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Oldtimer
07-22-2008, 08:09 AM
posted by SweetOwnGoal on the U-Sector board, felt it deserved to be quoted here as well.


Dear Reds,

It’s been a tough few weeks, what with us going eight games without a win. We’re sorry for the nasty words we used Saturday. It was likely the heat talking. But, we think you must understand and share or frustration. It’s time to get out of this funk.

And, tonight is the perfect opportunity. I know that your sports information department called an earlier game in this tournament a friendly, but we hope that you understand that isn’t the case (we also hope someone had words with the intern that made that error. It was an intern, right?). Tonight is most certainly not a friendly. Actually, it’s the most important game we’ve ever played.

We know that this is a new competition to most of you. The Voyageurs Cup is hardly the English FA Cup. We get that. With only three teams competing it might not seem like much to you. But here is the thing: It’s ours. I’m not sure you can appreciate the battle that went into getting even this far. Nothing comes easy for this sport in this country and we take great pride in that trophy you are playing for tonight. You see when no one else would step up we went out and bought the thing ourselves.

If (when, right) you raise it up tonight you will be holding onto the hopes and dreams of every supporter that has ever fought for this game’s acceptance in this city and this country. At the risk of being overly dramatic there is a tiny piece of all of us in the thing.

Those of you that are new to this city must think that things have always been like this. After all you hear every week that we are the best fans in the league. You see it with your own eyes every time you step out on the pitch. But, talk to Jimmy. He’ll tell you. For most of us this is still a dream. We go to every game with the understanding that we need to push ourselves to increase the atmosphere. We can’t let up, because we know the critics will pounce: It’s a fad, a novelty. We’ve been through too much to let go of this now.

Which is why we so badly want you to win tonight. We’re Canadian soccer fans. From Toronto. Winning is not something we have much experience in. So, we desperately want this. And, if you appreciate what we do you should badly want to win it for us.

If you don’t win we’ll still be back in numbers in two weeks time—and we’d wish Montreal well against the Nicaraguan team (well we’d try anyway)—but that’s not the way the script should be written. At the risk of being presumptuous, we think we deserve this.

So, we hope you understand just how important tonight is.

Cheers,
The boys (and girls) in the south end.

http://z15.invisionfree.com/U_Sector/index.php?showtopic=7378

brad
07-22-2008, 08:18 AM
I really hope this finds its way into Carvers hands (or Ricketts - you there Big Bruva?) and gets read to the players before kickoff.

They need to know how much this means to us.

Parkdale
07-22-2008, 08:19 AM
that sums it up perfectly.

Nerepis
07-22-2008, 08:21 AM
Great letter, sums up how I feel. Come on you reds!

Mrs. Workie
07-22-2008, 08:21 AM
That sums it up quite nicely.

Mrs. Workie
07-22-2008, 08:21 AM
Good thing we're all in agreement here :lol:

Shaughno
07-22-2008, 08:22 AM
Very, very well written. This is a MUST read for every player in that locker room tonight.

Parkdale
07-22-2008, 08:22 AM
how big a banner would we need to make to fit that entire letter on it?

Daveisonfire
07-22-2008, 08:23 AM
I really hope this finds its way into Carvers hands (or Ricketts - you there Big Bruva?) and gets read to the players before kickoff.

They need to know how much this means to us.

Agreed.

Mrs. Workie
07-22-2008, 08:23 AM
One that spread over the whole south end...I think that'd do it :D

TFC Cityboy
07-22-2008, 08:24 AM
goosebumps......
CCCCCCCCCCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
YYYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
RRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDZZZZZZZZZZZ ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

blackandwhite
07-22-2008, 08:24 AM
"We’re sorry for the nasty words we used Saturday." not really... but win the fucking cup or you gonna get worse!

Nerepis
07-22-2008, 08:26 AM
One that spread over the whole south end...I think that'd do it :D

How about painting one letter on every supporters bare belly? Getting them in order might be a problem.:)

Flipityflu
07-22-2008, 08:27 AM
that should get read in the dressing room before the game.

Velvet Elvis
07-22-2008, 08:49 AM
Well Done SweetOwnGoal !!!!

GabrielHurl
07-22-2008, 08:55 AM
Tape it to each and every players locker

Niall
07-22-2008, 09:00 AM
Come On Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Reds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pyeddo
07-22-2008, 09:04 AM
MASSIVE game tonight.... C'MON YOU REDS

Phil
07-22-2008, 09:08 AM
Nice letter. I hope Paul grabs a print out of it and passes it around. :D

Nodoubtguy
07-22-2008, 09:09 AM
Perfect.....

tfc_4_ever
07-22-2008, 09:28 AM
HAs Paul recieved it yet ?

noochie
07-22-2008, 09:32 AM
One for the corkboard tonight in the locker room. I want to see them come out bombing the team from Montreal for a full 90.

maninb
07-22-2008, 09:44 AM
Bloody RIGHT ON!!! Well said...sums up what me and the lads in 108 feel perfectly!

TicTacTabarnack
07-22-2008, 10:19 AM
Get'r Done!

We come out in full force tonight! Players, Management and Supporters! No excuses! We want silverware!

Razor
07-22-2008, 10:21 AM
Fuckin' right!!

TOR - ONT - OHHH - TFC!!

C'mon you Reds!!!

Nerepis
07-22-2008, 10:24 AM
Get'r Done!

We come out in full force tonight! Players, Management and Supporters! No excuses! We want silverware!

ALL for One!

Northern Soul
07-22-2008, 10:25 AM
Well done. We may be a new team, but the players need to respect the shirt and crest as they would any other storied club.

Come on you Reds!

13CP
07-22-2008, 10:25 AM
That sums it up quite nicely.

TicTacTabarnack
07-22-2008, 10:26 AM
Standing and cheering for the full 90 in every section of the stadium tonight?!? I'd love to see this happen!

STAND UP FOR YOUR TFC!!! STAND UP FOR YOUR TFC!!! STAND UP FOR YOUR TFC!!!

UltraFootyKWC
07-22-2008, 10:31 AM
Well said SweetOwnGoal! Sums up all of our feelings perfectly. I hope this makes it to Carver and gets read aloud to the lads before the match, just so they know how important this cup is to all of us.

romburgundy
07-22-2008, 10:33 AM
Wow I can't wait to see the responce from the boys on the field today. Well written a great read now time to execute. We don't ask for much around here but we will not settle for a loss against Montreal today. I've been warming up my singing voice all day!

T.O.oooo O O O T.Oooo O O, T.O.oooo O O O T.Oooo O O,
La LalaLalaLala, La LalaLala La La.... La LalaLalaLala, La LalaLala La La

boomcha
07-22-2008, 10:43 AM
I have sent this letter to Wynne, Edu and Ricketts via facebook.

sidney
07-22-2008, 10:43 AM
ditto on the well-f-ing-done!

13CP
07-22-2008, 10:47 AM
I have sent this letter to Wynne, Edu and Ricketts via facebook.

Hopefully they will pass it on.

sidney
07-22-2008, 10:53 AM
Seems like they're getting the message:

http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080721&content_id=174555&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280

SweetOwnGoal
07-22-2008, 10:53 AM
Thanks guys...I've lost my mind and am actually heading down the stadium area now...

Let's rock the south end tonight--RPB, Ultras, U-Sector and anyone else fortunate enough to be down there.

Technorgasm
07-22-2008, 11:00 AM
how big a banner would we need to make to fit that entire letter on it?

How about simply:

VOYAGERS CUP - A PIECE OF ALL OF US?

That leter was beautiful.

only 7 short hours away now!!


"Any top player wants to play in games like this ... and there's no bigger than this game on Tuesday," Carver said. "So I won't have to do much motivating, especially after our result on the weekend.

Stencils
07-22-2008, 11:09 AM
I'm so proud and pleased by the words being spoken today in letters and posts, and most of it is truly positive, instead of the same ol' "bash the other team" stuff.

We have GOT to do this up right tonight, for the sake of the team, and for the people who put our feelings into such eloquent words.

Let's do this.

Big Bruva
07-22-2008, 11:36 AM
I really hope this finds its way into Carvers hands (or Ricketts - you there Big Bruva?) and gets read to the players before kickoff.

They need to know how much this means to us.

Yeah im here and i just read it on facebook.

Im seeing Ro in about an hour so ill get him to read it if we are near a computer

sulfur
07-22-2008, 11:39 AM
print it off dude! :)

Rudi
07-22-2008, 11:40 AM
Fuckin' right!!

TFC - TOR - ONT - OHHH - TFC!!

C'mon you Reds!!!
HUGE PET PEEVE:

The TOR-ONT-OHHH-TFC! chant DOES NOT start with the letters "TFC". I'm not sure when and why people started doing this, but it completely throws off the tune and rhythm of the rest of the chant.

Oldtimer
07-22-2008, 11:43 AM
HUGE PET PEEVE:

The TOR-ONT-OHHH-TFC! chant DOES NOT start with the letters "TFC". I'm not sure when and why people started doing this, but it completely throws off the tune and rhythm of the rest of the chant.

A bit like putting "Danny Dichio" after the "Oooooh Danny Dichio" in the 23:13 chant, instead of "Dichio." ;)

Rudi
07-22-2008, 11:52 AM
A bit like putting "Danny Dichio" after the "Oooooh Danny Dichio" in the 23:13 chant, instead of "Dichio." ;)
Not even close.

Extra "Danny's" can be added and the flow can still be kept. The extra Danny's are thrown into dead space. Blaming the extra Danny's for the fact that 99% of our fans are tone deaf is a cop out. (Not saying you do that specifically, but I've heard that argument many times, and it's flawed)

Adding the extra "TFC" to the beginning is adding a completely new 'verse' to the chant, forcing everyone who sings it that way to repeat the same tone twice ("TFC" and "T-O-R").

But whatever, I don't want to derail the thread. It's just a huge pet peeve of mine.

Roogsy
07-22-2008, 11:55 AM
Holy shit...that was friggin' awesome.

*tear*

Technorgasm
07-22-2008, 12:01 PM
ole Ole Ole_oh@!!!!

Cambridge_Red
07-22-2008, 12:09 PM
Very motivating!

Kalypso
07-22-2008, 12:13 PM
Wow....that letter was just awesome, gave me goosebumps!!!!
It's super nice to see the passion that we all have.

REDPATCHGRL74
07-22-2008, 12:21 PM
beautiful, simply beautiful.

COME ON YOU REDS!

MisterMacphisto
07-22-2008, 12:48 PM
Beautiful letter..

I want all the players to stick their hands out, put it between their legs, check those Cojones, and play with some fucking pride and swagger tonight that the patch deserves. I don't want them to hope for a good result tonight, I want them to fucking take that shit.

Razor
07-22-2008, 01:17 PM
HUGE PET PEEVE:

The TOR-ONT-OHHH-TFC! chant DOES NOT start with the letters "TFC". I'm not sure when and why people started doing this, but it completely throws off the tune and rhythm of the rest of the chant.


i've edited my post. better?

:D

Jack
07-22-2008, 01:24 PM
Great letter. Perfect.

Reddevil39
07-22-2008, 01:44 PM
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh we love you!!!

tfc_4_ever
07-22-2008, 01:44 PM
I am so fucking pumped for this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

I know it is kind of off topic :)

rocker
07-22-2008, 01:44 PM
i can't concentrate on my work.. impossible.. the workday is now over

UltraFootyKWC
07-22-2008, 01:59 PM
^^Ditto. I have to wait a half hour, and I have done nothing today. I can't concentrate on anything but reading the message board and thinking of the game.

Jimmy The Saint
07-22-2008, 02:16 PM
^^Ditto. I have to wait a half hour, and I have done nothing today. I can't concentrate on anything but reading the message board and thinking of the game.

Game time come swiftly... my boss is looking at me funny....

tfc_4_ever
07-22-2008, 02:23 PM
Game time come swiftly... my boss is looking at me funny....
Is he wondering why your printing off 800 sheets lmao

Jimmy The Saint
07-22-2008, 03:37 PM
Is he wondering why your printing off 800 sheets lmao

LOL - no I did that at the print shop downstairs... although they definatly looked at me funny.

Gobi
07-22-2008, 03:59 PM
After feeling totally down and almost apathetic after Saturday's game (and the past few, actually), this letter has really pumped me up.

Well done on keeping the optimism up and focusing on the positives. It's a shot in the arm for many of us and -I bloody hope- for the team as well.

tfc_4_ever
07-22-2008, 08:50 PM
I guess they didnt get the letter:(

OneLoveOneEric
07-22-2008, 08:56 PM
Open letter to TFC players:
Go fuck yourselves.

zeelaw
07-22-2008, 09:06 PM
email must of came back invalid?

Richard D
07-22-2008, 09:27 PM
The letter was tossed to Cuningham from 2 feet away and he missed it... went out a window in BMO field's offices...

tfc_4_ever
07-22-2008, 09:28 PM
Open letter to TFC players:
Go fuck yourselves.

lmao

BC101
07-22-2008, 09:34 PM
Open letter to TFC players:
Go fuck yourselves.
Co Signed.


Ever heard of passion you lack luster fucks. Some players looked sort of interested but the usual suspects just called it in. Fuck see if I give it my all ANYMORE this season in those stands.

mclaren
07-22-2008, 09:34 PM
The fan letter was not delivered by Purolator on time...the matchball was though.

tfc_4_ever
07-22-2008, 09:38 PM
The fan letter was not delivered by Purolator on time...the matchball was though.
:smilielol5:

Cas87
07-22-2008, 10:20 PM
Note to MLSE:

SPEND THE FUCKING MONEY!!!!
TFC is were the real fans are, therefore get people in place so they don't go the way of the LEAFS and the RED BULLS and become SHITE!!!!


Fuck of Richard Peddie

signed,
Loyal TFC fan who can do a better job than you

P.S. give some dam grass!!! (both kinds are fine ;) )

Mrs. Workie
07-22-2008, 10:28 PM
Dear TFC,

You lost. You lost the biggest, most important game of this teams history. We were behind you from start to finish (and might I add, I've never heard that kind of unity in the south end, in fact, I don't think I've ever heard the south end (and surrounding sections) louder than I have tonight.) We brought it. You didn't. Disappointment is an understatement.

reggie
07-22-2008, 10:46 PM
they are too busy folding there money,
another sellout, fuck them...this game was hard to take.
if i was closer to the field i would of thown my shirt on the field....
i am getting rid of season tickets next season..........
no i'm not....but i'm pissed...

Alarius
07-22-2008, 10:47 PM
they are too busy folding there money,
another sellout, fuck them...this game was hard to take.
if i was closer to the field i would of thown my shirt on the field....
i am getting rid of season tickets next season..........
no i'm not....but i'm pissed...

Hey if somebody is.. Ill take em..

aboyandhisdog
07-22-2008, 11:49 PM
No one read it. No one gives a shit. We have a typical MLSE team...money making shite!