Glory, glory Leeds United for me please.

Tombstone · 9 May 2009 at 22:10

dokko said:
the team given to you by your family

No idea if you meant it this way, so apologies if you didnt.

But by god that annoys me when parents do that, the child should decide which team he or she chooses to follow. Annoys the hell out of me when you see parents forcing their likes onto their children. Sometimes you see parents of young kids dressing them up in the shirt, scarf, hat of the football team that they (the parent) follow. God only knows what happens if the kid decides he/she wants to follow someone else...gets disowned and left in the gutter no doubt.

There is no way in hell that I would force my team onto my kid, they can pick their own one.

dokko · 9 May 2009 at 22:10

lemonkettaz said:
Monday Newcastle Boro.

Im happy ish that Hull are terrible as well. Although I really wanted them to stay in the Premiership, it will be a shame to see them go down.. because I still think we can pull out of it and bye bye Hull

I'd feel sorry for Hull if we took their spot, i really would. Been terrible since November-ish time, but at least they had a good attempt at it. We've been poor since the 2nd game of the season and haven't played well enough to call ourselves a premiership team since, we've had a off-field season to match anything anywhere in the world in terms of crisis and mismanagement and that includes Sky1's Dream Team...but its down to the over paid, over the hill, no ability and heart players why we are there...very different reasons to why Hull are getting sucked in.

lemonkettaz · 9 May 2009 at 22:11

People who support local teams dont have any righteous way in football.

People can support whoever they like

dokko · 9 May 2009 at 22:11

Gustov said:
W/e don't really take a strong interest in teams that play such dire football.

I understand.

dokko · 9 May 2009 at 22:12

Tombstone said:
No idea if you meant it this way, so apologies if you didnt.

But by god that annoys me when parents do that, the child should decide which team he or she chooses to follow. Annoys the hell out of me when you see parents forcing their likes onto their children. Sometimes you see parents of young kids dressing them up in the shirt, scarf, hat of the football team that they (the parent) follow. God only knows what happens if the kid decides he/she wants to follow someone else...gets disowned and left in the gutter no doubt.

There is no way in hell that I would force my team onto my kid, they can pick their own one.

So people shouldn't christen (other religious right of passage) kids when they can't speak for themselves?

(I believe that btw)

Greenlizard0 · 9 May 2009 at 22:12

Gustov said:
What? Sarcasm doesn't really work when you're backing up my point.

I wasn't opposing or backing up your point. :confused:

Tombstone · 9 May 2009 at 22:13

Gustov said:
To be honest, I agree with Dokko. You should support your local team, don't see why you'd want to support a team up north when you come from the south for example.

When i go to my local pub and I'm outnumbered by scousers its all a bit silly. (I'm just outside London)

My local team is in er...god I dont even know...maybe the 19th tier of league football or something. Not entirely sure to be honest, but essentially they are playing against stray dogs and crisp packets on the wind

Not entirely engrossing stuff anyway.

lemonkettaz · 9 May 2009 at 22:13

We need to get rid of Owen, Viduka, Duff, Barton, Martins and probably a few others but these players have no interest in winning for us

dokko · 9 May 2009 at 22:13

lemonkettaz said:
People who support local teams dont have any righteous way in football.

People can support whoever they like

They can, but there 'support' means F all to me.

Tombstone · 9 May 2009 at 22:14

dokko said:
So people shouldn't christen (other religious right of passage) kids when they can't speak for themselves?

(I believe that btw)

You mean parents shouldnt force their religion onto their kids?

Absolutely not...I disagree with that too. Again as above, there is no way I would force my religious beliefs (or lack thereof) onto my kids. Its up to them to decide that.

dokko · 9 May 2009 at 22:14

Tombstone said:
My local team is in er...god I dont even know...maybe the 19th tier of league football or something. Not entirely sure to be honest, but essentially they are playing against stray dogs and crisp packets on the wind

Not entirely engrossing stuff anyway.

So they are away to Newcastle Utd on Monday night?

dokko · 9 May 2009 at 22:15

lemonkettaz said:
We need to get rid of Owen, Viduka, Duff, Barton, Martins and probably a few others but these players have no interest in winning for us

Basically everyone.

Those that give a hoot aren't exactly in our top 10 players either, which is a huge problem for the club.

CliffyBiro · 9 May 2009 at 22:15

Gustov said:
To be honest, I agree with Dokko. You should support your local team, don't see why you'd want to support a team up north when you come from the south for example.

When i go to my local pub and I'm outnumbered by scousers its all a bit silly. (I'm just outside London)

I support Spurs yet I'm from Northern Ireland.

My local team, Newry City, are crap.

dokko · 9 May 2009 at 22:16

Tombstone said:
You mean parents shouldnt force their religion onto their kids?

Absolutely not...I disagree with that too. Again as above, there is no way I would force my religious beliefs (or lack thereof) onto my kids. Its up to them to decide that.

Massive side topic if you can call if that, but yeah, i agree too.

Still make my son a toon fan, he can share the misery tbh. (specially since my ex (his mother) is a Liverpool fan)

Tummy · 9 May 2009 at 22:17

dokko said:
They can, but there 'support' means F all to me.

Narrow minded.

Football unites people, the love for a club should unite people. Not where you are from / who your parents and grandparents supported.

People with attitudes like that are bad for football imo.

Gustov · 9 May 2009 at 22:18

skippi90 said:
I support Spurs yet I'm from Northern Ireland.

My local team, Newry City, are crap.

Well the Irish can't really play football so you're excluded

lemonkettaz · 9 May 2009 at 22:18

Newcastle have said it every summer that we need a clearout and a rebuild...

Well that means more than anything this year, if we stay in the premier league or not.. Mike Ashley must know he is in for some investment this summer.

I have never appreciated Owen being here, it was always a farce of a deal from the start. I feel for him though because ever since that game at Tottenham when he broke his metatarsel he has been gash, that and the world cup incident.

Wtf is Viduka all about, go and play for Melbourne or something.

dokko · 9 May 2009 at 22:18

Tummy said:
Narrow minded.

Football unites people, the love for a club should unite people. Not where you are from / who your parents and grandparents supported.

People with attitudes like that are bad for football imo.

No its not, its the roots of football, deny it all you like to fit the modern sky generation of football as much as you like.

Gustov · 9 May 2009 at 22:19

We are well on course for exceeding the amount of pages in the champions league thread and the Newcastle game hasn't even kicked off yet

Now they just need to lose on Monday which i believe they will

dokko · 9 May 2009 at 22:20

lemonkettaz said:
Newcastle have said it every summer that we need a clearout and a rebuild...

Well that means more than anything this year, if we stay in the premier league or not.. Mike Ashley must know he is in for some investment this summer.

I have never appreciated Owen being here, it was always a farce of a deal from the start. I feel for him though because ever since that game at Tottenham when he broke his metatarsel he has been gash, that and the world cup incident.

Wtf is Viduka all about, go and play for Melbourne or something.

Should never have played for England though, wasn't fit, wasn't ready...i've never felt for him, in fact resented him for most of his toon career.