WHY DO 'YOU' SUPPORT THE WARRIORS ???
I noticed people questioning what was a 'fan' in a couple of other threads, which I thought was wandering off-topic a bit, so why not start a thread of it's own ?
A strange title for a thread I admit, but this is really about what it means to be a SUPPORTER, as against a SUCCESS-FOLLOWER.
And I wonder how many of those world wide millions of Manchester Utd 'followers' are scanning the results now that their club has gone down the tubes ? Even if only temporarily ?
Not too many, I'll wager
I know these are different sports, but being a supporter is the same for all of them.
An old girlfriend of mine once said, "Well if they keep losing, why don't you support another team ?"
It's a perfectly sane and reasonable question, and one to which there is no sensible answer to a non-sports supporter.
Any attempt at an explanation seems to defy all logic, as well as all known standards of behaviour, rational thought and normal mental processes. And certainly does not contribute to an extended lifetime on this earth.
Some wives and girlfriends understand. Most do not, and do not have a clue of the agonies that their partners are going through whilst they are in the fruit and veg dept of the local Supermarket.
But although they do not understand, they very quickly learn to read the signs when we walk in the door after a match.
Chatty, animated, and smiling is one scenario. Silent, sullen and door slamming is the other one. In which case children are quickly dispatched to another area of the house, ladies busy themselves elsewhere, and even dogs and cats seem to know to clear off out of the way. They are the wise ones.
And yet.......millions upon millions of team supporters, no matter what the sport is, go through this routine, all over the world.
Week in, week out.
Month in, month out. ETC
If your team is poor, then the 'Close Season' comes as a blessed relief, because at least you are not going to lose !
And when a new season rolls around, the sense of anticipation......that THIS is the year....those new signings.....that new coach....the new sponsor etc, will make all the difference. This is all an incredible tribute to man's undying optimism, the unquenchable thirst for improvement, and the feeling that things will always get better.
We are the Ultimate Optimists. There is no other species like us in the World.
And when the first game of the season arrives, and the hopes and aspirations of a nation depend on 13 pairs of dirty great boots from Auckland, [ or wherever,] .........well........." Rome wasn't built in a day".
And ...........".WHO do we play next week ???"
I'm going off-line now until after the next match.
[That's the intention, but I may not manage it !!]
Nothing personal. It's just that I'm finding this site gets to you, and I keep coming back on.
I haven't had a crap for 3 days.
Closest was on Saturday when Sam dropped the ball.....but he recovered, and so did I.
I noticed people questioning what was a 'fan' in a couple of other threads, which I thought was wandering off-topic a bit, so why not start a thread of it's own ?
A strange title for a thread I admit, but this is really about what it means to be a SUPPORTER, as against a SUCCESS-FOLLOWER.
And I wonder how many of those world wide millions of Manchester Utd 'followers' are scanning the results now that their club has gone down the tubes ? Even if only temporarily ?
Not too many, I'll wager
I know these are different sports, but being a supporter is the same for all of them.
An old girlfriend of mine once said, "Well if they keep losing, why don't you support another team ?"
It's a perfectly sane and reasonable question, and one to which there is no sensible answer to a non-sports supporter.
Any attempt at an explanation seems to defy all logic, as well as all known standards of behaviour, rational thought and normal mental processes. And certainly does not contribute to an extended lifetime on this earth.
Some wives and girlfriends understand. Most do not, and do not have a clue of the agonies that their partners are going through whilst they are in the fruit and veg dept of the local Supermarket.
But although they do not understand, they very quickly learn to read the signs when we walk in the door after a match.
Chatty, animated, and smiling is one scenario. Silent, sullen and door slamming is the other one. In which case children are quickly dispatched to another area of the house, ladies busy themselves elsewhere, and even dogs and cats seem to know to clear off out of the way. They are the wise ones.
And yet.......millions upon millions of team supporters, no matter what the sport is, go through this routine, all over the world.
Week in, week out.
Month in, month out. ETC
If your team is poor, then the 'Close Season' comes as a blessed relief, because at least you are not going to lose !
And when a new season rolls around, the sense of anticipation......that THIS is the year....those new signings.....that new coach....the new sponsor etc, will make all the difference. This is all an incredible tribute to man's undying optimism, the unquenchable thirst for improvement, and the feeling that things will always get better.
We are the Ultimate Optimists. There is no other species like us in the World.
And when the first game of the season arrives, and the hopes and aspirations of a nation depend on 13 pairs of dirty great boots from Auckland, [ or wherever,] .........well........." Rome wasn't built in a day".
And ...........".WHO do we play next week ???"
I'm going off-line now until after the next match.
[That's the intention, but I may not manage it !!]
Nothing personal. It's just that I'm finding this site gets to you, and I keep coming back on.
I haven't had a crap for 3 days.
Closest was on Saturday when Sam dropped the ball.....but he recovered, and so did I.
