Kopparberg Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Who still has an issue with them in 2022 ? Or is it more acceptable to be a plastic the more football accelerates into a global money making exercise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OxonOwl Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I have an issue with the expression 'plastic fans' 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DCFCOwls Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Not got an issue with them A lot of us watch premiership football despite supporting league 1 clubs. Im enjoying league 1 for the bamter with fans of clubs we havent played before and it is it quote funny some of it (for the time being at least) but lets be honest the standard is sh*t and watching better standard stuff is needed personally and the best hope Derby have of winning something is the pizza cup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night King Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Legacy fans FTW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteG_1984 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 It still bothers me. Football is about representing your city, region, country. I can’t understand how a Londoner can buy into a Manchester or Liverpool club. However, I find that much more acceptable than people supporting clubs in other countries. Fair enough, follow a foreign club, but IMO it’s a bit childish to full on support them (if you have no connections with them) 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 There was a kid trying to bait the Wednesday fans last night from the Peterborough stand - whilst wearing a Man Utd shirt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Prefer them to our morbid fan base tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie1973 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 5 hours ago, alanharper said: kid trying to bait the Wednesday fans whilst wearing a Man Utd shirt Not seen the last two episodes of Match of the Day then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beighton Owl 87 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Don't bother me at all. If my son decided to start following Liverpool or Man U in a few years time I wouldn't be that bothered really. Would be an excuse to watch some top level football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birstall Owl Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 It only bothers me if they think that's all that matters. Someone asked me last week how "my PL team got on at the weekend?" he is a Man Utd fan who lives in Hungary, he's English although not from Manchester (obviously) so not someone who fails to understand the football pyramid Instead of asking me "how my team got on this weekend?" As it was on teams I typed (& deleted) a few responses before replying "I don't have one", before discussing how s*** Man Utd are. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFCOwls Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Ill now add after being baited by a Forest fan “Your now an insignificance, no one knows who Derby County are, your not on any radar” ill add its not the plastics that pi33 me off its the fans of clubs that have been sh!t for two decades all of a sudden coming out from under their rock and spouting b0llocks like that. He meant it as well. And people wonder why a few other clubs fans have a ******** problem with these lot down the A52 Leicester fans have beem saying it for 5 or 6 years as well, its inverted snobarry and it stinks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wing Back Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 23 hours ago, DCFCOwls said: Not got an issue with them A lot of us watch premiership football despite supporting league 1 clubs. Im enjoying league 1 for the bamter with fans of clubs we havent played before and it is it quote funny some of it (for the time being at least) but lets be honest the standard is sh*t and watching better standard stuff is needed personally and the best hope Derby have of winning something is the pizza cup... Hands off, that's ours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Not even remotely, and it used to a lot. It’s a lost battle. Folk in this country and beyond cut about in San Francisco 49ers or Green Bay Packers gear, and this is absolutely no different. The Premier League is now a global product. It might as well be a different sport to the one we are playing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Dec1966 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 It doesn't really bother me, they can never have the feeling I get when Wednesday score. The feeling that comes from years of heartache and misery. Just picking a team because they're successful on the telly is a bit silly really. In the late 80's I bet kids chose Everton, they've probably switched now as Everton will never win anything again. Same applies (perhaps) to Spurs, and even Arsenal and Man UTD. The latter two won everything from 1990 to 2012 (approx). Now they win nothing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morepork Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I actually like the term when it's used to reference glory hunters who support Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea on the back of recent success. Obviously I elected to omit Man U from that statement, they are probably shedding plastics right now....... I fully support people from other cities and country's getting behind any other type of club, prepared to do the hard yards of supporting with only a guarantee of angst and misery. I applaud that. Nothing can replace a legacy fan though IMO they are the heart and soul of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beswetherick Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I pity them, they’ll never know what it’s like to be a proper fan. Grown adults supporting a team they have no real connection to other than watching them on telly and buying an £80 shirt is just sad really. Supporting Wednesday is a reliable source of disappointment, but when the good times eventually roll around every so often, they’re genuinely special moments. It’s proper football and I wouldn’t change it for owt 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOFABI Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 hours ago, beswetherick said: I pity them, they’ll never know what it’s like to be a proper fan. Grown adults supporting a team they have no real connection to other than watching them on telly and buying an £80 shirt is just sad really. Supporting Wednesday is a reliable source of disappointment, but when the good times eventually roll around every so often, they’re genuinely special moments. It’s proper football and I wouldn’t change it for owt Couldn't have said it better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Sole14 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 6 hours ago, beswetherick said: I pity them, they’ll never know what it’s like to be a proper fan. Grown adults supporting a team they have no real connection to other than watching them on telly and buying an £80 shirt is just sad really. Supporting Wednesday is a reliable source of disappointment, but when the good times eventually roll around every so often, they’re genuinely special moments. It’s proper football and I wouldn’t change it for owt Where do I fit as a Wednesday fan with no connection other than watching them on telly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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