It's Zola that brings the interest for me to support Chelsea. When he was playing for us, I didn't remember that we won anything major like EPL or CL but still, I stayed.

And to be honest, I know nothing much about Chelsea when I start to cheer for them. All I know is that my desire to watch Zola to play.. grows stronger and stronger until I fallen in love with the players beside him and finally the club. That's when I start to read about them, buy biography books, search for their chants, etc.

Roman's take over is like a dream to me and I'm pretty sure that all of us, the Chelsea supporters are delighted about it. It's not our fault for Roman to buy over. It's not us who ask him to buy the club. We can't stop him either.

Alright. I maybe young and probably one of the youngest supporters here but I start to support Chelsea before Roman comes. Call me glory hunter or not, as you like. But you know.. to call all of the Chelsea fans as glory hunters is simply too unfair for those who start supporting them before they start winning cups like the other clubs do.

P/s: Blue is the colour!

5 or 6 years?? No offence, but try 2 or 3 years.

I don't think anyone falls in love with the history. They fall in love with something, then they want to know the history. Slightly different there Chrisky. Hence the GF metaphore. Anyways, like you said, personal preferences. I still feel that knowing about the past and present of your club is a must though.

As for the ultra you're talking about, that just shows he's obssesed and passionate towards his club isn't it?? No harm in that in that really. Every fan (bandwagon jumpers i.e. glory hunters, stay away!!) should be passionate about their club but be reasonable as well. Hell, I am that obsess and passionate about my club that some fo my friends say I may just name my kid Wan Manchester United one day. Haha, Not a bad idea ain't it?? Butt seeing that he might just get his ass kicked at school for having a funny name I just may not do that. Haha.

Who the heck supports Millwall man??? They are a bunch of thugs and their fans, worse! If ever there is a stadium aways fans should avoid, it's The Den. Makes the Ali Sami Yen look like a daycare centre.

Can't be helped unfortunately. Man Utd has been marketed as a brand especially in Asia and most fans treat the club like one. I've seen many people wearing Man Utd kits walking about when their game is on. Dare I say it's cool to be seen wearing a Man Utd kit. The same will happen to other clubs like Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal as more and more businessmen enter the league and try to raise the commercial value of their teams. It's sad for football but good for business.

Yeah I myself know supporters of Ipswich, Norwich, Wolves, Leeds and Southampton.

I thoroughly agree with everything you've posted. It doesn't just happen in the football forum though. These days forums are being treated like chat channels. Less and less effort is put into posts. I remember certain posters beaming with pride at the amount of posts their thread has but to me, it's more about the quality of posts rather than the quantity.

You're right man, didn't notice you changed avatar. If you're afraid of someone seeing, get one on your ass.

Well as TS I have to be diplomatic.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Apr 18 2007, 12:38 PM

C'mon Duke, join the dark side...you know you want to.

And what's with the praising C. Ronaldo on the PFA Player Of The Year thread?? As a pool fan, you're obligated to say Gerrard/Crouch/Alonso/Agger/Carragher is the best. Although credit to you for giving credit where credit is due.

You must be really hating yourself ehh?? Next we know you'll be singing Glory,Glory Man United. Haha.

Nope not afraid of someone seeing very much like you an exhibitionist! haha no worries man definitely will re-think when we win our third in a row AND the Quad this season!

I understand the excitement over having bags of money to spend on transfers. I'd be lying if I said I'm not looking forward to who Rafa brings in next season now that we have a reasonable amount in the transfer kitty. My first reaction though was one of disappointment. By selling the club to Americans, I felt as though we were selling our soul. The same can be said about many Man Utd fans. My uncle who lives in the UK sold his shares immediately. I've said before that I support LFC for it's traditions and values, all which could be forgotten under new ownership, especially when we accumulate more and more fans. Even the infamous 'Bootroom' is no longer and now the Moores family legacy has come to an end. It said a lot when Moores wept after selling the club he loves but he knew he had to do it for it's best interest. My only consolation is that Mr. Hicks and Mr. Gillett have promised to preserve the clubs tradition, culture and values. Only time will tell if they live up to it.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Apr 18 2007, 12:44 PM

why ppl here comparing football club with gf/wife.Aren't they totally different thing at all?

If that happened Liverpool fans would be up in arms!

I may be a Liverpool fan but I am also a football fan. As a football fan, I have to give credit where it's due. I understand fans are supposed to be biased but being deluded is quite another thing. Perhaps that's why they say Liverpool fans are the most knowledgeable I hate you mancs with passion but I do respect you.

I'm not shy to show my allegiance if that's what you are getting it. Anyone can swap kits when they decide to jump onto another bandwagon. I derive extreme pleasure from displaying my loyalty especially to glory hunters

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Added on April 18, 2007, 12:46 pmIt's called an analogy:

"An analogy is a comparison between two different things, in order to highlight some form of similarity."
- wikipedia

Just noticed that! Have corrected myself.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Apr 18 2007, 12:46 PM

Anyway, if Roman doesn't come, I'll be fine with it as well. Afterall, the years that I started supporting Chelsea are already without big amount of transfer kitty, so for him to come or not, I'll still be supporting them. It makes no difference to me except these few years, his money has helped us a lot. That's a bonus.

haha that's cool with me man. say NO to glory hunters!

Spot on! That's why people hate Jose so much.

Haha, that's the difference between us fans in Malaysia and those in UK. We love our clubs to bits but we'll give credit where credit is due. And we don't see the need to kill fellow fans or players over disagreement on club rivalry like that taxi driver you met on your trip there earlier this month.

As for your hatred and respect at the same time for us. Ditto man, that's all I gotta say.

Oh..and hell yeah. It's a great,great feeling showing my allegiances to my club towards glory hunters. I derive extreme pleasure at showing how proud I am of my club regardless of whatever position we are in to my friend, the former Man United and Real Madrid, currently a hardcore Chelski supporter, or so he claims. It's still gives me extreme pleasures now, it gave me extreme pleasures when he was a Rea; Madrid fan and it will always give me extreme pleasures I reckon.

Let just say I support Liverpool for like 12 years till now so its that count as real fan ?

That was one scary dude. I can understand why the rivalry over in the UK is so intense. When fans take the piss out of each other, it often touches a nerve, like when they sing songs that make fun of the Munich Air Disaster or Hillsborough. Many of these fans have lost family members or friends to these tragedies and you can't blame them for wanting to pummel the opposition for disrespecting them.

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Added on April 18, 2007, 1:01 pmHard to say, it's not about how long you've been a fan. Read some of the posts and come up with your own conclusion.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Apr 18 2007, 01:01 PM

I think fans in Europe do give credit where it's due as well. They aren't as crazy as ppl make them out to be. Off my head i remember Man Utd fans giving Ronaldo a standing ovation after he scored a hattrick at OT and Real Madrid fans doing the same after Ronaldinho single handedly demolished us at home.

But i do wonder if the Mancs would do the same if for instance Gerrard scored a hattrick in OT

Everyone is a real fan as long as they stick to their beloved team during the glory days and gloomy days.. What you do for your club is just a sign of love to the club. It is not necessary a means to measure how big a fan you are compared to others. About supporting more than one club.. hmmm.. Hard to say man... It's a debatable point as well..

The same analogy about the g/f thingy I guess. Well, don't lie if any of you don't have more than a g/f at once.

I honestly don't think that will happen, considering the rivalry between the clubs. No would I think the Pool fans applauding Ronaldo and Rooney if they scored a hat-trick at Anfield. There's just too much hatred between the 2 clubs there.

With all due respect, Real Madrid aren't really our rivals are they?? And I don't mean that in a competitive sort of thing. You are a challengers to us in European football. We never had bad history together or anything. So I don't think we have problems applauding Ronaldo when he scored that hat-trick cause he undoubtedly deserved it. Although in recent developments I won't be surprised to see Mijatovic or Calderon getting the hell booed out of them if they come to OT.




Let me just put it this way. Say you support Manchester United and Real Madrid. Who will you support when the 2 meet in a European game? You claim to be a supporter of both teams, so how do you stay objective to one??? Any team will do,because both are my team???

No such thing. If you are real fan of a certain club, there shouldn't even be a slight hesitation on who you support when your team plays. Simple as that.

I'm not even going to start on people who support multiple clubs in the same league. That's just insane and plain idiocy and I'm going to use this overused statement again, they deserve to be shot.

This post has been edited by air_mood: Apr 18 2007, 01:18 PM