Brum just scored 1-0.
Errr...off topic!
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Brum just scored 1-0.
It doesn't have to be an '1882 match' why couldn't we all just sing for 90 minutes?!
Many people who are already adults do literally just chose a team, though.
they're harmless really; if you're worried I'll genuinely chaperone you, people don't fuck with me around here - I'm a pretty big deal.
I can deal with you not agreeing with my politics, opinions or footballing ideals, thats your choice
but I am not guilty of the things I accused him of.
You don't really chose your team, your team chooses you...I do find it strange when people far away who have chosen to support Spurs make a big deal out of not being able to goto matches. Support a closer team then!
So you're the Carlito of the north?
I should rename this thread to "dick measuring contest"
I live in Bracknell mate - can't get the time to see much in the way of games, and I think I'm a plastic supporter - why would I think any different of the tellyclappers brigade of fans?
Its like me saying I'm a Yankees fan, just because I saw them once and look for their results occasionally.
Having at least been once would make me a diehard supporter using arcspace as a yardstick.
Hate is a big word.
I went to Elland road several times during Leeds heyday, and had my scarf nicked, coins thrown, real aggressive shitty behaviour from the Leeds fans - I'd say I had reason to dislike Leeds fans, or the club or whatever.
How can anyone hate a another club - for no discernable reason?
So you have just admitted to hating a football team - without reason?
Who do you hate - the people who play for the team?
The players who used to play for the team?
The ground
The staff and management of the club?
The fans (name 10 of them, and even if you can, it still leaves 1000's more you don't know)
Like I said, hate is a big word, its implications are enormous - and require specific emotions and reasons to make the word alive.
You won't win me over on the plastic argument. I consider myself a plastic Spurs fan, and I have been going to see them since the early 70's. Anyone who lives 1,000s of miles away and puts a shirt on to watch them on TV is a plastic supporter. Real supporters get in and support.
There is an issue here I'd like to address.
You (rightly) point out that 'hate' is very much an extreme and, without good reason, shouldn't really be bandied about. However, people do use the word with regularity and often in place other words that would express a dislike without going to such an extreme, but this is what people do so it's best to try and see past it.
You then go on to label people 'plastic supporters' due to your own definition of what that means. Much like the word 'hate' being used in the wrong context, I (and due to the responses you receive, a few others) feel that a 'plastic supporter' has a different connotation. To my mind, a plastic is a fake fan, one who claims to be a Tottenham Hotspur supporter but doesn't actually follow the team or watch the games or involve themselves emotionally in any way whatsoever.
A supporter would be someone who supports the club either vocally and financially by going to games, or just financially by buying the merchandise.
I consider myself a fan for I am fanatical about Spurs (hence me spending more time than is necessary on Spurs forums). I don't get to go to games anymore, nor do I spend lots of money on official stuff, but the fact I go looking for dodgy streams on a Saturday/Sunday afternoon, sit at my PC with my heart racing as we cling on to a slender lead, and go through all the emotional shit that comes with supporting Spurs and have it affect how I go about my day, make me more than a plastic...by my definition.
Gayyyyythey're harmless really; if you're worried I'll genuinely chaperone you