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As a long time fan of a soccer club that endured a decade of humiliation followed by success, the reason is that you can't tell the real fans from the fairweath
by lordnacho 6y ago
As a long time fan of a soccer club that endured a decade of humiliation followed by success, the reason is that you can't tell the real fans from the fairweather fans during the good times.
So the bonding stories are often the ones where we reminisce about bad times and about players who were marginal in the league but memorable to us. Also the judas story works nicely too, that's always some guy who has to make a living and he ends up joining the rivals.
If you're going to find out who really loves the club, because you know tribalism, you can't talk about the time you won the treble. You have to talk about that time you schlepped your friends across the country only to see them get reversed 3-2. Or when someone does yet another shitpost asking for the all time XI, you pull out that obscure defender they got on loan who was terrible and played only 5 games. Or that time you did a pitch invasion thanks to a cult player scoring an equaliser in an otherwise bad game that people were already leaving.
- slx26 6y agodedication
- amoorthy 6y agoYou must be an Arsenal fan. Bloody depressing.
- lordnacho 6y agoFollowing any team is like that. Sadness is what binds the fans together. Luckily, only one team needs to win each trophy each year, and some years one team wins several.
- pbalau 6y ago> As a long time fan of a soccer club that endured a decade of humiliation followed by success This screams Liverpool.
- dylan604 6y agoIf LFC, they would not have said decade. Decades.
- gd1 6y agoThis whole comment thread is fucking hilarious. Arsenal and LFC fans pretending they are struggling. Fuck off. I'm sure he wasn't talking about clubs that have perennially qualified for European football for decades. If you want to guess, try Leeds or something dickheads. That would actually make sense.
- odshoifsdhfs 6y agoThe thing about Arsenal is, that they always try & walk it in.
- mpalczewski 6y agoI'm a fair weather fan when it comes to sports. I can admire someone that is really at the top of their craft in just about any field. It is something to watch and be inspired and amazed by. I never understand the concept of cheering for a team that sucks because of some loyalty. Loyalty to what exactly? The players come and go over the years, perhaps it's a loyalty to the owners? or as Seinfeld used to call it, "cheering for laundry".
- Taylor_OD 6y agoSame. My brother has loved the Huston Rockets for 10 years. They have been okay to good a few times since he's been a fan. I've enjoyed watching OKC, the Lakers, Raptors, and the Bucks during that time. I chock it up to him enjoying the sport a lot more than I do. I don't want to watch a team lose.
- sincerely 6y agoNot even a Rockets fan but weren't they legitimate title contenders for most of those years?
- Taylor_OD 6y agoMost years they lost in the first round of the playoffs or in the Conference Semifinals. They have been above average for sure but have a history of rallying around one player, Harden, TMac, Ming, and then crumbling for years once they leave/retire.
- lordnacho 6y agoYou do it to exercise and to excise your tribal instincts. What's special about a tribe? You can't leave it. Someone quipped that you can leave your wife and you can leave your job, you can't leave your club. In truth if you've ever had a friend who changed clubs after the age of 10 they've been ridiculed for decades since.
- lovegoblin 6y ago