Why do they turn up?

Me, me, me, me...to hell with everyone else who paid good money to watch the game, as long as I am having a good time and if I annoy people, so what!

 

me me me me me....im a boring bastard so to hell with everyone else who likes to have a laugh and a good time id like to watch the game in silence and pretending we are all rugby fans who love each other

 

ha ha, i dont stand there shouting obsentities, however its a working class game and has always been a part of it. sorry bob but im going to be a royal nob now, but if you dont like then **** off and dont come to a football ground, simples!

 

I think a lot of you are missing the point big style. There is banter but, then there is incitment or provocation as in 'no surrender' or what happened at Man whoo. What the heck has that got to do with banter.If they want that maybe they should go to underground fist fights or no holds barred.

 

Nob, is someone who continues to write stuff without appearing to understand what the topic is actually about, it's a widely used term in forums for this issue.

 

in which case you should change you name to bigfatnob


get over yourself

 

You don't get it do you......

 

maybe you should round up every naughty potty mouth fan and give them a good ticking off and make them promise not to swear at a football game again.
in fact im going to do it for you, starting with sww, youre going to get a smacked bum for not listening to what bob has to say you naughty girl!

 

when it gets to a point of provoking the other fans and inciting violence, then ive usually seen those removed from the stands. again, boring and pointless!

 

you're asking why they go....they go cos they are Leeds fans, they are there supporting the club and enjoying themselves

stop pretending your original post had some 'big message' just because we dont all agree with you

 

That's all that was asked and if you read the post you will hopefully see that, what occurrs after is like all debates, people add their points and others join in.

 

i also bet the very same lads were drinking all day and night having a laugh with all the locals and opposing fans!

 

Could well have done, I have no idea. It's the game part I was interested in.

 

exactly ben!!....and smacking my bum???.....you wish lad!!!

and you were asking 'why do they bother going' in a rhetorical way. please dont pretend otherwise

 

How do you know how I was asking the question? Or is it, this is my interpretation so it must be right? Get off your horse, you have no idea how I asked the question, except from what I have stated, so either join debate and add your own thoughts or leave this topic alone. By the way, your responses are making my office laugh, I did inform them that there was a group of Leeds fans that lived in a world that has long since passed, but thankfully they were now in the minority.

 

i'll write it again for you, i do not stand there shouting the kind of abuse you are refering to, however up to a point if a section of fans want to, then so what? maybe you still have some haggis up your back side?

 

Enough said, I think your comment speaks volumes.

 

"My main gripe isn't really about the songs, even though they were annoying, it was the fact these guys spent the whole game doing everything except watching the game, one of them actually got annoyed with me for not joining him in his humor, but for daring to be interested in the football!"

I think this sentence covers the main point of the post. I'm in agreement, why pay if your not going to watch!
I like a drink at games and to get quite merry but I know where the line is. Let them have their banter but when it becomes offensive or aggressive then something needs to be done or said.

It's easy to speculate that the fans in question carried on drinking and had some good natured banter with the locals or on the flip side they got aggressive and started intimidating people. If I'm out round town and there's 25+ lads singing and been over boisterous in a pub I become very aware of impending trouble especially if there are other groups of lads about.

But i'm sure people will disagree with me, after all this is a discussion forum!

 

Well said.

 

bigfatboab, tbh i agree with sww, it ends up creating an atmosphere and if leeds fans start signing stand up if you hate man u i stand up and sing with them, its all about the atmosphere for me, i do not yell abuse and things like that but you do need to accept that your in a public environment with not many restrictions, its gonna happen so i would just leave it if i were you