AM I A TRUE FAN ?????

we arrived at the ground early so we could get parked at the front of a row so we werent blocked in and could make an early escape if needs be, aahh the old jedi mind trick, when thier 3rd went in we baled and my last rather loud last remark as we shuffled along the row was " ya can **** off if you think i'm coming back in this ground while that **** ( ladies front bottom) is at the club ! " our 1st goal hit the back of the net as we were exiting the ponty end, the 2nd somewhere between oakwell and the west green wmc. over the years i've seen some truely woeful barnsley sides who have been lucky to get NIL in a game, but these guys are capable of so much more. i felt horrible walking out on my team but how many times have you got to be punched in the face before you realise it hurts ?

 

Well, you're definitely little Short Round!

 

hope 66 enjoys meeting darran barnhard.......... it is tuesday then ? mmmmm cauliflower cheese for tea

 

To answer your original question, yes, you're a true fan. The fact that the present situation causes you so much anger, frustration and pain clearly indicates you're a true fan who cares deeply about the club & team. Everyone has their own breaking point on this. Just because yours may be different to another fan doesn't make you less of a fan, or them a better one.

 

I don't think anyone should be criticized for leaving early, or staying away, given the current omnishambles going on at Jokewell. I've only ever left early once before - when they announced my brother-in-law's car reg over the PA (it had been broken into in Piper's Cottage car park - Doyle security on duty! ) - but we thought long and hard about it at 0-3 on Sunday. We agreed we'd go with 10 mins left, or at 0-4, whichever happened first, but in the end sat it out.

No shame in baling out. I hope Con-way noticed the seats emptying!

 

its just so annoying/frustrating the fact that 90% of the fans and allegedly the team can see what/who the problem is, yea gods if we were winning and flying high the fans would stand for the egg under the cap routine

 

There is nothing positive to say about our club, or team, at present. Neither is there any light at the end of a very dark tunnel.
It's a sad state of affairs.

 

Blind loyalty in ANY relationship is unhealthy - that's why I'm suspicious of dog owners.

 

He's only bothered about the empty seats before and during the game. Once he has your money he's laughing all the way to the bank.

 

I can readily understand why people opted to leave at 0 - 3.

What I find more difficult is, having decided to stay, others were then leaving at 92 mins (with 4 left to play)

 

You did better than me, I didn’t even turn up in The first place!

In my defence my arthritis and gout have both reared their ugly head recently so that gave me an out. The boy ummed and ahhed but was easily persuaded when he realised we could watch it at home anyway.

Im afraid I’m not going home or away while that clown is Head Coach. The off-field stuff has never put me off as it’s the team I’m cheering on, not the board. But we won’t win another game while he’s at the club.

I’m sure it is a bit disloyal, and maybe unfair on some of the players. But what’s the point in working myself up / dreading going? Can’t believe how bad we are, I’ve completely lost hope. If he’s here at the end of the season I honestly think we won’t hit 20 points.

 

allopurinol for the gout and naproxen for the arthritis as its a very good anti-immflamatory as to the football......................................... meh

 

jedi one - I was once told that you have to be born and bred and reared in Barnsley to be a 'True Fan!' -

if that's right it would count me out!

 

I left the Forest game when they scored their 3rd. The earliest I've ever left a game (that wasn't due to a work commitment).

For some reason on Sunday, I had this weird feeling we'd score. I actually said at 2-0 I can still kinda see us getting something out of this. Not necessarily to do with us, but I just thought with how ultra defensive Sheffield United became, there was a chance we'd get on the scoresheet.

So I stayed until the bitter end. I even managed to get a round of 'come on Barnsley' started just after our 2nd goal, even from my position on the West Stand side of the Ponte end.

 

Was there to the end. Great to applaud the players. I didn't boo Schopp, (few did in the East Lowerer TBH), but he had it coming. Nothing in our fight back was remotely due to him IMO, it came from Cole & Hondermarck, two players that were only fielded due to desperation IMO & who have been overlooked. He's clearly not going anytime soon by the looks. If current form carries on we'll be down before the Christmas decorations.

Dark, dark times. There is no match day experience on any level, bar, food, absolutely f-all.

 

Everybody is a fan here. We wouldn't go ever if we weren't, we wouldn't post on here, we wouldn't argue with each other, we wouldn't discuss tactics, support the manager or slag him off etc etc..
I'm not going again while Schopp is in charge and I'm a fan. I'd like to go if we didn't have these owners and I'm still a fan. We're all fans.

 

and me mate, doncaster until i was 15, then upton 'til 17 1/2, army then ended up on and off in barnsley from about 1979

 

Plastic.

 

Mad Arsenal until I was nine. Then Spurs and Barnsley ever since through my Dad. Couldn't give a monkees about Arsenal now.

I think everyone's a bit gutted right now. I don't think there's owt like that sinking feeling you get when Barnsley lose.

That for me told me I was Barnsley.

 

When I was tiny my teams were, of all the clubs in all the world………. Wednesday and Forest!!

As I didn’t have a Dad and my grandad wasn’t that interested in footy, they were 2 teams that were on the telly a lot (by late 80’s standards) and that some of the other kids at nipper school liked. My first kit was a Wednesday one, the shame!! I didn’t want to entertain the reds as because they were never on telly I assumed they weren’t very good (I mean they weren’t, but that’s by the by).

It all changed when an “Uncle” took me to Oakwell around 1989. Being there in person was a game changer, and them 2 were forgotten very quickly (I have soft spots for Rochdale and Everton for family reasons but it’s nowhere near the same level). When you’re totally invested, as we all are, it really hurts doesn’t it?

It’s worse now as there’s 2 of us going through it! The boy’s not happy at all.