Nick
Administrator
Saying they understand it, isn't excusing it. Their statement last week was very clear I thought. Today, I sit not far from people involved in that group, and when the balls were thrown, they looked quite confused.
Ultimately, they are a protest group, and while they can (and have) condemned unlawful action, it's not for them to condemn all forms of protest, especially those they are not involved in, because they are answerable to no-one when people take action independently. They have never claimed to speak for all supporters, nor should they.
No, I haven't said they were all there throwing tennis balls. I've said I don't blame them for today or anything like that.
Don't agree about speaking on behalf of fans, they quite often do. Maybe a bit of "come on now, we are all for a protest but we need to think about it" type thing to try and reel it in? Maybe pointing out that it's going to just divide the fans? (rather than just class people who disagree with it as small elements). A bit of guidance, point out it's not going to bother SISU.
Again, this isn't blaming to them. More like looking for a bit of guidance amongst the fans as like I said I'd never seen anything like today after the tennis balls the way fans stood up and applauded and shouting abuse with wanker signs etc towards the scoreboard. It will only get worse and worse.
Meanwhile people are completely blind do that and just say it's SISU dividing fans.