tommysvr
Vedran Corluka
Then I can have the opinion that he is a macaron.
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Then I can have the opinion that he is a macaron.
The plastic fan thing depends on how personally you want to take it. As I first read it he disagrees with the club travelling the globe every pre season to attract more fans, or simply market the brand.
I like cricket support Middlesex
I like boxing too have been to numerous British boxers fights
I don't root for the Chicago bulls
I don't have a Hardon for rafael nadal
As I've said before its my opinion no one will change it I just don't understand. I've not once mentioned who better/bigger fans are? This whole argument started from me saying don't like how we go places like America to which I get told their are 'die hards' etc in America maybe so we've got plenty of fans in Scotland, holland and Scandinavia too why not do preseason there and thank our loyal fans from these footballing nations? It's cos they're already fans we're going to America to try and get new fans ones who probably wear Chelsea shirts when they are in town and spurs when we are there. Just my opinion I remember two years ago when we played in America fans being interviewed outside the game wearing a spurs shirt asked a question 'I actually root for man u but today I'm rooting for spurs' sorry if I don't want anyone like that attached to the club again just my opinion.
Just like Martin Jol was allowed to think the ref's an idiot.
It's a personal attack.
And far more insulting and far less justified than tommysvr's pretty harmless response.
IMO.
Anyway, I won't labour the point, fella. You do great work keeping us all updated with itk and tweets. And I wouldn't want to have to moderate this place. Unenviable job!
Just for the sake of accuracy, the term he actually used was "new age spastic".
Not "plastic".
Makes a bit of a difference, I think.
braineclipse
Steve Sedgley
I was not talking about the specific discussion going on here. I'm not getting in the middle of this
The word plastic was brought into the discussion later. That first post can be read in different ways depending on what you want it to be.
One last thing before I leave I've seen numerous posts on here laughing and criticising arsenals African 'support' suppose that's different tho?
I was not talking about the specific discussion going on here. I'm not getting in the middle of this
Seriously, if people read the posts from the beginning I don't see why it's taken as such a personal insult. It was a poorly worded post that started it, the word spastic was picked up on.
It's been turned into something much worse through the following discussion by people taking to the other extreme.
infraction!!!
i haven't got the fancy new replica kit yet mind, but where are the mods??
do i get any respect because i went to a game 2 years ago whoopwhoop?
Pav scored 2, one off a deflection...off the bar and in... can anyone name that game??
Birmingham at home?Yeah have a brownie point
What's important in this case is how it was read by the many foreign Spurs fans who post here. And all who have commented thus far appear to have been insulted to some degree. And since they have been insulted, the only decent thing for WhoopWhoop to have done would have been to apologise, retract and rephrase. He has signally failed to do so.
My own opinion, as an English Spurs fan, is that calling people "new age spastics" cannot be taken in any way other than as an intended insult. But maybe that's just an age thing?
Not sure how it can be taken any other way, basically a group of people via geographical location are "better/more real/whatever terminology" you want to use.
Regardless, think we should shut this one down, it's not going anywhere, and certainly not on topic.
Who's our front line for next game?
I didn't see it as an insult towards every single foreign fan. I've probably interpreted it differently from the rest then.
It's summer, it's Friday and all we've had today is arguing.
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
tommysvr
Vedran Corluka
Right then moving on! I am so bloody excited for the matches next week. Driving to Buffalo at about 5am for a 9am flight to Baltimore, gotta rush to our hotel in the middle of nowhere (when did Baltimore hotels get so expensive?) and to the stadium for 1pm kick off.
Off to New York the following morning for a few nights with the NY Spurs and hopefully some current or ex-players before the match on Tuesday night. Absolutely buzzing.
Off to New York the following morning for a few nights with the NY Spurs and hopefully some current or ex-players before the match on Tuesday night. Absolutely buzzing.
IMO everyone who's interested in those sports are plastics, even Americans. Franchises that are bought and sold and moved around.
:special:
tommysvr
Vedran Corluka
I agree with that. North American sport is weird.
I went to a Toronto v Cleveland baseball game last week. Saw a guy wearing a Toronto shirt and a Cleveland hat :-s