Jon Shelfside
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- Jan 27, 2008
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Here is some postings off a Chelsea site, a very good read for a Spurs fan.
http://forums.cfcnet.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=33449&st=25
Losing to Spurs in a major cup final really f*cking hurt. I'm still in pain to be honest. But what hurt even more was the lack of passion or vocal backing provided by our so called support.
I was in the Upper Tier, back row, so I had a great view of all the Spurs fans. They were all standing; all up for the day and were all full of passion and emotion. I looked down to our bottom tier and I saw everyone sitting down and giving no vocal support whatsoever. It was embarrasing. Surrounding me were a mix of normal looking Chelsea fans, all happy to be sitting there chatting amongst themselves and booing and abusing the players at will. It's Tottenham FFS. Show a bit of f*cking passion. For the sake of us and the club, I do hope things improve. Even walking up Wembley way, they were singing, shouting and abusing our club. And we just bloody took it.
Now I don't mind if you give a player a bit of stick, but give them some bloody support as well. I could rant on about this for hours, but I'm busy and all that is needed to be said, has been said.
Losing to Tottenham in a major Cup Final hurt. But being outsung and taunted by them hurts just as much.
Where's our Chelsea gone?
Couldn't have put it better myself mate. Absolutely shocking support from us, I was embarrassed to When they beat Ar5ena1 in the semi I was giving a Spurs fan some stick the next day about how their players did a lap of honour after the game and how the crowd was celebrating as if they had won the European Cup, when it fact it was just the semi-final of a competition that most of the big clubs aren't even bothered about. But deep down I was envious too - I miss those days of expectation and passion that comes with supporting a club that's gone a few years without success. They enjoyed that night against Ar5ena1 more than we enjoyed beating United in the proper cup final last May. I saw them on the tube and walking up Olympic Way before the match and they were all so pumped up...for most of us it was just another game almost. I couldn't feel any real sense of expectation or excitement and again, I envied them.
In the old days I always thought of Spurs as a very fickle crowd. And for sure, complacency would affect them just the same as us if they have continued success. I don't think the problem is unique to Chelsea although the gentrification of our support in addition to our complacency is becoming a real problem.
be a Chelsea supporter.
We can't just blame it on JCL's either. I think the main problem is our support has gone stale. There's just not enough youngsters at our matches anymore, and I don't mean kids with their mum and dads, I mean groups of lively teenagers that are gunna come and make some noise. The club need to start reducing ticket prices, and we need a standing area, until that happens, things aint gunna change imo.
And can I just ask, how can people sit there in silence for a cup final against our biggest rivals? I just don't get it!!! And even more so, stay sitting there silently when the Spurs fans are ripping us singing "your support is fcuking ****"
To be honest I don't know what has annoyed me more, losing to Tottenham in the final or our support getting completely embarrassed by their fans off the pitch.
Here's hoping the prawn sandwich brigade or anyone who refuses to sing while Grant is in charge doesn't go to Barnsley away, hopefully we'll see the proper Chelsea support out for that one.
http://forums.cfcnet.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=33449&st=25
Losing to Spurs in a major cup final really f*cking hurt. I'm still in pain to be honest. But what hurt even more was the lack of passion or vocal backing provided by our so called support.
I was in the Upper Tier, back row, so I had a great view of all the Spurs fans. They were all standing; all up for the day and were all full of passion and emotion. I looked down to our bottom tier and I saw everyone sitting down and giving no vocal support whatsoever. It was embarrasing. Surrounding me were a mix of normal looking Chelsea fans, all happy to be sitting there chatting amongst themselves and booing and abusing the players at will. It's Tottenham FFS. Show a bit of f*cking passion. For the sake of us and the club, I do hope things improve. Even walking up Wembley way, they were singing, shouting and abusing our club. And we just bloody took it.
Now I don't mind if you give a player a bit of stick, but give them some bloody support as well. I could rant on about this for hours, but I'm busy and all that is needed to be said, has been said.
Losing to Tottenham in a major Cup Final hurt. But being outsung and taunted by them hurts just as much.
Where's our Chelsea gone?
Couldn't have put it better myself mate. Absolutely shocking support from us, I was embarrassed to When they beat Ar5ena1 in the semi I was giving a Spurs fan some stick the next day about how their players did a lap of honour after the game and how the crowd was celebrating as if they had won the European Cup, when it fact it was just the semi-final of a competition that most of the big clubs aren't even bothered about. But deep down I was envious too - I miss those days of expectation and passion that comes with supporting a club that's gone a few years without success. They enjoyed that night against Ar5ena1 more than we enjoyed beating United in the proper cup final last May. I saw them on the tube and walking up Olympic Way before the match and they were all so pumped up...for most of us it was just another game almost. I couldn't feel any real sense of expectation or excitement and again, I envied them.
In the old days I always thought of Spurs as a very fickle crowd. And for sure, complacency would affect them just the same as us if they have continued success. I don't think the problem is unique to Chelsea although the gentrification of our support in addition to our complacency is becoming a real problem.
be a Chelsea supporter.
We can't just blame it on JCL's either. I think the main problem is our support has gone stale. There's just not enough youngsters at our matches anymore, and I don't mean kids with their mum and dads, I mean groups of lively teenagers that are gunna come and make some noise. The club need to start reducing ticket prices, and we need a standing area, until that happens, things aint gunna change imo.
And can I just ask, how can people sit there in silence for a cup final against our biggest rivals? I just don't get it!!! And even more so, stay sitting there silently when the Spurs fans are ripping us singing "your support is fcuking ****"
To be honest I don't know what has annoyed me more, losing to Tottenham in the final or our support getting completely embarrassed by their fans off the pitch.
Here's hoping the prawn sandwich brigade or anyone who refuses to sing while Grant is in charge doesn't go to Barnsley away, hopefully we'll see the proper Chelsea support out for that one.
