Wonder which City has more plastic Man U fans?
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Wonder which City has more plastic Man U fans?
Most cities and towns south of Birmingham are riddled with fakes. I’d say this side of the bridge has more pretend liverpool fans than Man Utd.
South Wales is infested with Welsh people who support English football teams like Liverpool , man united , Chelsea , arsenal etc
We will never be a big club and it's because of people like this
Proud nation my fecking arse
But when the eggers play England it’s “let’s do ‘em boys” “So long as we beat the English”Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Then go back supporting Man Utd, Liverpool etc the following week.
I agree sludge, it’s a disgrace. When I have the mis fortune to see these fans watching “their” team in a pub I feel embarrassed for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Cardiff and Bristol will be full of people who do all sorts of other f*cking ridiculous embarrassing things.
People are not all rational, nor even all likable ;)
Cardiff supporters are doing the right thing, as are Swans fans also TBF.
We are not big enough, nor 'Premiership stalwarts' enough to attract a similar diaspora of plastics.
Wales is full of utter idiots like this , from north to south from east to west
No wonder the Scottish parliament was given more powers than the welsh assembly , we are a nation of clowns
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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Many people - weak, unimaginative people mostly - feel a need to associate themselves with potential glory, or close to, above all else.
Maybe unfair to call them 'clowns' but they sure as hell deserve pity and ridicule.
Sadly, there is enough of them that they will not care.
I tend to just look the other way.
People like watching successful teams in the top division. If we spent a decade or more in the top flight we'd get significantly more support.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
And the irony is , they would end up getting called 'plastic / glory hunters'. By many of the long-term fans of our own team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
I didnt think he was?Quote:
Originally Posted by ninianclark
Well, if they only starting going regularly due to us being successful, yeah they are plastics / glory hunters...Quote:
Originally Posted by Vimto
I love the fact that being a Welsh club is a big part of the Cardiff identity however "being welsh means you need to support a welsh club" is a load of rubbish. There are international matches for a reason...Say a lad from Japan comes to a few matches when he's at Uni here and decides to support Cardiff when he gets home, are you going to give him the boot?
I'm not defending glory hunters or people who support big clubs and have no connections with them (completely different thing and very obnoxious) but what club you are "meant" to support should have nothing to do with the country you are from. If Welsh People are only meant to like Welsh things from Wales then it's pretty ironic supporting a club playing in the english league system.
How would that Japanese lad get the boot, he'd not be at Cardiff games...Quote:
Originally Posted by ct_ccfc
The point is people suddenly becoming fans when we're successful. When a team needs help is when it's been at rock bottom - when we were, where were the extra 12k who now attend games?
We have a small base of core fans, a large number of fairweather fans. Should we drop down to Div 2, crowds will plummet. Same with most teams to be fair but even so...
Historical precedent is the reason we're in the Football League as well you know.
I think more Welsh football fans living in Cardiff area , turn out to watch the Welsh football side rather than the City and i'm aware over the last few years they gave up the City , to fund the Welsh dream
This is only because Wales became relatively successful the last few years. I remember 2002 and 2006 World cups where "Welsh" people wanted England to do well. These were usually the same people who supported Man U, Liverpool etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
These type of fans should be made to go to a match where they play Cardiff and see how there fans really talk about Welsh people. Wonder if they would still feel as part of the clubs they say they support then.
Fair share of Man U fans up here in Merthyr but nowhere near the amount of plastic scousers.
Its a shame because I enjoy watching the way Liverpool play with their all out attack, and Klopp is infectious too, but their fans are so f*cking deluded its unbelievable.
One of the young lads in the office, about 21/22, 2nd gen Liverpool fan because his father supports them, is chuffed to bits this morning. He was "buzzing" with the Wurzel result last night. The fact Liverpool were already knocked out of the league cup seems to have escaped him.
So we should stick with fairly small crowds and put newcomers off ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ccfc_is_my_life
These type of fans should be made to go to a match where they play Cardiff and see how there fans really talk about Welsh people. Wonder if they would still feel as part of the clubs they say they support then.[/QUOTE]
Forgive me if I am wrong but was Liverpool nothing special in the 60's?
If we had 50 years in the 1st Div/Prem since then we would have a few plastic fans as well :xmaswave:
It's not really ironic though is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vimto
When we were in the “Prem” there were quite a few Cardiff plastics filling the stadium .We are second top of the Championship and still they turn their noses up at the thought of watching Cardiff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vimto
I am sure Bristol loved filling their stadium last night, as someone on here tried to explain to Jursset, the majority of the extra are customers , not supporters. When the roller coaster slows dow, they will be off looking for new entertainment.
So the answer is , we need the plastics to warm the empty seats .
We all have our own opinions and interpretations on this subject.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy the Jock
I wouldn’t call fans who turn up at their own ground only when the going is good, as plastics. I’d call them fair weather fans.
To me, the term plastic, should be used for people who support teams from towns or cities that they don’t have any affiliation with what so ever. Whether they do it from their armchair, or from their local pub.
Just as a matter of fact Jimmy. Serious question. If ever Glasgow Rangers played the City in a competitive game ( would obviously have to be a European tie), hand on heart, who would you want to get through?
Bump for Jimmy the Jock. Really interested in your answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by William Treseder
I'm wondering if plastic fans were around before the creation of the Premier League.
I have contacts and association in both cities from that experience , its appears worse in Cardiff . Shame on them .
I think it's worse in Newport (with its mass of Leeds and Liverpool fans ) Swansea seems big on man u .
I keep pointing out to a number of them who spend more on sky subscritions and high
end viewing equipement than we do on a season ticket , that footballers in real life are taller than 20 inches .
Football fans they ain't, most couldn't kick a ball in anger ,get of the sofa , or allowed out of the house by their masterful ""rolling pin "" wives .
Not as if we need new fans is it with the stadium full to the rafters every week.Quote:
Originally Posted by ccfc_is_my_life
Along with the windows being boarded up in Liverpool, I suspect Scousers brains are fairly boarded as well .Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
I really do despise liverpool, my father's side we're all city fans but my mother's and step father's side are all plastic Scouser who will never attend a game in their life and the cheeky ***** try and wind me up giving the big un until I point out I've actually seen their side live more times then them. I'd love to see them get relegated although I know it will unlikely happenQuote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
One side of my family all support Man.Ute and Barry in that order. I dunno if that makes Em plastic. They don't support Cardiff at all it's Barry where they are from as their second team. Cardiff dont come into the equation. Given the level of foitball Barry play at you could be forgiven for also supporting a big team as it were I suppose, it's easy for me cause I just support the City. No one else. Obviously Wales but that's different. When I was a kid though and England were in a world cup or whatever I used to want them to do well. All that stopped in my teens. Became ambivalent.
its that irritating whine of a voice and how wonderful they are,if it want for the Beatles , Ken Dodd and Cilla they woudl have torn the place down by now ,driving into the center old Neil is not far ,home breeding area for militancy over the years as well,which hasn't help folk .Quote:
Originally Posted by jamieccfc
Another bump for Jimmy the Jock!Quote:
Originally Posted by William Treseder
For me it's the disgraceful way they tried to avoid any semblance of culpability for Heysel whatoever - chairman and councillor claiming it was Chelsea fans because they heard cockney voices!Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
A fair few weren't born I'd imagineQuote:
Originally Posted by ccfc_is_my_life
I have a long-held theory that we have a "missing generation" of fans between 30 and 45, I've mentioned it on here before and a few have agreed with that