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Should we be cheering on Exeter during the run in?
- Thread starter Ade the green
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If I could write history and guarantee the outcome, I'd like to see a Devon Derby playoff final with us humiliating them live on national TV.
Because I can't, that fixture would make me a bit nervous.
Because I can't, that fixture would make me a bit nervous.
Rivals are always going to win some games so why not hope that the ones they actually do win are the ones where the results are in your favour. That's not supporting them to win.
Mark_Smith":1n1s41su said:
That would be an intreguing final if only it was to see if the Metropolitan Police would bring out the helicopters.
Helicopters? they do that for a Home Park fixture so for Wembley stadium they would probably call out the RAF.Lundan Cabbie":1pe7q2li said:
pilgrimmike1":1vu8v55m said:Helicopters? they do that for a Home Park fixture so for Wembley stadium they would probably call out the RAF.Lundan Cabbie":1vu8v55m said:
No that is the good old D&C. I doubt the Met would raise too many eyebrows at such a fixture. It would be an interesting day for the British Transport Police though.
I just knew you was coming back with that,it was a mere jest LC, not meant to be precise or serious.Lundan Cabbie":3unw6hnx said:pilgrimmike1":3unw6hnx said:Helicopters? they do that for a Home Park fixture so for Wembley stadium they would probably call out the RAF.Lundan Cabbie":3unw6hnx said:
No that is the good old D&C. I doubt the Met would raise too many eyebrows at such a fixture. It would be an interesting day for the British Transport Police though.
Not a bad result today in terms of our position and whilst Luton are doing everything they can to muck up their own season our six toed friends have done us a favour today.
Fair play indeed. Quite remarkable after the start they made to the season and their scant resources.
We need to be careful though. That last minute goal today puts them in the mix. A good run and they could nick that last play-off spot.
I always laugh at people spouting off over local rivalries. They are brilliant and I love the big day when you are playing for local pride. The atmosphere is fantastic and the thought of bragging rights is great... but that's all it is. I have so much more respect for a die-hard City fan, than I do a Chelsea/Liverpool/Man U supporter living in the Southwest. They support their local club, they don't choose where they are from. People in Exeter, while having an increasingly different demographic these days, have more in common with people from Plymouth than fans of most other clubs in the country.
Local rivalries should be about pride in your own club, not some fabricated dislike of the other team, just because that is how it is supposed to be. In certain places there are reasons for the hostility. Glasgow being the obvious one where religion and politics play a historical role. Barca and Real is another where there is a political context than runs very deeply. Wimbledon have every right to dislike MK Dons, but most clubs need to get more positive about their local rivalries, rather than just turning them into hate-fests towards the other team. If Exeter was somewhere else in the country, people would say it was a nice awayday and the ground is a 'proper football ground' with charm. Instead we call it a dump.
I can remember how embarrassing it was when we tried to turn Bristol City and Southampton into our 'local' rivals and they couldn't give a to$$ about it. I'm not saying we should be all lovey dovey with them, but to 'hate' them just for the sake of them being our closest team of similar standing defies reason.
I always laugh at people spouting off over local rivalries. They are brilliant and I love the big day when you are playing for local pride. The atmosphere is fantastic and the thought of bragging rights is great... but that's all it is. I have so much more respect for a die-hard City fan, than I do a Chelsea/Liverpool/Man U supporter living in the Southwest. They support their local club, they don't choose where they are from. People in Exeter, while having an increasingly different demographic these days, have more in common with people from Plymouth than fans of most other clubs in the country.
Local rivalries should be about pride in your own club, not some fabricated dislike of the other team, just because that is how it is supposed to be. In certain places there are reasons for the hostility. Glasgow being the obvious one where religion and politics play a historical role. Barca and Real is another where there is a political context than runs very deeply. Wimbledon have every right to dislike MK Dons, but most clubs need to get more positive about their local rivalries, rather than just turning them into hate-fests towards the other team. If Exeter was somewhere else in the country, people would say it was a nice awayday and the ground is a 'proper football ground' with charm. Instead we call it a dump.
I can remember how embarrassing it was when we tried to turn Bristol City and Southampton into our 'local' rivals and they couldn't give a to$$ about it. I'm not saying we should be all lovey dovey with them, but to 'hate' them just for the sake of them being our closest team of similar standing defies reason.