Marketman wrote:Maybe we've got to look at it from their viewpoint.
Maybe you should fuck off, because you're no Darlo fan.
They see a club with no ground of their own playing ten miles from their home town.
Right, so? No reason to hate us is it?
They see a club they tried to help last season with bucket collections and in some cases even attending our matches instead of theirs at the end of the season to show support and raise us some funds.
Oh, *they* do, do *they*? The people that hate us, you're claiming they all chucked money in our buckets and attended Darlo matches? You are claiming *they* as a sweeping generalisation. I bet one or two of the haters helped us, if that.
They see a club who has spent the last few years going from one financial crisis to the next.
Yet they are claiming we are a "new club" and therefore why should they hate us for the mismanagement of the "old club". If they recognise us as a continuation of the same club, then they can hold that against us if they want, not that it is our fault anyway. If we are a "new club", then soz, it's nowt to do with us and anybody that holds that financial history against us, can fuck off.
They see a club with massive debts, much of it not being paid back.
Yet they are claiming we are a "new club" and therefore why should they hate us for the mismanagement of the "old club". If they recognise us as a continuation of the same club, then they can hold that against us if they want, not that it is our fault anyway. If we are a "new club", then soz, it's nowt to do with us and anybody that holds that financial history against us, can fuck off.
They see a club who has been demoted due to their financial mismanagement.
Yet they are claiming we are a "new club" and therefore why should they hate us for the mismanagement of the "old club". If they recognise us as a continuation of the same club, then they can hold that against us if they want, not that it is our fault anyway. If we are a "new club", then soz, it's nowt to do with us and anybody that holds that financial history against us, can fuck off.
They see a group of supporters who when they comment on this then come on Uncovered and report back that the rest of the NL is basically jealous.
You just made that up. Fuck off.
They see a group of supporters who claim they are a big club, but all they are right now are a large group of supporters of an untested, homeless NL1 club.
Really? You just made that up too. Very few if any of us are claiming to be a big club and rubbing it in their faces.
They see a club whom the FA has labelled a new club, and a group of supporters whining about the fact and claiming that the FA is wrong and "we're not, we're the same club".
Congratulations, you finally said something that is truthful and not misinformed or blatantly made up. Well done.
They see a group of supporters who when asked where their team will come in the league this season say "first" but call them idiots when they say the same about their teams.
Again rubbish. No Darlo fans have criticised other teams fans thinking they will finish first. You may be thinking of the time when a load of people didn't put Darlo in the top 6 and I called them tapped in the head if they really believed that, but it is chalk and cheese compared to these mythical Darlo fans calling people idiots for thinking their own clubs will come first - I haven't seen it happen.
They see a club charging massively over the odds for their home matches, which the away supporters will then have to pay to support their own teams. They see a club whose supporters when going to away matches will then pay less to see the same level of football.
We are charging what we think is a fair price to watch our team, one that most Darlo fans are happy to pay. I could argue that the NL generally undercharges to watch their clubs. Also £8 isn't a million miles more than the £6 that most clubs are charging this season.
They see a club charging £50 for parking at their borrowed ground, a club whose supporters have suggested making the HPark bar for small proportion of paid up Darlo supporters only.
Don't forget it costs us money to set this car park up, and that car park is there because of supply and demand.
They see a club selling every seat in their stand(s) to home supporters and reserving any disabled seating for their own supporters without any thought for travelling support.
The trouble is we've got more fans that need seats or specifically disabled seating, than there is seating. There is not a lot we can do about it, but I notice you never mentioned that we ARE trying to solve that one by erecting another stand, at no small cost to ourselves, subject to planning permission.
They see a group of supporters who when they try and give us facts call them names and make comments about whippets.
I could counter that and say that generally Darlo fans went out of their way to be respectful, not be too arrogant etc etc, and had it thrown back in our faces a million times. We've had people just making stuff up about us and hating us for it. Sooner or later Darlo fans are going to get arsey about it and say "you know what, this is fucking ridiculous" then insults flow don't they...it's called a self defence mechanism.
I could go on.
You could, and it'd no doubt be another page full of shite like the above.
My god, I'm starting to hate us.
Based on s*** that you've half exaggerated and half invented. I hate you, based on that.
Yes I'll probably get shouted down for this. But do like I did. Re-read some of the threads on here and on NLZ from their viewpoint.
Nobody has claimed we are angels, but we are nothing like as bad as you are trying to paint us and there have been a few NL fans who are annoyed at the constant barracking we get, for fuck all.