What Our Opponents' Fans Are Saying About Us 23/24

[McFlash]

Liverpool fans who take their fandom to such extremes that they speak English with scouse accents

I had a mate that used to do that.
He was as southern council estate English as they come but when talking about Liverpool, he'd slip into a weird Scouse accent.
They are a weird bunch and certainly have a cultish vibe about them.

 

[DiamondLites]

I have a lot of experience with Scandinavian Liverpool fans who take their fandom to such extremes that they speak English with scouse accents and ride around in cars with JFT96 numberplates despite having maybe visited Liverpool once or twice in their lives.

No other fanbase has that, not even United fans who are in similar numbers over here. It's definitely more a cult than any other fanbase can claim to be.

I live on the south coast, and there’s loads of them down here. On a local Facebook group someone posted about a lost dog, a Liverpool fan commented ‘Hope you find your dog YNWA’. Not only was it weird, it was in poor taste to say to someone who’s dog has gone missing

Weirdest fans on earth

 

[Joe Bjorn Hotspur]

Now that I have thought about it, I get it from Villa and Everton as I think we were competing with them to be the one to break in to the top 5. Everton if I remember finished 4th once and never did it again. We broke in and have been there or thereabouts ever since. We have also done it the right way. No oil states, no American billionaires. We grew naturally over that period both on and off the pitch, all while Villa and Newcastle got relegated, and Everton have been on the brink for several years. Everton are in financial trouble, Newcastle got oil state owners and can't spend it. It really does just boil down to jealousy.

I guess what I am trying to say is I can accept the comments from Arsenal, Chelsea, United, City and Liverpool because they have won things, been there and done it during our growth. We have probably been the best of the rest for many years now and that lot just can't take it.

Spot on. During the Jol years this set the foundations of where we’re at now: knocking on the door of the top 4 when it was so hard to break into it and that was before City’s cheat code was unleashed.

Although it does feel like we’re eternally being bantered following Spurs the difference of the sheer size of our club is night and day, seeing the growth of our club from being nearly bankrupt and relegated in the 1990s, Sugar selling up and now with the potential in both this current squad as well as new investors exciting times ahead.

This season, especially, has shown that you cannot stand still. Credit to the recruitment as well as changing that ethos back to what the majority of Spurs fans want with the style of play.

So far, better than expected (let’s all be honest) at the start of the Ange era

A lot may not be too concerned at the mo but the majority of our fanbase (I hope) will see if it’s this good now (and how quick) and perhaps without the butterfly effect of that Chelsea home fixture we might’ve been in a friggin title race!

We will be a huge threat over coming seasons and I’d imagine they will be lining up to banter us more but hay ho I’d say even more reason to be cheerful

 

[SlotBadger]

I live on the south coast, and there’s loads of them down here. On a local Facebook group someone posted about a lost dog, a Liverpool fan commented ‘Hope you find your dog YNWA’. Not only was it weird, it was in poor taste to say to someone who’s dog has gone missing

Weirdest fans on earth

It's also really insensitive because that person, by very definition, would now be walking alone.

 

[Japhet]

Football has become so much more tribal in the years that I've been watching. Went to my first game in '66. In those days it was only Arsenal and Utd that were really disliked. Liverpool then had a purple patch under Shankley, but he was an amusing and passionate bloke so it never really pushed any buttons. The likes of Chelsea and West Ham were mostly irrelevant and the only thing I really remember is Stamford Bridge being called 'The Cabbage Patch' because the pitch was horrendous and The Shed made the whole place look like an allotment. Stan Bowles recent death reminded me of how much I used to enjoy watching QPR, and there was no shame in just enjoying good football.

Now, everything has to be 'do or die' bravado fueled fuckwittery. Social media has been a massive driver behind that with keyboard warriors calling all and sundry out from the safety of their computer screens and people quite understandably get wound up by absolute wankers.

 

[Joe Bjorn Hotspur]

Football has become so much more tribal in the years that I've been watching. Went to my first game in '66. In those days it was only Arsenal and Utd that were really disliked. Liverpool then had a purple patch under Shankley, but he was an amusing and passionate bloke so it never really pushed any buttons. The likes of Chelsea and West Ham were mostly irrelevant and the only thing I really remember is Stamford Bridge being called 'The Cabbage Patch' because the pitch was horrendous and The Shed made the whole place look like an allotment. Stan Bowles recent death reminded me of how much I used to enjoy watching QPR, and there was no shame in just enjoying good football.

Now, everything has to be 'do or die' bravado fueled fuckwittery. Social media has been a massive driver behind that with keyboard warriors calling all and sundry out from the safety of their computer screens and people quite understandably get wound up by absolute wankers.

Nailed it! Your last paragraph especially sums this up very well.

 

[kmk]

I guess what I am trying to say is I can accept the comments from Arsenal, Chelsea, United, City and Liverpool because they have won things, been there and done it during our growth. We have probably been the best of the rest for many years now and that lot just can't take it.

I can’t accept it from Chelsea fans. Their club hasn’t grown organically, they were financially doped by Russian oil money.

 

[Pistols At Dawn]

The typical confirmation bias nuttery on all these forums, which we are all guilty of too.

But one comment stood out: A Forest fan complaining that Spurs fans are plastic.

HAVE YOU FOLLOWED SPURS OVER THE YEARS, MATE!?!?! IT'S NO FUCKING FUN! PLASTIC MY ASS!

 

[Marauder]

LTLF (Forest Forum)

• Ah, get f**ked…
• Ridiculous booking. f*** off hooper you cheating, corrupt top six ****.
• f*** it. We don’t deserve this.
• f*** me, when your defenders are scoring worldies you know it’s not your day
• 3 on their f***ing own. Wake the f*** up

I think, on the whole, they are quite cultured

 

[Spriggan]

I think, on the whole, they are quite cultured

I just want to se them flushed down a few divisions.

 

[offside_ruel_fox]

How any Newcastle fan can complain about Maddison not seeing red when Alan Shearer was dishing out elbows to the face for fun and not getting sent off is beyond me.

 

[Cinemattis]

I live on the south coast, and there’s loads of them down here. On a local Facebook group someone posted about a lost dog, a Liverpool fan commented ‘Hope you find your dog YNWA’. Not only was it weird, it was in poor taste to say to someone who’s dog has gone missing

Weirdest fans on earth

Hope the dog came back. COYS

 

[mil1lion]

How any Newcastle fan can complain about Maddison not seeing red when Alan Shearer was dishing out elbows to the face for fun and not getting sent off is beyond me.

How any fan can suggest a red for that is beyond me. It's obviously just their hate for us. If it was their own team they would not even question it. In truth both players should have been booked for the nonsense. Yates had about 4 yellow card offences.

 

[wadewill]

Football has become so much more tribal in the years that I've been watching. Went to my first game in '66. In those days it was only Arsenal and Utd that were really disliked. Liverpool then had a purple patch under Shankley, but he was an amusing and passionate bloke so it never really pushed any buttons. The likes of Chelsea and West Ham were mostly irrelevant and the only thing I really remember is Stamford Bridge being called 'The Cabbage Patch' because the pitch was horrendous and The Shed made the whole place look like an allotment. Stan Bowles recent death reminded me of how much I used to enjoy watching QPR, and there was no shame in just enjoying good football.

Now, everything has to be 'do or die' bravado fueled fuckwittery. Social media has been a massive driver behind that with keyboard warriors calling all and sundry out from the safety of their computer screens and people quite understandably get wound up by absolute wankers.

Agree to an extent, although I wouldn't call it genuine tribalism these days. Th rivalries in the old days were real.

These days I find it all quite fake and manufactured.

 

[Nayim60yards]

How any Newcastle fan can complain about Maddison not seeing red when Alan Shearer was dishing out elbows to the face for fun and not getting sent off is beyond me.

And with Bruno elbowing and fouling his way through games without consequences. Can you believe he hasn't been sent off this season?

 

[aliyid]

Now, everything has to be 'do or die' bravado fueled fuckwittery. Social media has been a massive driver behind that with keyboard warriors calling all and sundry out from the safety of their computer screens and people quite understandably get wound up by absolute wankers.

Just need to look at the Arsenal thread, any whisper of acknowledging that they're turning into a solid unit and you get called a traitor or an Arsenal fan.

I always see the banter as a sign that they're worried about us, we've never bantered Villa before but this year there's more attention on them. Likewise if we can step things up next season (signs are looking positive) I've got no doubt all the media pundits, Liverpool & Arsenal fans will start bantering us with the trophy stuff again.

 

[Marauder]

Agree to an extent, although I wouldn't call it genuine tribalism these days. Th rivalries in the old days were real.

These days I find it all quite fake and manufactured.

Just like Le Arse's "ultras"

 

[hughy]

Just like Le Arse's "ultras"

That's the Assburton Massiv' to you.

 

[bomberH]

Arsenal Mania

• He has lucked out getting in VVD, perfect for his set up.

• Some of the mental gymnastics from Sp**s fans this season have been quite astonishing to see. They claim that almost all their players are world class, but they're languishing in 5th? I guees Amge must be a sh*te manager then not to have this elite team at the top? Nope, apparently he's the 2nd coming of the messiah. So, they have an elite squad and an elite manager and they're in 5th miles off 1st? It doesn't add up!

Firstly, lucked out getting vdv because he’s perfect for Ange’s system? Agreed, how lucky of Ange to buy someone that will fit his style of play and make us a better team.

As for the next part, languishing in 5th? Since when is 5th ‘languishing’ for a team that hasn’t won anything in 20 odd years. Technically we should be 7th every season with regards to spending power now Newcastle are able (ish) to buy anyone they want. But yeah, we’re so shit not being above City, Liverpool and Arsenal, but being above Chelsea, Utd, Newcastle and Villa.

And fuck Forest. Overconfident pricks considering where they are. But mainly, fuck Arsenal and their fans. Years of mediocrity followed by a massive bottling last season. Yes they’ve had a great season so far this year but they think all is forgotten re what they’ve achieved over the last several years, ie bollock-all. Yet they talk like City fans or prime Utd fans. They’re so delusional and if they don’t win anything this season, I’ll be the happiest I could be in football terms after Spurs winning anything.

 

[Trent Crimm]

I don’t understand why some of you are so bothered what fans of other teams think. Sure it’s funny but if you were expecting anything other than the blind loyalty from the opposing fans that some of you give Spurs, I think it’s very weird.

Still, puberty is a confusing time, so I understand with some of you