Re: Drummer
 

Oh dear in the last line you say that no one is superior but reading your first line it looks to me that you already think you are on a higher level of supporting. Come on adnit it you don't like the new breed of supporters and wish we where back in the conference. I think you where on the FE coach at Stockport, a trip where I sat with some fans who have been going for years while I've only had a season ticket for two years. Maybe you should have sat with us and joined in in your OWN WAY.:)

Re: Drummer
 

definately agree with that one kipax, used in context its great for drumming (no pun intended lol) up atmosphere and works a treat.......................whereas inane constant banging is just plain annoying.

Re: Drummer
 

You really are an obnoxious character aren't you? Not only have you made a series of false accusations on here (claiming false recordings of gates, etc), but you are way off the mark once again. I suggest you think very carefully before posting your drivel once again.

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I knew that... I wasnt there but I knew it was you TM and I pretty much know who else was there.

First time I went on stanley there was half a stand and I stood on the terrace thats now the other half.... i think it (the terrace half) had a roof... pretty sure it did.. but not 100%

Re: Drummer
 

What on earth are you talking about.. this has nothing to do with ultras/osc .. please dont take it down that rd , not even a hint of it :(

Re: Drummer
 

I dont agree with anything else said about you TM .. I think your right to take offence.. theres more people like you who dont sing and would prefer to concentrate on the game.. and you have probbaly done more for the club (I dont just mean turning up to watch) than 70% of the ultras put together...

But I think he is right with this bit... your not the most welcoming to new supporters... you where one of the ones that gave me a hard time .. If everyone was as welcoming as you then most of us wouldnt be here... people like Jimbo T hornblower, JEFF, loweiy and the like who welcome and encourage us are the ones that keep the club alive... people who discourage new supporters could kill the club if they ever became the majority...

Lets all do our own thing and not try to force our way on others :)

Re: Drummer
 

Fair enough Kipax. However, our banter was nothing more than a wind-up to me anyway. You're always saying that you don't take the messageboard seriously and that it's not like real life. I agree with that and whenever we've had dealings face-to-face, we've always got on ok.

I would love to see more new supporters on the Stanley. Nothing (much) gives me a bigger thrill than being on the ground with a big crowd and I'd love to have a big bank of supporters chanting on matchday, as they did at Stockport on Friday night. I'll chat with anyone on the ground, whether they've been coming 5 minutes or 40 years and i give them the respect they deserve.

However, I draw the line when people start measuring a fan's commitment to the club and their level of support by how loud they shout, or by the prominence of their position on the ground, in the media, etc. We all support our team in our own way. Just because people aren't shouting/singing constantly doesn't make them any less commited to the cause.

I admit that some of my postings on here may have been interpreted as negative towards new fans, but the majority of those postings were very much tongue in cheek. Similar to your position, I don't take the messageboard that seriously, and I'll chat with anyone on the ground, be they a new supporter or an established face. :)

Re: Drummer
 

Absoloiutly 100% agree and I doubt anyone is brain dead enough to argue your point... lets all do it our way.. each to his own..:)

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It doesn't matter how anyone supports ASFC just as long as we do! But as an committed "singer" I'd like the rest of the ground to at least appear "passionate". At some grounds if their winger skins the full back the main stand will clap, encourage, cheer, raise a fist. I've seen Toddy skin the full back recently & you get nothing from our mainstand. This I'm sure is what Coley criticises about the people over his shoulder.:)

Also at County, fans who usually sing sat on their arses because we were on an open terrace "up against" that huge stand in front of us. So? I'm all for fans who don't wanna sing not singing, no problem. We should have bounced around that away end in our own special way as normal. I'd love it if some fans would lose their inhibitions & let their hair down but hey thats only my opinion.:)

I also noticed at County that a few fans wouldn't join in the encouragement but would stand to scream "Roberts you w inker pass it etc etc". Its only my opnion but thats what we don't need 4 games into a new league.:mad:

Whether singing or talking lets keep attending- hundreds didn't on Friday. Listen we had more at Halifax, more at Southport, more at Morecambe. I just don't get whats goin on this season. Very strange.:confused:

BTW TM, we gonna keep plugging away with the press coverage. Hopefully the more we do or try to do the more people may just get "interested". Genuinely, nobody is after any personal gain. If I thought ASFC fans were thinking that I'd just sit in the main stand & wait to be entertained:)

Re: Drummer
 

We've been telling Matt that for ages & he's slowly getting the message, remember he's just a young lad:)

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I agree Jase, even just a clap and a bit of encouragement from the main stand can make a difference if our winger skins their fullbacks, at the moment we don't have that but i'd also like to see it happen..

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well cammys in there this monday so maybe he can start something!! :)

Re: Drummer
 

To contradict everything... I do recall shotgun walking up and down in front of the main stand banging a (smaller less deafening) drum and the whole main stand joined in. So thats one up for a drum used correctly and the main stand :)

Re: Drummer
 

Totally agree Jase, Im not asking anyone to sit in the main stand and start to sing and shout and bounce around, but a clap every now and then wouldnt go a miss would it?

Everybody knows when the fans sing, clap, (make a noise) the players get a lift, and we want FES a a place where away teams think "oh no not stanley again"

Just a clap Main Stand, A clap :D