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We did our bit

chunksafc said:
You don't have to justify anything to me mate, I'm suprised you could fill the whole ground for that price at 38,000 items.

I can't buy a packet of fag papers for less than a quid!

I'm disappointed you lads are retiring, I won't say given up and you have fought the club and negative fans for months and months.

Hopefully you all get to enjoy the games again without the stress
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I think a few of the lads are carrying on and hopefully they’ll bring new life into it.
 

The Spirit of 37 said:
The fans were amazing. The volunteers were amazing. The display looked amazing (in our opinion)

We’ve done everything we can. We’ve taken enough of a battering from our own fans. We’re done.

Thank you for all your support. Fuck the mags.

Goodnight.
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All the displays you have done have been excellent. Thank you to you and those that assist for taking the time to organise and set up pre match.

Some of our so called supporters and the people making things difficult for you within the club should be ashamed of themselves.
 
Doberman said:
Another point to make is those slating the group for the "bin bag" material should consider why that material was used.

Forced upon the group because the club didn't want people throwing card about.

it's the only approved material that exists. Approved by dickheads that don't get it. Naturally the group takes the flak.

Fuck the club.
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Interesting. Makes sense now.

I had me tongue in cheek earlier in the thread when I mentioned it not being very environmentally friendly. Again, apologies if that went over heads.
TicoTorres said:
Why was it silver?
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Can't get metallic displays in white apparently.
 
I really think the lads who organise and set up should be paid for their time and efforts

I mean giving up two and half working days to set out the display, on top of all the countless days / hours organising the designs, communicating with all relevant people - should be rewarded in my eyes

I bet it’s a right fuck on sorting a full stadium display
 
mogget said:
The display looked great.

I guess the issues are the average person (myself included) have no idea what anything costs. Some people will be expecting a display like Dortmund v Malaga that moves. While others are expecting card.

If the lads continue doing it, I guess the surfers and banners would be my preference as they can be reused but would they just be lost without the cards around them?
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I thought the display looked good but as an outsider I was expecting something a bit edgier in a Derby maybe a black cat with a magpie In it’s mouth etc
I take it the owners didn’t want anything controversial?
Again being an outsider I don’t know the ins and outs about what the lads were allowed to put on but it’s worth remembering that a lot of these foreign clubs are fan owned or have a very close relationship with their ultras especially for their displays , they can get away with it in these countries
The problem with English football is the owners are all money driven, bent and are all in it together for themselves and it has no soul ,the keyboard fans /idiots only care about signing players, the sooner the majority of our clubs are fan owned the better imo
 
White city Boy said:
I thought the display looked good but as an outsider I was expecting something a bit edgier in a Derby maybe a black cat with a magpie In it’s mouth etc
I take it the owners didn’t want anything controversial?
Again being an outsider I don’t know the ins and outs about what the lads were allowed to put on but it’s worth remembering that a lot of these foreign clubs are fan owned or have a very close relationship with their ultras especially for their displays , they can get away with it in these countries
The problem with English football is the owners are all money driven, bent and are all in it together for themselves and it has no soul ,the keyboard fans /idiots only care about signing players, the sooner the majority of our clubs are fan owned the better imo
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They wanted "Sunderland stuff" not anti mag display from what the lads have been saying and vetoed a sportswashing display that was previously okd. That's the sort of fuck on these lads have been dealing with since they started.
 
White city Boy said:
I thought the display looked good but as an outsider I was expecting something a bit edgier in a Derby maybe a black cat with a magpie In it’s mouth etc
I take it the owners didn’t want anything controversial?
Again being an outsider I don’t know the ins and outs about what the lads were allowed to put on but it’s worth remembering that a lot of these foreign clubs are fan owned or have a very close relationship with their ultras especially for their displays , they can get away with it in these countries
The problem with English football is the owners are all money driven, bent and are all in it together for themselves and it has no soul ,the keyboard fans /idiots only care about signing players, the sooner the majority of our clubs are fan owned the better imo
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They had a good display lined up but was rejected by the club.
 
Mackemansj1 said:
They wanted "Sunderland stuff" not anti mag display from what the lads have been saying and vetoed a sportswashing display that was previously okd. That's the sort of fuck on these lads have been dealing with since they started.
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I think pro Sunderland was always the way to go. The sports washing one was never ever gonna fly.


I appreciate the time and effort So37 have gone through - fair play to them all. I admit I'm ignorant to the work required and the processes you go through. I think most average fans probably just assume the club puts these cards and 'bin liners' in place. Many away from these boards and social media won't even know they exist. I know me father doesn't, and he's been going to games long before we had chevrons on the shirt @DonaldDownTheWing ;). I've learned more about So37 this morning from @Doberman's posts than I have the entire time they've been operating.

If I could level one real criticism at them, it's that it's a bit of a closed shop. They ask for donations on here, but won't let on what the designs are. I appreciate ya can't please everyone, and there's time constraints, but when I asked what the display would be I was told it was a surprise. And then people get salty when ya say ya didn't twig the significance of the silver chevrons. There's three groups of us in our WhatsApp group in various parts of the ground, all old enough to have had Hummel strips, and none of us got it. And whose idea the Sheff Utd badge was a coupe of seasons ago I'll never know.

All I'm really trying to say is a little more fan engagement over design at the design stage may have prevented some of the criticisms after the event.

Still, well done, and if it's over it will be a miss.
 
chriswallace85 said:
I think pro Sunderland was always the way to go. The sports washing one was never ever gonna fly.


I appreciate the time and effort So37 have gone through - fair play to them all. I admit I'm ignorant to the work required and the processes you go through. I think most average fans probably just assume the club puts these cards and 'bin liners' in place. Many away from these boards and social media won't even know they exist. I know me father doesn't, and he's been going to games long before we had chevrons on the shirt @DonaldDownTheWing ;). I've learned more about So37 this morning from @Doberman's posts than I have the entire time they've been operating.

If I could level one real criticism at them, it's that it's a bit of a closed shop. They ask for donations on here, but won't let on what the designs are. I appreciate ya can't please everyone, and there's time constraints, but when I asked what the display would be I was told it was a surprise. And then people get salty when ya say ya didn't twig the significance of the silver chevrons. There's three groups of us in our WhatsApp group in various parts of the ground, all old enough to have had Hummel strips, and none of us got it. And whose idea the Sheff Utd badge was a coupe of seasons ago I'll never know.

All I'm really trying to say is a little more fan engagement over design at the design stage may have prevented some of the criticisms after the event.

Still, well done, and if it's over it will be a miss.
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I think with the way the mags have acted that next time we play them there should be no problem with a sports washing one.
 
This thread is a perfect example of why I'm surprised the lads haven't sacked it off ages ago.

I really don't think people appreciate the amount of time and energy that goes into these volunteer groups, and when you see the hassle they have had from the club and even sadly some of our own supporters, why the fùck would anyone bother?

There seems to be an perception that if you donate a fiver you have the right to the ownership of a group of volunteers who give up their own time and effort to try and make the matchday experience a better one and to give us more of a home advantage, whilst sitting on your arse and doing nothing yourself.

Personally I'd have sacked it off a long time ago so thanks for sticking with it lads despite constantly banging your heads against a wall.

There's no doubt the work you have put in has contributed to the atmosphere and subsequent victories in several important home games over the last few years and it will be missed.

Hopefully, in time you'll get to return under a more supportive ownership group who will appreciate your efforts.
 
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