Strokes Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 I'm a plastic fan these days, I have done my time towing the fanboy line and im happy to pick and choose.
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 My point being - people treat it like a cinema.. the constant need for refreshemnt over a 90 minute period is astonishing, especially given the crappy beer and over priced crap they sell.. People don't think of others though thats the point. I don't see the point in paying for a match then missing 25% of it doing other things Correct, that's what football has become now, it's certainly changed from when I used to stand at Filbo, back then there was never the need to keep getting refreshments, may have took a choccy bar in with me but that's all. Now football attracts a different fan than back then, the modern fan is a consumer who for some reason constantly needs food and drink.
WhispyWizard Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Correct, that's what football has become now, it's certainly changed from when I used to stand at Filbo, back then there was never the need to keep getting refreshments, may have took a choccy bar in with me but that's all. Now football attracts a different fan than back then, the modern fan is a consumer who for some reason constantly needs food and drink. I would walk through fire for a pukka pie especially evening matches where i dont have time to eat between work and the KP. We took my 16 year old cousin last night, and his parents had packed him enough food to feed bear gryls for about a month. Didnt let him take it out of the car. Kids these days eh'....
JonnyBoy Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Correct, that's what football has become now, it's certainly changed from when I used to stand at Filbo, back then there was never the need to keep getting refreshments, may have took a choccy bar in with me but that's all. Now football attracts a different fan than back then, the modern fan is a consumer who for some reason constantly needs food and drink. I will never forget the time when a bloke in front of me with about 6 kids bought them all a drink burger and a chocolate bar, must of cost about £50. Whats is hilarious is the fact it was at an open training session
dannythefox Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Gutted about last night I thought they were professionals, also cost me £55 which I was pleased about. Always the hard way with Leicester.
Dan Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 you lot are the embarrassment, I travelled over 380 miles last night to come and see Leicester. So how was my attendance last night an embarrassment?. I would suggest the embarrassment was caused by the STH/regulars abusing the players after we went 1.0 down, 2.0 down and then the exodus started at 3.0... It was the season ticket holders and regulars around where we were sitting who got up and walked out on mass, it was them that caused the embarrassment, it was them that showed disrespect to the players that had given them premiership football for the first time in 10 years by walking out.... Give yourself a pat on the back for missing the point once again. I've more issue with the nobheads you refer to than people like you who have genuine reasons for lack of attendance.
Dan Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 My point being - people treat it like a cinema.. the constant need for refreshemnt over a 90 minute period is astonishing, especially given the crappy beer and over priced crap they sell.. People don't think of others though thats the point. I don't see the point in paying for a match then missing 25% of it doing other things I agree with this. I've never seen the fascination with food/drink at the ground and can't remember the last time I bought any.
Poznan34 Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 We need a set of rules so everyone can be put into the "plastic" and "real" fan camps. Then we know where we stand.
Babylon Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 We need a set of rules so everyone can be put into the "plastic" and "real" fan camps. Then we know where we stand. Can I start... if you are over the age of 12 you should know at least three players names. If you don't you are plastic!
MC Prussian Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Can I start... if you are over the age of 12 you should know at least three players names. If you don't you are plastic! Three names is the criteria for the older, grumpy lot. As a teen, knowing all first-team names should be made mandatory.
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Let me start, Floyd Dire, Luke Moore and Peter Scmeichel, where can I pick up my real fan membership card? Which of course cannot be made of plastic.
Lobsterboyuk Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 We need a set of rules so everyone can be put into the "plastic" and "real" fan camps. Then we know where we stand. If you are not spitting blood and don't talk with a rasping hoarse voice then you haven't been singing enough and are clearly plastic. If your shins are not covered in bruises and you haven't found yourself several (meaning seven don't forget ) rows away from your allocated seat due to moshing you haven't celebrated enough.
Hungry Hungry Fox Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 This to me is a perfect example of a "plastic fan": "Last night was my first game of the season, I was thinking about getting a season ticket for next season, but after watching that rubbish I won't bother" It is perfectly understandable that people find this attitude deeply annoying
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 We need a set of rules so everyone can be put into the "plastic" and "real" fan camps. Then we know where we stand. Ok, I have one... Real fan: when your team has just won promotion for the first time in a decade, doesn't leave early just because you're losing 4-0 which is actually also the first time you've lost a game in 22 attempts. Instead, stays to the end and shows a bit of appreciation for what the team has achieved this season. Simple.
TheUltimateWinner Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 What made me laugh was the fact as everyone started chanting loyal supporters, I saw some of the people walking down the stairs singing along.
Corky Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 I'd say a real fan actually sees the bigger picture- yes, be angry with the performance, I don't expect people to be jumping around with joy but have some perspective, and some fvcking appreciation for the fact that this team's achievement means you can moan until you drop against the best sides in the country due to their outstanding work.
lgfualol Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Hehe, cant believe I am reading complaints that people bought food and drink at the ground. Surely that's a good thing? More money for the club? Or not. It's weird that people are actually bothered by it.
Grandad. Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Moaning about people buying food and drink in a ground? I know Leicester lost and it's been a while since fans had this feeling but Jesus Christ..
Tommy G Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Moaning about people buying food and drink in a ground? I know Leicester lost and it's been a while since fans had this feeling but Jesus Christ.. in the context of it - people are moaning at the fact that they rock up just as the game has started, push past sit down. then get up again 8 or 10 mins before HT to go for a piss and more food, then come back late for the second half. After 20 odd games that can get annoying. Ironicaly too, it's probably those kind of people who were singing ''loyal supporters'' etc for leaving early yet they themselves miss a lot of the match f**king around with food and drink because they cant manage an hour and a half without it
Grandad. Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 in the context of it - people are moaning at the fact that they rock up just as the game has started, push past sit down. then get up again 8 or 10 mins before HT to go for a piss and more food, then come back late for the second half. After 20 odd games that can get annoying. Ironicaly too, it's probably those kind of people who were singing ''loyal supporters'' etc for leaving early yet they themselves miss a lot of the match f**king around with food and drink because they cant manage an hour and a half without it So what? If I paid the money some people do for a Season Ticket and I felt like going for a piss or a beer at any point of a game, especially one where you're losing 2-0 then I bloody would and I would not care what people like you thought. There's a difference going down for a beer or a wee throughout the game, but the idiots who jumped straight out of there seats when the fourth went in was completely different, they all moaned, groaned and slagged a side off who went x amount of games unbeaten and had just been promoted. They were embarrassing.
l444ry Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Seems to be a lot of the Holier than Thou brigade chirping on today. Wonder who was laughing last when they got caught in that appalling traffic congestion after the game?
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 Phew, I went to the abandoned Southampton game in 1983 when Stevie Lynex did his swim on the pitch, I am also separating myself from those fans who never went to that game, born or not, I am not having any excuses for not being there that day. My first game was in 1979, been a supporter ever since, but by no means have I attended every game since, it's easy when your young attending matches, but then come responsibilities, work, marriage, mortgage, kids, all things that take away your footie money. Does not stop Leicester being my team though, born in Leicester and Leicester are my team. For those young fans now, calling other fans plastic, wait till you have the responsibilities of adulthood, and see how difficult it is then to attend every game. Plastic is just a new term for glory boy, the people born in Leicester who support Chelsea, Man Utd etc who now are gracing us with their presence at the KP, when I was at school it used to be Liverpool or Man Utd in the playground, but most kids grow out of supporting other clubs during their teens. There is nothing more annoying or sad than a grown man born in Leicester, walking around in a Chelsea or Utd shirt with no connection to that team at all, they are the plastic glory boys. Typical questions to ask these people- Q. Why do you support Chelsea? A. Cos, they are good. Q. You ever been? A. No, I have never been. All this I am a better supporter than you nonsense between City fans is ridiculous. If Leicester are your team, that's what matters, support them at the ground, down the pub, on the radio, wherever you are. Remember though wherever you are to 'out' the Man Utd , Arsenal, Chelsea fan who suddenly now supports Leicester. Good post
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 9 April 2014 Posted 9 April 2014 looking at some of these posts of fans ranting at other fans - i do really thing that alot of our younger football fans have been slightly brainwashed to always find a way to lash out at others in rather a paranoid way, demonstrating a superiority complex - I don't even thing these "plastic fans" actually exist - its all in the mind. I blame twitter and too much sugar The one's that are raging are the plastic fans, if such a fan exists. Nothing but a bunch of kiddies stamping their feet. Maybe, just maybe, some of these ignorant oafs will actually grow up.
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