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having been to the Antwerp and Gent games and to be fair I have to say I was expecting it to be a laid back affair. It was anything but at the matches!!! At Antwerp I genuinely thought there was a good 90 - 95% of people who were against Reid. As far as I could here the players did not receive any stick, the only criticism was aimed at the management staff.
Everyone has heard about what happened at Gent with regards Kilbane and his fingers, and the fan running onto the pitch. Now, I believe that attending a friendly, a game when there is nothing at stake, represents as good a time as any to protest about the current state of the club. I, and me mates who went to Belgium, want Reid to go. We have had enough of the shite football we have been witnessed over the past 20 months. We believe if changes aren't made relegation is far too realistic a possibility.
We tried to remain positive going to the game, it's hard at times, but after 20 mins, Reid out, where's the money gone, and we could well be going down, songs were being sung by us. A good number of people sat near us did not like this one bit. Comments such as "Get behind the team" "Why do you come here" "go and sit somewhere else" "you shit, I've supported this team for 40 years, and this is the best it's been" amongst many others were directed towards us. A number of these people were extremely aggressive in putting their point over. I tried to reason with a couple, but they were not willing to listen.
I've heard comments that some Sunderland fans were behaving like drunken thugs and morons. If these comments were directed at us, that is something I resent greatly. Me and me mates are Sunderland daft, it kills us to see our one opportunity for something great to happen at this club being wasted. We just want what is best for our team. Can those that are pro-Reid not realise this? When we pay thousands of pounds following our team, are constantly lied to by the club, are we not allowed to voice our dissatisfaction at the people in charge of SAFC?
Evidently not. I for one will now just attend games, I'm not opening me gob if I'm going to receive the stick I got last night. If we don't sign anyone by the transfer deadline, I'm not going to complain. If the Mags and Boro stuff us 5-0 each I won't say anything, and will happily read the fantastic??? copy of the Legion of Light which will inform us that everthing is rosy at.
Another thing that upsets me is that there are a number of Sunderland fans (normally behind Reid), who have no time for anybody's opinion if they have not supported the club for at least 40 years. They are not even prepared to listen, and seemingly look down on you. I've supported Sunderland for 20 years. The football on the whole in that time has been terrible, but what I've seen recently (past season) is certainly not the best. To be honest I can't ever remember being as bored at matches as what I was last season.
Shit, this is quite long. But basically all fans of Sunderland want the best for the team, people should respect people's opinions, and lets not spend the season slagging each other off. It's our team.
FTM
Everyone has heard about what happened at Gent with regards Kilbane and his fingers, and the fan running onto the pitch. Now, I believe that attending a friendly, a game when there is nothing at stake, represents as good a time as any to protest about the current state of the club. I, and me mates who went to Belgium, want Reid to go. We have had enough of the shite football we have been witnessed over the past 20 months. We believe if changes aren't made relegation is far too realistic a possibility.
We tried to remain positive going to the game, it's hard at times, but after 20 mins, Reid out, where's the money gone, and we could well be going down, songs were being sung by us. A good number of people sat near us did not like this one bit. Comments such as "Get behind the team" "Why do you come here" "go and sit somewhere else" "you shit, I've supported this team for 40 years, and this is the best it's been" amongst many others were directed towards us. A number of these people were extremely aggressive in putting their point over. I tried to reason with a couple, but they were not willing to listen.
I've heard comments that some Sunderland fans were behaving like drunken thugs and morons. If these comments were directed at us, that is something I resent greatly. Me and me mates are Sunderland daft, it kills us to see our one opportunity for something great to happen at this club being wasted. We just want what is best for our team. Can those that are pro-Reid not realise this? When we pay thousands of pounds following our team, are constantly lied to by the club, are we not allowed to voice our dissatisfaction at the people in charge of SAFC?
Evidently not. I for one will now just attend games, I'm not opening me gob if I'm going to receive the stick I got last night. If we don't sign anyone by the transfer deadline, I'm not going to complain. If the Mags and Boro stuff us 5-0 each I won't say anything, and will happily read the fantastic??? copy of the Legion of Light which will inform us that everthing is rosy at.
Another thing that upsets me is that there are a number of Sunderland fans (normally behind Reid), who have no time for anybody's opinion if they have not supported the club for at least 40 years. They are not even prepared to listen, and seemingly look down on you. I've supported Sunderland for 20 years. The football on the whole in that time has been terrible, but what I've seen recently (past season) is certainly not the best. To be honest I can't ever remember being as bored at matches as what I was last season.
Shit, this is quite long. But basically all fans of Sunderland want the best for the team, people should respect people's opinions, and lets not spend the season slagging each other off. It's our team.
FTM