on the final game of the season the police let droves of Montreal supporters attack our fans exiting the stadium and into the park on the way back to the subway. I myself had to dodge quite a few of them and ended up running back to the subway. There was*zero* police presence when they'd repeatedly said there would be. After the playoff game, the police just took it upon themselves to kick the shit out of as many TFC supporters as possible.
But Saputo cried to the league and to the press about what certain individuals did in stands during the first game and the only story we got was about how we used some smoke and ripped up a few seats (the same thing the Impact did the first time they came to BMO). This is how things work. Our FO needs to do a better job at setting the narrative around these things. I;m not happy with the banner, and I'm glad MLSE is supposedly dealing with the individual personally. But this continues the narrative that we're the overbearing bully in this rivalry.. It could not be further from the case.
This also overshawdows the wonderful display put on by the rest of the supporters in the south end. The impact did this on purpose because they can't get over the fact that we're the better, bigger club. Fuck the Impact. Can't wait for October 14th.
EDIT: oh right. And then UMO2 used the same smoke/flare devices we got suspended for in the playoff game most of our supporters were banned from. Because there are no rules until somoene cries foul. It's bullshit.fuck them.
Last edited by molenshtain; 08-29-2016 at 03:00 PM.
One idiot with an obscene banner overshadows the amazing, multi-group display that took an effort of multiple people.
If people want to talk about a banner at that game, ask me about the huge tifo and how much work went into it from the supporters. Talk about the hard work and spending their own time and money and working with the team to get rigging put in and setting up a great display. Don't ask me about one idiot who put up a rude banner that security should've caught at the gate anyway.
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Really? Because last October I remember being ushered out into a dark wooded area with no security.
Yes, there was a bunch of buses offered up to take TFC suporters right back downtown. I was up beside the TFC bus on the other side of the stadium as the lads were loading up and an Impact staffer was asking anyone in TFC gear if they wanted to take the bus as this was last call for it. About 90 min or so after the game I had no issue walking over to the subway wearing my TFC cap.
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I was one of the last ones out and never saw or heard of any shuttle downtown. Odd, I definitely would have taken up the offer.
There were no buses for the playoff game that I saw. Did see police and impact supporters in the wooded area though. Thought tfc supporters did a good job sticking together and looking out for each other. Didn't care for the three or four guys who kept charging the impact fans throwing punches and then running back to the group and hiding among those who didn't want any part of the antics.
I did hear tfc fans were attacked with retractable batons to the legs on the way in but didn't personally see that.
On another note, that Tifo was wicked. Huge congrats to the supporters groups for the effort in pulling that off and working together. That fan support should be the story of the day, no other sports team in the city has fans making that type of commitment, shame the media want to focus on the actions of one guy rather then the efforts of all those who worked on the Tifo. Awesome kick ass stuff, the groups should be really proud.
That's not how this works. It is objectively subjugating women as a surrogate for Montreal and its fans. This is not "offensive" because it does not depend on the receiver of the message. The message is intended to be one of subjugation.
This is not about opinion. It is objectively denigrating of women.
Find me 100 women who view it and are not offended by it. I'll wait.
We should now debate the semantics of what is and is not objective. Because clearly there's a consensus we're this close to nailing down.
Missed this one while I was responding to other posts. I basically agree that it would be good to get fair and balanced media treatment. But we know that's not the media market we're in.
As much as I'm perturbed by the stupid two stick on its own merits, I'm extremely pissed on behalf of the people who put all that work into the massive fun house display, and for the team itself. A stupid little thing like that is always going to get the trogs in our talk media and TV land to pay attention, and gloss over the fact that this is a serious team, with committed and serious fans, in a serious sport, that is leading their conference and second overall in the league!
We should be basking in all sorts of glowing media attention right now, but we're fighting for oxygen in the best of times. We don't need distractions. And we know that the trogs will jump all over the distraction rather than pay attention to all the good stuff, in order to justify their own prejudices, editorial choices, and jobs.
Listen. Its the fucking alternative kits that are to blame.
Im serious, they're cursed and they cause people to do bad things.
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Couldn't agree me. In fact, you've inspired me to do this.
There were undercover cops in Tfc gear in 112 in Mtl.
When a fight almost broke out, they stepped in and flashed badges.
The police presence wasn't good enough but it sure as shit wasn't zero.
Playoff game.
That makes sense. They were intentionally overzealous with their policing efforts for the playoff game because they knew how badly they fucked up the previous game. My point about the lack of police presence was for the finale. They stepped it up, badly, for the playoff game. That led to the beating of our fans as they left the stadium.
So I looked at the article from the globe on everyone's favourite banner...
At that top they have a picture of Osorio who is described as "TFC midfielder Chris Mannella (20)". While I can't blame them for being off a single number, a simple look at the team sheet would have saved their bacon. The 5th estate is a struggling enterprise these days. It's only a matter of time before our shame is displaced by a really cute cat video.