I had to post this pic from Sportsnet, look at Dunfield's face
AWAY TRIPS:
March 2008 - Columbus; March 2009 - Kansas City; April 2010 - New England; July 2010 - Philadelphia.
Just a tad condescending, dontcha think?
I suspect Redcoat's point is that there are supporters who question the team's decisions AND CAN STILL show up at the stadium in support of the team. I am sure there are plenty in 112 that come home hoarse after the game, but still have enough left of their vocal cords to lament about how shite Dunfield is, how overpaid De Guz is and how Avila and Silva should be getting the starts.
One thing you will never, ever see in Milano is an Inter or Milan supporter so frustrated by his team that he turns to the cross-town rival in support. Once you become an Inter or a Milan supporter (and some become so at birth), you remain one the rest of your life. That's the way it is just about everywhere else in the world.
AWAY TRIPS:
March 2008 - Columbus; March 2009 - Kansas City; April 2010 - New England; July 2010 - Philadelphia.
Rhapido and oldtimer,
Your comments make it clear that you have no clue about what I am talking about, it has nothing to do with supporting a crosstown rival.
And you trying to tell me how it works in my home country and city is bit funny. I have been an supporter of Milan since about 1975, when I was a boy in Milano, Italy. Anyway you have no idea of what you are talking about, I will leave it at that.
Again I am not telling you how to support you keep on telling me what it is to be supporter and I am telling you that it runs contrary to what I know is the reality in my home city and country.
By the way so that you understand the rivalry between Roma and Lazio is deeper then between Inter and Milan, we call each other cousins, we are rivals but there is not the same hate.
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But it did take decades for those teams to develop that kind of following, didn't it? And doesn't each one of those teams have its own, distinct personality that is a reflection of the supporters?
Maybe someday TFC will have a personality and maybe it'll even be one that has something to do with the supporters and not just one purchased by the corporate ownership. In fact, what we're going through now is how that personality will be developed.
I moved to near Norwich in England when I was 12 and, as a family, we " adopted " the Canaries as a tangible expression of our commitment to our new community. This was very easy because Norwich, despite its many historic and architectural attractions, had virtually no other outlet for waving the local flag. This is still the case over 50 years later so the club enjoys a very loyal fan base and owners who are passionate about their team ( Delia Smith's " Let's be having you " rant personifies this thinking ). Toronto, by contrast is a massive, multi-cultural and young ( historically ) city so the ties that bind are more amorphous. There is also a gulf between fans and owners that is exceptionally wide ( perhaps matched now by the situation at Blackburn with similarly destructive consequences ). I really admire the " never say die " supporters, they are the lifeblood of any club but with so many other options ( including Sportsnet World ) I have chosen to dispense with the frustration and heartache until a more football focussed FO is in place. Call me a fairweather fan if you will ( something I have never been hitherto with lifelong attachments, often tested, to Norwich and Manchester City ) but I hope one day my sons and I can rejoin the faithful who are keeping the club alive nothwithstanding the ownership situation.
Try being a Leeds supporter...I support them, week in, week out, even though they're shite. And I know that short of a gazillionaire buying the club, we will NEVER win the Prem League title as long as I live. Promotion to the Premier League and maybe the odd cup run will be as good as it ever gets for us.
I understand how you feel.
I know an elderly English gentleman whose club in England hasn't won anything in probably decades. He's not a supporter or a die-hard TFC fan, but he is a SSH. He was more upset last year about having too many evening games than he was about the TFC's record. To him, having an afternoon of footy followed by some time in the pub with his pals is what is important. His home club in England doesn't win, and he enjoyed football there, so why not do the same here? Evening games wrecked that because it was too late to go to the pub afterwards.
^He could have always gone to the pub beforehand...But yeah...one of the frustrating things is that the kickoff times are all over the place. Although once in awhile it is nice to have night games in the summer when it is cooler in the evenings, but I don't mind afternoon kickoffs myself.
[QUOTE=Torontotonto;1473492]Never expected it to get this bad, however after the epic night at Rogers Centre and advancing in CCL, it was an early peak to our season, then our field general Frings goes down in Seattle, then Frei in training, I got that old Toronto feeling that seems to encompass all of our teams when we are finally looking forward to a season full of promise.
"Through the Highs and the Lows"
Cant get much lower from here I hope.
Onward and Upward Boys...
Success in VI.
how about,
Success in Game VI. <---This...Come on you REDS
might be more appropriate for now.
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