Other teams support ?

[Bert]

think what you like burt, i'm not the one who spat my dummy out and refused to watch my team

my college work is more important, as i'm actually doing something with my life

so you're saying i should go to every game? what if i cant always afford it?

i dont live off my parents like some on here

70553[/snapback]

You go college and you cant even spell! and just beacuse some people aren't going college does that mean they aren't doing anything with their life?

think ur the one who spat the dummy out aswell

when did i say that you should go to every game huh? cant recall me doing so.

just that you call yourself a loyal fan and your teams support is great but you couldn't make tonights game!

[Nathan_Ellington_WAFC]

what have i spelt wrong? and i meant to call you burt

think you're the one who needs to look at your spelling, what does ''ur'' mean eh??

you're the one who brought it up...

i am a loyal fan of wigan athletic, just because i dont go to EVERY game doesnt make me any different

OH DEAR, you missed 1 game, call yourself a loyal fan?

[Wellman]

BORING! Same every time! This idiot just ruins everything, just get rid of him Pet

[davieG]

BORING! Same every time! This idiot just ruins everything, just get rid of him Pet

70617[/snapback]

You can't blame Nathan this Time this topic was clearly set up to entice him in and wind him up and if he chooses to make use of it and you don't like what he's saying then we only have ourselves to blame.

It's a bit of an old fashioned phrase, but true non the less "you reap what you sow".

[Guest]

Lisa,

Your prose may be of a higher standard than most on this board but you are just as naive as the majority on here.

Footballers have little loyalty to their team mates, managers and least of all to their clubs (the majority of them snigger at their clubs' fans and their obsessions). However they have great loyalty to their bank accounts. That is prinicpally why Howey got himself booted out - to get himself a better deal (he also wanted a move back north).

As for your misplaced crocodile tears over La Manga (no one reported LCFC players as being rowdy there by the way) I have two things to say about this.

Firstly, football fans generally care little for players' bad performances off the pitch provided they are performing well on it (and that's the real reason why the scumbags turned on Adams because we were losing the battle against relegation).

Secondly, I can't help remembering an earlier incident at the same resort involving a mixed race Brummie of sublime talent. Not only did he make a complete nuisance of himself to other guests but our backroom staff joined in the fun. The squad was sent home in disgrace. The divine ex manager couldn't be bothered to attend and sent the party out 'unsupervised.'

Our reaction? A bit of a hoot wasn't it? A jolly jape. Kept us in the public eye didn't it? No one likes us, we don't care sort of thing. Stan, manic depressive that he is needed to bond, to be understood, to let off the fire extinguishers. Many of us made sure we bought the commemorative T shirt.

Could the fact that we were eighth in the Prem and in a Worthington Cup final at the time have had anything to do with our LACK of reaction?

70377[/snapback]

You see, you are making assumptions again. I've been banging on about the lack of loyalty players show to clubs and their supporters, maybe not so much on this forum, but certainly on others.

As for the Collymore incident, I agree there was a lack of reaction by the majority, but some of us were not impressed with what had gone on. Perhaps I should have phoned the Moan In, or written a stern letter to the Mercury.

I personally find the way footballers behave shocking. Most are jumped up, arrogant tossers who are quite happy to wave their overflowing wallets in the faces of the supporters who have contributed towards it. I've seen a lot of dire performances over the years, and I've been out and seen the players responsible acting like they haven't a care in the world, whilst I'm still seething at the earlier result.

I am well aware that as long as they get paid, then nothing else matters. Have you never considered perhaps this is why the whole La Manga business still rankles?

[TrickyTrev]

Lisa,

Your prose may be of a higher standard than most on this board but you are just as naive as the majority on here.

Footballers have little loyalty to their team mates, managers and least of all to their clubs (the majority of them snigger at their clubs' fans and their obsessions). However they have great loyalty to their bank accounts. That is prinicpally why Howey got himself booted out - to get himself a better deal (he also wanted a move back north).

As for your misplaced crocodile tears over La Manga (no one reported LCFC players as being rowdy there by the way) I have two things to say about this.

Firstly, football fans generally care little for players' bad performances off the pitch provided they are performing well on it (and that's the real reason why the scumbags turned on Adams because we were losing the battle against relegation).

Secondly, I can't help remembering an earlier incident at the same resort involving a mixed race Brummie of sublime talent. Not only did he make a complete nuisance of himself to other guests but our backroom staff joined in the fun. The squad was sent home in disgrace. The divine ex manager couldn't be bothered to attend and sent the party out 'unsupervised.'

Our reaction? A bit of a hoot wasn't it? A jolly jape. Kept us in the public eye didn't it? No one likes us, we don't care sort of thing. Stan, manic depressive that he is needed to bond, to be understood, to let off the fire extinguishers. Many of us made sure we bought the commemorative T shirt.

Could the fact that we were eighth in the Prem and in a Worthington Cup final at the time have had anything to do with our LACK of reaction?

70377[/snapback]

You see, you are making assumptions again. I've been banging on about the lack of loyalty players show to clubs and their supporters, maybe not so much on this forum, but certainly on others.

As for the Collymore incident, I agree there was a lack of reaction by the majority, but some of us were not impressed with what had gone on. Perhaps I should have phoned the Moan In, or written a stern letter to the Mercury.

I personally find the way footballers behave shocking. Most are jumped up, arrogant tossers who are quite happy to wave their overflowing wallets in the faces of the supporters who have contributed towards it. I've seen a lot of dire performances over the years, and I've been out and seen the players responsible acting like they haven't a care in the world, whilst I'm still seething at the earlier result.

I am well aware that as long as they get paid, then nothing else matters. Have you never considered perhaps this is why the whole La Manga business still rankles?

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How many footballer's have you met then going about flahing wallets around. I am sure, like every section of society, there are some pricks who think their position of power gives them the right to treat anybody and everything with contempt. However, I am sure the vast majority of professional football are polite, unassuming individuals, I have never met one to have been rude to me yet.

I have problems with people generalising about any groups, even if they are overpaid and priveledged individuals like footballers. This is becaus eno generalisations can be entirely true, especially one based ona media image.

[Chandler]

Problems come when you get footballers together - with alcohol. The younger ones, of course, are the worst. Particularly those on big contracts. They develop an unbearable superiority complex. They think that us mere mortals should bow and scrape to them and that ordinary rules of civilised conduct don't apply to them.

Three or four seasons back I was in a fashionable wine bar in Leicester with my then partner. In walked four well known young turks from LCFC. After half an hour or so they began to get a bit loud and started to make a nuisance of themselves. One of them approached my partner and started to chat her up.

Very politely I asked the starlet to leave us alone as we were having a private discussion. Very unwisely, he thrust his face into mine and asked me whether I would 'make' him. He didn't see the hook that laid him out.

When I glared at his chums they had second thoughts about rushing me so they picked up their groggy companion and hauled him away.

The Mercury later reported him as having received a knock in training

[Guest]

How many footballer's have you met then going about flahing wallets around. I am sure, like every section of society, there are some pricks who think their position of power gives them the right to treat anybody and everything with contempt. However, I am sure the vast majority of professional football are polite, unassuming individuals,  I have never met one to have been rude to me yet.

I have problems with people generalising about any groups, even if they are overpaid and priveledged individuals like footballers. This is becaus eno generalisations can be entirely true, especially one based ona media image.

70831[/snapback]

Quite a lot actually Trev. I think I've seen all of MON's squad, most of PT's and again most of MA's (bet you can't guess who I didn't see!).

I have to agree with Chandler and his point about groups of footballers. Like a lot of work colleagues, they tend to socialise together, and that seems to make them worse in my experience. I could go into a socialogical reason why a lot of footballers behave like they do, but I wouldn't want to bore anyone.