Firm but Intelligent - NTFC (a) (5 Viewers)

[87mint]

There is no limit to our stupidity. We sold out our 1400 allocation. In exchange for more than twenty five thousand pounds, Northampton Town kindly let us watch their awful team, beat our awful team. In addition to the 1400 hostages in the ground, another few dozen were perched on Jimmy’s infamous hill, observing our inherently un-Jimmy-like behaviour, while maintaining some oblique form of strike. Maybe even the memory of Sixfields is too haunting for some.

Read the rest of the report below. Cheers, TLS

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[clint van damme]

didn't agree with the protests yesterday. Thought they were half hearted and pointless. But some of you comments about our support are a disgrace.
You've totally failed to grasp what is going on at the minute.
Maybe you could use your blog to try and harness the frustration behind something more worthwhile rather than just slating people.

 

[bringbackrattles]

Pity our players don't show the anger/passion that many of our fans showed yesterday. I think we've been fairly calm up to the Northampton game !

 

[skybluedan]

Pity our players don't show the anger/passion that many of our fans showed yesterday. I think we've been fairly calm up to the Northampton game !

Fuckin right, and that could of been a lot worse, and will get a lot worse before the end of the season
Football makes people angry and even more so when fans are having the piss taken out of them by utter cunts who have ruined there club , I say whatever makes you feel better
But yeah it's all the fans fault ain't it ffs

 

[bringbackrattles]

I see Millwall quickly sorted out the talk of them leaving their stadium !

 

[LastGarrison]

Usually like your reports 87mint but I am in full agreement with CVD on this one................

 

[Captain Dart]

Sorry but you have no idea 87mint.

 

[87mint]

I agree with you up to a point - yes I've exaggerated and yes everyone is entitled to exhibit their own frustration in whatever way they see fit.

But there comes a point when getting hammered to run on the pitch and/or stop the game with flares stops being a protest - yesterday it just seemed like people were doing it because they knew that they could, and loads of others already had. There was no organisation, no cohesion, no unity: ipso facto, no message whatsoever.

 

[Otis]

I agree with you up to a point - yes I've exaggerated and yes everyone is entitled to exhibit their own frustration in whatever way they see fit.

But there comes a point when getting hammered to run on the pitch and/or stop the game with flares stops being a protest - yesterday it just seemed like people were doing it because they knew that they could, and loads of others already had. There was no organisation, no cohesion, no unity: ipso facto, no message whatsoever.

So you didn't pick up on the hidden underlying message that the club is going up in smoke?

 

[robbiekeane]

didn't agree with the protests yesterday. Thought they were half hearted and pointless. But some of you comments about our support are a disgrace.
You've totally failed to grasp what is going on at the minute.
Maybe you could use your blog to try and harness the frustration behind something more worthwhile rather than just slating people.

Why are they a disgrace?? They are accurate are they not? The truth hurts i guess

 

[clint van damme]

Why are they a disgrace?? They are accurate are they not? The truth hurts i guess

because they are just insults aimed gratuitously at our support when there is a much bigger picture.
As a support we have rarely had issues with behavior, certainly no more than most clubs, so why is it happening now? It's easy to criticise, but what is behind all of this, that's the question we should be asking?

I agree with you up to a point - yes I've exaggerated and yes everyone is entitled to exhibit their own frustration in whatever way they see fit.

But there comes a point when getting hammered to run on the pitch and/or stop the game with flares stops being a protest - yesterday it just seemed like people were doing it because they knew that they could, and loads of others already had. There was no organisation, no cohesion, no unity: ipso facto, no message whatsoever.

I agree with much of that, so why not make that the main thrust of your blog rather than just throwing insults at our support who are beleaguered enough at the minute.

 

[KG7]

because they are just insults aimed gratuitously at our support when there is a much bigger picture.
As a support we have rarely had issues with behavior, certainly no more than most clubs, so why is it happening now? It's easy to criticise, but what is behind all of this, that's the question we should be asking?



I agree with much of that, so why not make that the main thrust of your blog rather than just throwing insults at our support who are beleaguered enough at the minute.

87 mint I enjoy your blog and your frequent attempts to step back and observe the situations we find ourselves in as Cov fans. Often I agree with your critiques of our supporters - we do some daft things - but this is a good question and one you should think about.


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[wingy]

Concur with most comments above.
But Lawrence, you or the police or stewards should not have been surprised by yesterday's events.
It was the first return to the place of the ugliest time in our history.

 

[GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee]

I am as hurt by current scenario as any other CCFC fan. I despair at what is going on & I agree entirely that there needs to be organised forms of protests taking place. What I am failing to understand here is the continual backing by fans of yobbish and thuggish behaviour. Fans were smashing the shit out of seats on Saturday, abusing elderly fans & acting like general tossers. Not all by any stretch might I add but there were plenty involved. We shouldn't be advocating this. Regardless of our current situation, we can't use that as an excuse to start behaving like braindead thugs. Yes we're all frustrated beyond words, yes we've been treated disgracefully, but let's not become part of the issue and start defending some of the indefensible.

 

[clint van damme]

I am as hurt by current scenario as any other CCFC fan. I despair at what is going on & I agree entirely that there needs to be organised forms of protests taking place. What I am failing to understand here is the continual backing by fans of yobbish and thuggish behaviour. Fans were smashing the shit out of seats on Saturday, abusing elderly fans & acting like general tossers. Not all by any stretch might I add but there were plenty involved. We shouldn't be advocating this. Regardless of our current situation, we can't use that as an excuse to start behaving like braindead thugs. Yes we're all frustrated beyond words, yes we've been treated disgracefully, but let's not become part of the issue and start defending some of the indefensible.

I haven't read any post defending the actions you've described.
I didn't see any of that behaviour where I was, (block or two to the left of the scoreboard), but you're right, that's totally out of order.

 

[Fergusons_Beard]

I see Millwall quickly sorted out the talk of them leaving their stadium !

Really bloody interesting how that one panned out.

Because all the fans/media/owners got together and didn't let it happen.

Ours mostly said 'served SISU right' when rug pulled from under us and our ground sold to a rugby club......




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