Village Idiot Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I don't find it a problem actually, when you are watching and supporting an entertaining and strong football team. I have been following the toon since I was 12 and I have watched over 80% of the toon games live on TV since then, including league and non-league games. Even when there's no live on TV, I would still manage to find (illegal) live streaming on the internet, or at least radio commentary. We can't go to the games because we are thousand miles away oversea (It's actually an insult when you are asking an oversea fans "How many times have you visit the game?, just like how Ally asked so last time. He should ask himself how much we earn per week and how on earth we have the luck to fly oversea to sit with 52000+ Geordies weeks in and out). If you ask many toon fans in Asia, they would say one of their dream is stepping on the stadium of St James Park once in life time, never mind watching the games every week. We walk the action, I have saw a lot of toon fans beside me achieving the dream. In terms on passion, you should look at how much effort they spent on translating those toon news into their own language. No offence to the local fans, but I find it ridiculous when I saw a lot of foreign fans know the club more than the local do(I am serious about this). Look at www.newcastlecn.com and you will find out how those Chinese toon fans work over the news translation over the years and how much they know and love the club. Unlike local born fans, we are not lucky enough to go to the home and away games but we do what we can do, spending our hard earn penny to buy the club shirt and that's not easy when you are supporting Newcastle United, you don't often find the black and white shirt here. Look on the pitch and you will find how those Asian sponsorship has started to grow on the English football. By next year we will have all 10 English games showed live on TV (We need to pay for that) and how many countries have you seen this happen? I mean ALL 10. Not only the English games, we do watch most other European games. We don't find many fans in the world stay awake or wake up at 3am midnight and watch the game, but we have a lot of toon fans doing this in Asia. Of course there are glory hunters whom I have seen keep changing their supporting clubs and they don't even know the club well. I do hate those people especially oversea Manchester United fans. I bet 90% of them don't know much about the club and they just find it cool and fun to support the club with little red devil icon on the badge. But I can bet you never find this happen on a oversea toon fan. Well, being a toon fan sort of passes the litmus test about glorychasing. Meaning, there's no glory to chase there (and I say that with great respect). If somebody from Asia still supports the toon after all it's been gone through, that's quality supporting. I still don't get why people support a club that they will never see in the flesh instead of a local sports club (stuff like the rivalries for example, just can't be the same), but if you stick to it through good and bad and don't switch to the next hot thing, you get my respect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 I don't find it a problem actually, when you are watching and supporting an entertaining and strong football team. I have been following the toon since I was 12 and I have watched over 80% of the toon games live on TV since then, including league and non-league games. Even when there's no live on TV, I would still manage to find (illegal) live streaming on the internet, or at least radio commentary. We can't go to the games because we are thousand miles away oversea (It's actually an insult when you are asking an oversea fans "How many times have you visit the game?, just like how Ally asked so last time. He should ask himself how much we earn per week and how on earth we have the luck to fly oversea to sit with 52000+ Geordies weeks in and out). If you ask many toon fans in Asia, they would say one of their dream is stepping on the stadium of St James Park once in life time, never mind watching the games every week. We walk the action, I have saw a lot of toon fans beside me achieving the dream. In terms on passion, you should look at how much effort they spent on translating those toon news into their own language. No offence to the local fans, but I find it ridiculous when I saw a lot of foreign fans know the club more than the local do(I am serious about this). Look at www.newcastlecn.com and you will find out how those Chinese toon fans work over the news translation over the years and how much they know and love the club. Unlike local born fans, we are not lucky enough to go to the home and away games but we do what we can do, spending our hard earn penny to buy the club shirt and that's not easy when you are supporting Newcastle United, you don't often find the black and white shirt here. Look on the pitch and you will find how those Asian sponsorship has started to grow on the English football. By next year we will have all 10 English games showed live on TV (We need to pay for that) and how many countries have you seen this happen? I mean ALL 10. Not only the English games, we do watch most other European games. We don't find many fans in the world stay awake or wake up at 3am midnight and watch the game, but we have a lot of toon fans doing this in Asia. Of course there are glory hunters whom I have seen keep changing their supporting clubs and they don't even know the club well. I do hate those people especially oversea Manchester United fans. I bet 90% of them don't know much about the club and they just find it cool and fun to support the club with little red devil icon on the badge. But I can bet you never find this happen on a oversea toon fan. Well, being a toon fan sort of passes the litmus test about glorychasing. Meaning, there's no glory to chase there (and I say that with great respect). If somebody from Asia still supports the toon after all it's been gone through, that's quality supporting. I still don't get why people support a club that they will never see in the flesh instead of a local sports club (stuff like the rivalries for example, just can't be the same), but if you stick to it through good and bad and don't switch to the next hot thing, you get my respect. What I love down here in sunny South Wales are the number of men who spout hatred about all things English whilst wearing ManU shirts with Rooney on the back or Liverpool Shirts with Gerrard on the back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Anyone seen the amazing miss in the Dinamo Zagreb game at the weekend? If not then type in ''dinamo-cibalia'' on youtube and its the first one. Quite hillarious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Anyone seen the amazing miss in the Dinamo Zagreb game at the weekend? If not then type in ''dinamo-cibalia'' on youtube and its the first one. Quite hillarious I think the ball was going goalwards before he got his foot in, so he actually cleared it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Reading 0 - 1 Leicester Reading have wasted about a hundred chances so far and that's about the first Leicester have had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Should have been 2 there aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Said at the start of the season Reading were my tip for this season's "random recent Premiership club to go down to League One" club. Stand by that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 In that daft football spreadsheet thing Reading were the creator's first place finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 No home win since January! Christ that's shocking. Didn't they take it to the last game of the season last season as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 No home win since January! Christ that's shocking. Didn't they take it to the last game of the season last season as well? yep, got beat 2-1 by Birmingham. Had they won they would have been in the premiership this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 No home win since January! Christ that's shocking. Didn't they take it to the last game of the season last season as well? yep, got beat 2-1 by Birmingham. Had they won they would have been in the premiership this year. Although they wouldn't be as shit as now because Coppell wouldn't have packed in imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Martyn Wagorn will turn out to be a good player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Going to watch to Club Deportivo Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba v Estudiantes La Plata in the Argentian Primera tonight...should be good, Veron still plays for Estudiantes who are representing Sth America in World Club Cup this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Sevilla are 3-2 up away to a second division side after 28 mins... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Actually, best use this one. Owen makes it 2-0 Utd, and Pompey have a 3rd vs Stoke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Mickey Owen is BACK!!! Is Capello at Barnsley tonight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Gary Neville sent off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Blackburn are truly awful, 10 man Peterborough equalise for a second time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 All those injuries, his move to Real then to Newcastle, getting relegated with us, moving to Man United for free, taking a pay cut and performing badly, constantly being left out of the England squad, it's all been worth it. Michael Owen has scored an easy goal against Championship side Barnsley. Capello can't ignore him after that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 All those injuries, his move to Real then to Newcastle, getting relegated with us, moving to Man United for free, taking a pay cut and performing badly, constantly being left out of the England squad, it's all been worth it. Michael Owen has scored an easy goal against Championship side Barnsley. Capello can't ignore him after that Is you dissing Darren Moore's defending? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Blackburn are truly awful, 10 man Peterborough equalise for a second time. How bad are thes flu ridden fuckers playing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I'm wondering if my 'Michael Owen won't get more than 15 goals' was a wise bet... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Spurs get a 2nd with what I call a 'Fifa goal'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Blackburn are truly awful, 10 man Peterborough equalise for a second time. How bad are thes flu ridden fuckers playing? Local lad Mickey Salgado gets a 3rd for Rovers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Real Madrid losing 1-0 to Alcoron. Sounds like a planet on some Sci-Fi show. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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