Morning all,
I've only recently returned to this site, and it's been great to be back, but there's a frustrating trend I've noticed. Maybe I'm speaking out of turn but I believe it needs to be said. More than any other board, a minority of posters seem to have a real chip on their shoulder.
Whether it's the need to create articles berating Arsenal, Liverpool or pundits that just plain 'have it in for us', we seem to have become a sensitive bunch. We play the victims, horrified by any slant at our own club, then go on the attack of other clubs with spurious claims (we all know the chief culprit here).
I'm all for footy banter between sides but when it makes us Spurs fans look a bit foolish, it makes me wonder what we gain from mocking others. I've seen certain posters try and make a point against Liverpool using our trophy history. I mean, really? If there's a team that just isn't applicable to, it's them.
I'm not saying let's all be friends and accept other teams are bigger but can we get back to a board where the majority of threads on the TOTTENHAM board are about Tottenham?
Rant done.
Permanent Chips on our Shoulder
posted on 5/10/15
Morning all
SSS I can understand what you mean about the quality of some postings but tbf slating other teams is part of the fun of being a fan in cyberspace no?
In the PL era, Liverpool whippersnappers and their dads mostly considered Spurs beneath their notice, constantly listing their own European achievements blah blah blah ad nauseum.
I truly believe that it was only when we qualified for the CL in 20/11 (and they didnt) we suddenly became their football enemy no 1. They were and have remained jealous as fack that we earned the right to play in Europe and did a good job.
Unluckily for the purists 606 and JA606 coincides with this era. (also i truly believe that the younger generation are losing braincells due to too much sugar and TV!)
posted on 5/10/15
Morning BB,
My gripe is not so much with the material, but the fact that it's used in such high quantity. Do we really need 7 or 8 Pool bashing entries when we could all come together in one?
Also I don't mind bashing so much, it's just when it's incoherent and leaves Spurs as a club open for attack.
posted on 5/10/15
comment by Son, Son, Son, Here he comes (U8011)
posted 55 seconds ago
Morning BB,
My gripe is not so much with the material, but the fact that it's used in such high quantity. Do we really need 7 or 8 Pool bashing entries when we could all come together in one?
Also I don't mind bashing so much, it's just when it's incoherent and leaves Spurs as a club open for attack.
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Sadly teenagers with a lack of braincells aren't restricted to oppo fans.
posted on 5/10/15
Son Son Son
Serious question who is the 'chief culprit?'- I genuinely don't know
posted on 5/10/15
Sorry just read through the thread and see your rhyme now!!
posted on 5/10/15
Son, Son, Son
It will not change because this site is funded by advertising and the wumming articles, by fans of all clubs, tend to get lots of comments and increase the overall footfall of ja606. I wouldn't go as far as to say the Admins encourage wumming, but they passively condone it.
Most football fans detest Adrian Durham, but while they complain it means they are listening, no commercial enterprise cares about content, just the naked figures.
posted on 5/10/15
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posted on 5/10/15
Here's a thought, be like the Scousers and have every other team banned from your board. If they didn't infest the place people wouldn't write articles to wind them up
posted on 5/10/15
Maybe if we were all allowed on the Pool board, we would put up articles about Pool on their board instead of our own.