Good question. I am very much retired from active service re Leeds, but my criteria, especially if I take my boy is, do I think we'll win! I'm already the recipient of countless 'Leeds lost again Dad' type comments, so as near as damnit, a win needs to be on the cards. Having railed against glory-hunters for more years than I care to remember, I'm deeply suspicious of those who appear for the 'big' games - I'm with Keane on that, the prawn sandwich brigade! Of course my views are very old skool, and no-one gives a shit about that sort of stuff anymore. Hope the ground rocks against the Geordies, and that we send them home miserable, but.....
Only very rarely have I wanted to see a player from a differing team, and fortunately the last one was Mendieta - we went to see Real Madrid v Valencia, and the mop-topped genius didn't disappoint, despite being on the losing end of a ref-initiated defeat. Would I want to see some footballing legend run rings around Leeds - absolutely not! Cheers John Sent from my iPad > On 2 Nov 2016, at 13:18, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The OS has announced that even with the ESU open the game v Newcastle is a > complete sell out (with a couple of weeks to go)I have a genuine question to > occasional visitors to ER (the name 'part-timers' is a bit derogatory and > this is not a 'better fan than you' type email)How do you decide which games > to go to ?I have pretty much gone every week / had a ST for as long as I have > been a fan so it has never been a thing for me - unless I am holiday etc I go > to the game, simple as that. > I realise that every fan picks their 'level' of fandom - but I just wondered > how you pick and choose ?I go and watch Leeds United and therefore have > little or no interest in who we are playing - I can only ever recall wanting > to watch two opposition players - Gazza post Italia 90 and Paulo Wanchop (who > in the event was injured on the day) > I think if I was having to choose, for whatever reason, then I would not go > when it is on TV, I would prefer teams like Burton who I have not seen > before,and if money is the issue - cheaper games.Yet our history seems to > show that fans turn up to watch games against what are viewed as 'bigger > teams' eg Scum, Scouse Arsenal in Prem and Huddersfield and now Newcastle > (and no doubt Villa) in this Division.I get that a winning team also brings > fans back.I understand that you may take your kids to the nearest game to > their birthday or as a Christmas treat etc, or non UK fans going to games > when they are in England > But my genuine question is to those who could go every week but who opt to > pick and choose their games, how do you choose ?Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
