Er... Palace are a prem team and if we lost to them it would be painful but Wimbledon are League One, it is a total humiliation losing to a League One side. You can’t compare losing to Palace and AFC Wimbledon.
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Er... Palace are a prem team and if we lost to them it would be painful but Wimbledon are League One, it is a total humiliation losing to a League One side. You can’t compare losing to Palace and AFC Wimbledon.
Yeah, because that's what I said I guess. But in reality fuck all tribalism and any other small-mindedness...unless small-mindedness is your thing. If so more power to ya.
Yeah, again, because that's what I said I guess. Keeping perspective is always a good thing and if we go out tomorrow then you look kinda foolish and premature in your celebrations, no? Unless you like looking foolish and premature is your thing. If so then more power to ya.
If you've got a knack for strawmen then I support you in your endeavors. I would just prefer if you focused on the points I actually made and not silly constructed ones that are conveniently refuted.
Er...losing is losing and has the same effect in the end, both teams playing golf on subsequent FA Cup weekends. But I do concede that context matters. But if we were to go out to Palace somehow and you could console yourself with them being PL and not L1 then more power to you. If that gives you an edge in the feces flinging fight that is the tribalism that
Totti
is banging on about then good for you. I would not be consoled by that.
Er...losing is losing and has the same effect in the end, both teams playing golf on subsequent FA Cup weekends. But I do concede that context matters. But if we were to go out to Palace somehow and you could console yourself with them being PL and not L1 then more power to you. If that gives you an edge in the feces flinging fight that is the tribalism that
It’s not about not being unhappy at going out it’s about embrassment, losing to Palace ain’t embrassing, losing to Wimbledon is hence why everyone is laughing at West Ham.
No.
Because we wouldn't have lost to a team bottom of League 1 and 10 points from safety, conceding 4 goals in the process.
We'd have lost to a Premier League team whilst having three key players out. Not that we'll lose tomorrow anyway. Palace are fucking gash. You know what would make me laugh even more? Chelsea losing to Sheffield Wednesday.
I can laugh at whatever fucking team I want. I laughed at Woolwich losing on their own turf on Friday and you bet I've fucking pissed myself laughing when West Ham lost.
Tribalism is one of the things that makes supporting a football team fun?
Otherwise I'd just support whoever is winning each game.
Otherwise I'd just support whoever is winning each game.
You say tomato...
Do you consider Palace our equals? Do they have oour revenue, profile, etc etc? I would say it would be a wee bit embarrassing.
Well, not everyone. It happens year after year after year after year. Hence the "magic of the cup" no?
100m Euros, 203m Euros & 86m Euros sounked in the last 3 seasons.
Would anyone genuinely be happy doing the money they have on the players they've signed as the prices have ballooned?
Nearly 400m Euros on players in. Fucking lunacy
Yes.
But we would have lost to a team that was 'gash' so we would be deserving of some derision, no?
Well, that is assertive. Thankfully no one has attempted to abridge your rights in this area. Merely said, to paraphrase, that counting our chickens before what has been a very difficult match for us is unwise and may come back to bite.
The very act of choosing a team to support is in fact tribalism, no? Is there anything needed beyond that?
Choosing? Ahhh
That’s why you don’t get it
Is that for me? Really passive-aggressive if it is. If so, then no I don't. I am busy trying to find the most petty, inconsequential little point of difference between my team and another team so I can get into petty, juvenile, online pissing contests. It makes me a better supporter. I can't enjoy the game otherwise.
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Right, because it's not a choice.
I get tribalism as does the biggest mouth breathing, knuckle-dragging moron on the planet. It is a lowest common denominator mentality. What I don't get is people, presumably adults, behaving like this and somehow deriving a bit of pride about it. When put in this context is there something you would still like me to 'get'?
My initial point was the assumption and disrespect that we were gonna walk over Palace tomorrow and counting chickens. We may but recent history suggests it won't be easy. And no matter how shit WHam's loss is it will be no consolation if we don't win.
You clearly grew up fatherless
Is that what you got from my post? I'm sure you are quite proud of yourself with that post huh? You'd be wrong but we should focus on the positives. You're utilizing polysyllabic words now. Well done. You must be the pride of the G'island.
So clever. I guess words do fail you?
I know I said this but it was a general statement not a call for you to involve yourself. Back to the kiddie table you go.
Guess you don't respect religion, politics, home town, national or racial identity either ... all are a form of tribalism and seeing as 99% of the planet's population can identify with at least one of these things then according to you we must all be "knuckle-dragging morons"
It's sad to know that the 80's mentality whereby all football fans are somehow sub-human is still alive and kicking in some people ... you should get a job at the Sun you'd fit right in.
It's perfectly fine and reasonable for all Spurs fans to take great pleasure in first Woolwich then West Ham getting booted out the Cup ... if you can't accept that then maybe you just don't get what 'being a Yid' means to most Spurs fans ... and frankly that's your loss
Partisan attitudes are to be expected, but I think it’s the violence he was criticising more than anything.