phart Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 11 hours ago, thewolf_1980 said: Not fun at all and goes against the supposed fraternal ethos of the board. It's not the masons or the orange order, females are allowed here. Not a Fraternal board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) Fraternity means a lot more than masons or the OO !! Edited April 12, 2016 by jailender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 36 minutes ago, jailender said: Fraternity means a lot more than masons or the OO !! No one is defining Fraternity in this thread that i can see. Just pointing out the TAMB isn't one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 4 hours ago, Louch said: So the premiership teams fans greeting about us coming up, haven't heard many complaints from the lower leagues fans about sharing leagues with rangers. Been far more fun watching than beating Aberdeen and kille 4 games a a season each year for nigh on 20 years on repeat. 4 years of going on and on about a team you keep claiming died , but yet you will drone on about them. God life must be boring for you. Bunch of grown men acting like teenagers saying they hate their ex, but checking their fb and instagram each day to mke sure their new life without them isn't better than what they had. Cant their just be aberdeen thread on here for all wee team shite, and let the grown ups talk about the big teams without fear of interference? You should post more often Mr Louch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Fairbairn said: And I'd have been able to delete my post of you hadnae quoted it!!! It's easier to delete a clubs history than delete a post on the TAMB. Aye, you might come to regret that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewolf_1980 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I think the most frustrating thing for me is the fact that some have already made their minds up that next season we will revert back to the bullish billy boys of yesteryear, despite the fact that (with some minor, yet notable, exceptions), our fans only want to watch our team play football again. I'm not naive enough to suggest that whilst serving our penance in the lower leagues, all our fans have suddenly become reformed characters but it's a combination of the assumption that we're all up for a sash bash all the time and that therefore we are unwelcome in the top division that's particularly galling. Some of us (most of us) behave well, attend matches to watch a decent team on the pitch, have a pie and then go home again. I find it insulting and disappointing that by having that attitude, my team is somehow not welcome in the Premier division. This is one of the few, if not the only leagues in the world that would consider sell-out away attendances in their grounds, thereby bringing in much needed revenue for subsequent investment and improvement in their own clubs and internationally, as unwelcome. Rivalry is great however Scottish football is immersed in hatred and it's, frankly, pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 29 minutes ago, thewolf_1980 said: despite the fact that (with some minor, yet notable, exceptions), our fans only want to watch our team play football again. That contradiction pretty much says everything. It's the same fans as before even if the team is different. Once they are back in the top flight the songs and behaviour will be exactly the same as before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 And the hand wringing and bed wetting on internet forums will be exactly the same as before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewolf_1980 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 20 minutes ago, iainmac1 said: That contradiction pretty much says everything. It's the same fans as before even if the team is different. Once they are back in the top flight the songs and behaviour will be exactly the same as before. "As before"... when? The mid-90s when it was admittedly very bad indeed or more recent years when significant improvements have been made? Still far from perfect, but miles better than it used to be, to the point where Ibrox is more akin to a morgue in recent times. Another push needs to be made by the board and the authorities to make further improvements still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 21 minutes ago, thewolf_1980 said: "As before"... when? The mid-90s when it was admittedly very bad indeed or more recent years when significant improvements have been made? Still far from perfect, but miles better than it used to be, to the point where Ibrox is more akin to a morgue in recent times. Another push needs to be made by the board and the authorities to make further improvements still. Your frustration should be about the fans in your own support who continue to behave in a manner which you, yourself find unacceptable. No point in getting annoyed with opposition fans on the internet who are mainly just trying to wind you up. You will get the last laugh on them when you win your 55th league title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 2 hours ago, sbcmfc said: Occasionally it's witty and original, but the majority of the time it's monotonous, humourless, repetitive drivel. Welcome to the TAMB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 5 minutes ago, deecie said: Welcome to the TAMB. You speak for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_Young Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 33 minutes ago, Orraloon said: Your frustration should be about the fans in your own support who continue to behave in a manner which you, yourself find unacceptable. No point in getting annoyed with opposition fans on the internet who are mainly just trying to wind you up. You will get the last laugh on them when you win your 55th league title. Good God man, you'll cause a riot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock strap Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 39 minutes ago, Orraloon said: You will get the last laugh on them when you win your 55th league title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 41 minutes ago, Orraloon said: You speak for yourself. Lies. I would never associate myself with someone like myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 1 hour ago, thewolf_1980 said: "As before"... when? The mid-90s when it was admittedly very bad indeed or more recent years when significant improvements have been made? Still far from perfect, but miles better than it used to be, to the point where Ibrox is more akin to a morgue in recent times. Another push needs to be made by the board and the authorities to make further improvements still. I'll reserve judgement but one of the few Rangers games I've watched in the past 15 months was your semi vs Celtic last year. Which was 90 minutes from the vast majority of the 25,000, of the greatest hits of the biggest bigots Rangers have. Maybe it was a one off, maybe it won't return next season. I guess this coming Sunday will be a good barometer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 If I was a betting man I'd guess that the first few games of the season will see a return of some kind of the "party songs" part in defiance and part in bravado and it will then slowly peter out to the current levels where (certainly at Ibrox anyway) there is hardly any singing at all never-mind anything of a sectarian/bigoted nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 On the BBC website Wattie has been pontificating again about the mistreatment of Rangers. I thought he would have let it lie by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 18 minutes ago, Fairbairn said: If I was a betting man I'd guess that the first few games of the season will see a return of some kind of the "party songs" part in defiance and part in bravado and it will then slowly peter out to the current levels where (certainly at Ibrox anyway) there is hardly any singing at all never-mind anything of a sectarian/bigoted nature. I think this is the problem, that "the minority" have a default mode of bigotry, be that in defiance, bravado or whatever? Speaking to Rangers fans I know, and reading between the lines slightly, I suspect they would join in, but for the fear of getting caught on camera or singled out, because they have responsible jobs. The knuckle draggers and the young team don't have that worry, so feel they have little to lose. (This in part refers to all fans of all teams.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topcat Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 17 minutes ago, jailender said: On the BBC website Wattie has been pontificating again about the mistreatment of Rangers. I thought he would have let it lie by now. aye talking a right lot of bollo*ks as well the stupid old sod - bitter and classless to the end - slotting in with the other lot as the two cheeks of the same ar*e reunited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewolf_1980 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I think we all know that, unfortunately, Sunday's game against Celtic will not be a good barometer of how our fans may behave next season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 25 minutes ago, thewolf_1980 said: I think we all know that, unfortunately, Sunday's game against Celtic will not be a good barometer of how our fans may behave next season. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 1 hour ago, jailender said: On the BBC website Wattie has been pontificating again about the mistreatment of Rangers. I thought he would have let it lie by now. I'd like to have a wee word with "Sir Walter" about the way he treated Scotland, ditching us mid campaign and thereafter pulling out his Rangers players from our friendly matches left right and centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larky Masher Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 3 hours ago, thewolf_1980 said: I think the most frustrating thing for me is the fact that some have already made their minds up that next season we will revert back to the bullish billy boys of yesteryear, despite the fact that (with some minor, yet notable, exceptions), our fans only want to watch our team play football again. I'm not naive enough to suggest that whilst serving our penance in the lower leagues, all our fans have suddenly become reformed characters but it's a combination of the assumption that we're all up for a sash bash all the time and that therefore we are unwelcome in the top division that's particularly galling. Some of us (most of us) behave well, attend matches to watch a decent team on the pitch, have a pie and then go home again. I find it insulting and disappointing that by having that attitude, my team is somehow not welcome in the Premier division. This is one of the few, if not the only leagues in the world that would consider sell-out away attendances in their grounds, thereby bringing in much needed revenue for subsequent investment and improvement in their own clubs and internationally, as unwelcome. Rivalry is great however Scottish football is immersed in hatred and it's, frankly, pathetic. You need to remember the we (the people) are all sub-human bigots and that's how we always behave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 10 minutes ago, Larky Masher said: You need to remember the we (the people) are all sub-human bigots and that's how we always behave. Don't worry, the first step is always the hardest. You'll find it much easier from here on in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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