by AustrianAndyGull » 06 Jul 2011, 20:21
Southampton Gull wrote:The thing is, Chris, without those "extremists" we wouldn't know who was holding that middle ground.
I do wonder about the motives of those who try to shout down anyone holding what some consider a negative view of the Club. In monkeyboys case I have to admit that a lot of what he's written makes good sense, but to label the majority of users of this site as "so-called fans" while assuming the role of a genuine fan just pisses me off.
I've had more arguments with Fonda than anyone else over the years and mentioned his negativity on countless occasions but I've never ever thought of him as a lesser fan than myself. We argue until the cows come home but have always shaken hands and enjoyed a good chat before games and the same goes for a lot of other fans I've met. Quite what monkeyboys agenda was is a mystery, perhaps he has a problem dealing with people who hold a different viewpoint to his, perhaps it was all a futile exercise to disrupt the site, either way I feel it's a better place for having fans with a variety of differing views. Some love brucie, some hate him, some (myself included) find him hilarious, but would the site be better off without him? Not for me. Same goes for monkeyboy, I sent him a pm confirming what I've said here and if he wants to come back and argue with me on a daily basis that's fine. For every brucie or Southampton Gull there's a CPGull and a stefano, for every ferrarilover there's a Julian Clarey, that's what makes reading this site such an enjoyable experience in my eyes.
Agree SG. If i choose to spend my hard earned travelling miles on a wet and windy night to watch Torquay play at Accy or some other grim footballing backwater and we get gubbed 5-0 or something and play like fairies (or Argyle!) then i feel the right to come on the forum and have a go. If we lost but played well then i will come on and be positive. Sure there are people like Brucie who are perma-pessimistic. I am a right miserable **** generally but Brucie is, well, Brucie! That said, Brucie has a right to come on here and be negative and i don't have a problem with that. At least Brucie is brutal and to the point which a few more people should be IMO. At the end of the day if we all thought the same there would be no forum cos whats the point? I think Danny Stevens is shit and others do not. That is a negative post on my part where i said that i was pleased with signing of Saah because i think he will be a good player for us, a positive post. Its swings and roundabouts and if some folk just want to believe the sun shines out of the arses of the torquay board and players etc and think they are beyond reproach then they are deluding themselves. If it were £100 to get into plainmoor, the players didn't give a toss and the board sanctioned the sale of our best players for peanuts ( like now) then these people would still turn up without a cross word for all that is torquay and slag the rest of the fans off for not being true supporters. Crazy.
[quote="Southampton Gull"]The thing is, Chris, without those "extremists" we wouldn't know who was holding that middle ground.
I do wonder about the motives of those who try to shout down anyone holding what some consider a negative view of the Club. In monkeyboys case I have to admit that a lot of what he's written makes good sense, but to label the majority of users of this site as "so-called fans" while assuming the role of a genuine fan just pisses me off.
I've had more arguments with Fonda than anyone else over the years and mentioned his negativity on countless occasions but I've never ever thought of him as a lesser fan than myself. We argue until the cows come home but have always shaken hands and enjoyed a good chat before games and the same goes for a lot of other fans I've met. Quite what monkeyboys agenda was is a mystery, perhaps he has a problem dealing with people who hold a different viewpoint to his, perhaps it was all a futile exercise to disrupt the site, either way I feel it's a better place for having fans with a variety of differing views. Some love brucie, some hate him, some (myself included) find him hilarious, but would the site be better off without him? Not for me. Same goes for monkeyboy, I sent him a pm confirming what I've said here and if he wants to come back and argue with me on a daily basis that's fine. For every brucie or Southampton Gull there's a CPGull and a stefano, for every ferrarilover there's a Julian Clarey, that's what makes reading this site such an enjoyable experience in my eyes.[/quote]
Agree SG. If i choose to spend my hard earned travelling miles on a wet and windy night to watch Torquay play at Accy or some other grim footballing backwater and we get gubbed 5-0 or something and play like fairies (or Argyle!) then i feel the right to come on the forum and have a go. If we lost but played well then i will come on and be positive. Sure there are people like Brucie who are perma-pessimistic. I am a right miserable **** generally but Brucie is, well, Brucie! That said, Brucie has a right to come on here and be negative and i don't have a problem with that. At least Brucie is brutal and to the point which a few more people should be IMO. At the end of the day if we all thought the same there would be no forum cos whats the point? I think Danny Stevens is shit and others do not. That is a negative post on my part where i said that i was pleased with signing of Saah because i think he will be a good player for us, a positive post. Its swings and roundabouts and if some folk just want to believe the sun shines out of the arses of the torquay board and players etc and think they are beyond reproach then they are deluding themselves. If it were £100 to get into plainmoor, the players didn't give a toss and the board sanctioned the sale of our best players for peanuts ( like now) then these people would still turn up without a cross word for all that is torquay and slag the rest of the fans off for not being true supporters. Crazy.
