For their winning ways they deserve our praise
October 29th 2009 03:28
Another crunch game at The Park today and another chance to get the behind the lads.
I am constricted to listening in on the radio this season but it seems to me that the atmosphere in the ground has been a little subdued of late.
This could stem from City often being happy to contain visiting sides for long periods and therefore not giving the crowd too much to shout about.
Another reason could be that the rapid rise City have achieved in a few short years has left many fans too dumbstruck to sing when watching the team they own turn out in a League One fixture.
Another idea which comes to mind is that in the years I have been going to The Park us City fans, at home anyway, are just not that loud.
Don’t get me wrong there are times when I have witnessed the Big Bank suck in a crucial goal such as Billy Jones’ late effort against Grays. There have also been times when 20 minutes of the match passes by with the crowd seemingly in state of stupor.
Fans pay their money to watch City and are entitled to do whatever they like within reason. I would never berate someone for singing a song I disagreed with or dream of ticking someone off for not singing at all.
I enjoy singing anti-Argyle songs although I am not too sure on the effects of singing negative songs aimed at our own players. This is not a common trait at City but every club has a scapegoat from time to time.
If a columnist was producing poor work week in week out then maybe a roasting from the readers would inspire them to produce better work, who knows?
In Buenos Aires football crowds pride themselves on being up there with the most passionate in the world.
Teams can rely on this support, sometimes extremely misplaced in terms of violence and intimidation, every time they take the field.
Last Sunday saw the latest installment of the Superclasico between River Plate and Boca Juniors. This game serves as the barometer for fanatic support in sport around the world.
Watching River play in red and white and boasting a spine of Marcelo Gallardo, Ariel Ortega and Matias Almeyda with the combined age of 103-years-old was almost like watching City.
The 1-1 draw was played out with the trademark tenacity and tempo the fixture demands but a point a piece does neither side any favours. At the final whistle both teams still find themselves struggling at the wrong end of the Apertura table.
With the season now over halfway through Boca find themselves six points adrift of surprise leaders Colón. River are a further eight points behind Boca as they plod along with the league's also-rans.
The two traditional superpowers of Argentine football find themselves down the table due to the nature in which they must conduct themselves off the pitch.
River and Boca are unashamedly selling clubs and rely on transfer income to stay afloat. Pre-season saw Rodrigo Palacio move from Boca to Genoa and Radamel Falcao from River to Porto.
For future success both clubs need to strike the right balance between selling their best players whilst remaining competitive enough to meet the demands of their fans.
This is the conundrum not only facing clubs in Buenos Aires but also closer to home as the axe of administration looms over yet another League One team this week.
Up the City!
Tim
http://timsturtridge.com/
I am constricted to listening in on the radio this season but it seems to me that the atmosphere in the ground has been a little subdued of late.
This could stem from City often being happy to contain visiting sides for long periods and therefore not giving the crowd too much to shout about.
Another reason could be that the rapid rise City have achieved in a few short years has left many fans too dumbstruck to sing when watching the team they own turn out in a League One fixture.
Don’t get me wrong there are times when I have witnessed the Big Bank suck in a crucial goal such as Billy Jones’ late effort against Grays. There have also been times when 20 minutes of the match passes by with the crowd seemingly in state of stupor.
Fans pay their money to watch City and are entitled to do whatever they like within reason. I would never berate someone for singing a song I disagreed with or dream of ticking someone off for not singing at all.
I enjoy singing anti-Argyle songs although I am not too sure on the effects of singing negative songs aimed at our own players. This is not a common trait at City but every club has a scapegoat from time to time.
If a columnist was producing poor work week in week out then maybe a roasting from the readers would inspire them to produce better work, who knows?
In Buenos Aires football crowds pride themselves on being up there with the most passionate in the world.
Teams can rely on this support, sometimes extremely misplaced in terms of violence and intimidation, every time they take the field.
Last Sunday saw the latest installment of the Superclasico between River Plate and Boca Juniors. This game serves as the barometer for fanatic support in sport around the world.
Watching River play in red and white and boasting a spine of Marcelo Gallardo, Ariel Ortega and Matias Almeyda with the combined age of 103-years-old was almost like watching City.
The 1-1 draw was played out with the trademark tenacity and tempo the fixture demands but a point a piece does neither side any favours. At the final whistle both teams still find themselves struggling at the wrong end of the Apertura table.
With the season now over halfway through Boca find themselves six points adrift of surprise leaders Colón. River are a further eight points behind Boca as they plod along with the league's also-rans.
The two traditional superpowers of Argentine football find themselves down the table due to the nature in which they must conduct themselves off the pitch.
River and Boca are unashamedly selling clubs and rely on transfer income to stay afloat. Pre-season saw Rodrigo Palacio move from Boca to Genoa and Radamel Falcao from River to Porto.
For future success both clubs need to strike the right balance between selling their best players whilst remaining competitive enough to meet the demands of their fans.
This is the conundrum not only facing clubs in Buenos Aires but also closer to home as the axe of administration looms over yet another League One team this week.
Up the City!
Tim
http://timsturtridge.com/
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