down upon and called stupid names. If someone is in the home end to watch Manchester United next week they aren't a plastic - they're just a Manchester United supporter.
Not if they are from Hull they aren't. They are ****s. It would be interesting to see the reaction to anyone in the home ends at Middlesbrough supporting Man Utd compared to the easy ride they get from fans at the KC and stewards deciding that away fans in home ends is the only ground regulation they won't enforce.
We are pathetic at that. I think the only club that competes with us there is Arsenal. I've sat in their home sections a couple of times, openly supported City without a single fear entering my head, and had nothing worse than 'norvern mankey' muttered once or twice.
To be honest, if you supported TWS it would be best to ignore everything they do to save the impending disappointment.
I went to see Berlin play Dortmund last season, Dortmund sold out the away end and then bought thousands of tickets dotted around the home ends, they openly supported their team and even drank beer in their seats, there wasn't any animosity of violence to be seen. Fans of opposing teams even shook hands after the game. Who's got it right, England where everyone's segregated even if that means thousands of empty seats, or Germany where opposing fans can sit amongst each other and enjoy the game?
In terms of our fans, the adic test for plasticity is thus: Do you ever call the club 'Hull'? Y - Plastic N - Not plastic. Simple.
There are plenty of games in Germany where this is segregation. And a lot of grounds where you couldn't buy in home ends because they are always sold out. My objection to home fans in amongst City fans being tolerated, which incidentally is against ground regulations (which other ground regulations wouldn't you mind being ignored, flares, smoking,air horns?) is that this isn't always the case elsewhere. And Man Utd is one of those places.
