I'm starting to get excited.
I didn't realize the back of the 200's were so bad. I was in the first row of the 200s vs LA, and thought it was great. Would actually rather be there, than the lower section where SSH'ers will probably be seated for the KC game. But I'll live.
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they were hard core supporters that gave it there all, without gratitude and were never appreciated by most groups or MLSE...haven't been in touch with any as of late and miss them...not sure where the banner is. One of the few I missed painting. Also the team needs to rebuild it's group relationships, that it all too frequently abused. I personally just want to watch some footie slowly rebulid in our town.
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Blake can't compare the Liverpool game, wasn't there, but all the hard work on banners put in weeks before, the pre-game party at Crocodile Rock, the march to the stadium, and the 47, 658 in attendance surely did help the atmosphere.
A night to be remembered for sure !!!
I know the club has not been doing good since day 1 but now you see teams like Portland, Seattle, DC United, even New York, Chicago and Kansas have great Tifo displays or banners or flag displays. Would be nice to have at least the TORONTO FOOTBALL CLUB banner across the front. It shows we still have support and that is a cool looking banner to see on TV and is impressive. To be honest i wish we had that banner all the time but i guess it doe's not fit at BMO field. Its not even like we need to do anything, the banner is already made, just need to bring it to the game.
'we' don't own that banner....it isn't ours to find and bring,...yes it would have been great,...they were special individuals who headed the creating of the banner,..in spite of the horrible FO attitude at the time towards everyone...
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Wait to buy tickets for the opener. Remember this the same organization willing to screw over existing ticket holders by cheapening it's own product on Groupon deals. In a month they'll be giving 2 tickets for the price of one with a free hot dog with each seat.
Unless of course the signing of Kyle Bekker captures the imagination of the local sports fan. Then the joint will be popping.
^ I'm not buying any more seats for the KC game; I'll get a pair as a SSH.
Me too. Last year I brought 14 more people besides the pair I had for a total of 16 seats for the Dome CCL game. This year I will just take my SSH pair. Not dragging anyone else out for regular season game. I saw many others on here doing the same as me last year bringing others but I doubt that will happen again to the same extent and they will be lucky to fill the lower bowl IMO.
What this does give is a chance for people who can't be bothered to find tickets through a 3rd party, or who don't want to pay the usual price for game day tickets, a chance to see a game.
If the FO looked on it as a yearly opportunity, there are ways to market this properly as a "soccer's back" seasonal thing - the cheap tickets to kids in the 500 level would be a good start.
I can only speak for myself and my 2 other buddies who have season tickets, that we'll be treating this game the same way we treated the Galaxy game...by inviting everyone we know to fill up that "big ugly cavernous waste of space that acts as a ball sack for the CN Tower" we call the Skydome/Rogers Centre.
There's no way possible to recreate the buzz of that CCL night, but we can still do our best. I can't see why it would be a stretch to predict 30k+ for this game if we can all invite friends and family like the last time. I feel the same way about this team that most of you guys do as well...apathy...but its our home opener...we should at least try our best to get some excitement going and try and give our boys a boost.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
The "Changes to BMO" past of this thread.
I know in my interview with the FO I harped A LOT on BMO and infastructure. Are they doing anything about it I wonder?
Ultimately, all football teams live and die by a mix of the atmosphere created by the fans, the quality and type of football played, and the atmosphere as created by the FO.
Its a constant challenge and tension that can never be resolved.
And every supporter takes a different view of how to involve themselves in that.