Are you a toff?

Yeah, I reckon.

I quite like the collingwood chant. Better than our static supporters. We don't even wave flags and some don't even wear our club colours. Cheered hard one day and this prude next to me kept complaining.

You're kidding yourself. Our fans went bananas this season. I get sick of the self-loathing Melbourne supporter syndrome.

Just wait 'til we're Premiership contenders and a decent force. It may all start to happen then.

I remember it happenning when we beat Carlton in the finals in 94.

You're kidding yourself. Our fans went bananas this season. I get sick of the self-loathing Melbourne supporter syndrome.

Yeh agreed. We had some of the most superb atmosphere I can remember, especially given the actual numbers.

I was pulling beers at a fairly classy restaurant/bar in South Yarra, and yeh, it's fair to say the Collingwood supporters that were dorwing their confused sorrows were absolutely feral.

I get sick of the self-loathing Melbourne supporter syndrome.

Perhaps you should see a doctor?

Just highlighting my observations- we need to cheer louder and bring more colour to the game. The football admin has turned things around, the pplayers have turned things around - now it time for the supporters to do the same. Perfect triangle.

Perhaps you should see a doctor?

Just highlighting my observations- we need to cheer louder and bring more colour to the game. The football admin has turned things around, the pplayers have turned things around - now it time for the supporters to do the same. Perfect triangle.

Well, I guess I can't really convince you of the colour/noise thing, as it's a matter of opinion, but I do take issue with the idea that the supporters need to 'turn things around'. In the past few years, the supporters have achieved the following:

- Raised over $5mil.

- Sourced a major sponsor (Kapersky).

- Broken the membership record 3 years in a row, including following our worst season in 25 years.

- Continue to have one of the highest, if not the highest 'member to supporter' ratio.

I'd also posit that we have some the most knowledgeable supporters, but I obviously can't prove that. Anyway, my point is, we have absolutely sensational fans. Leave it to the media and other clubs to perpetuate harmful and untrue stereotypes.

Was a good night out up here in Brissy. No Pies fans in sight. Ran into Brad Miller in the Valley and he was more than happy to have a drink and a chat for a while. Was a top bloke as most on here already know. Sounded pretty confident he will play for GC.

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Odds are that 95% of the people embarassing themselves are the sort of morons who don't go to one game all year and pull the scarf out of the bottom drawer once every five years to go and get blind at a pub and pretend they know what's going on.

I'd also posit that we have some the most knowledgeable supporters, but I obviously can't prove that.

Roy Morgan do a survey every now and again identifying the characteristics of supporters from each AFL Club.

From the 2005 survey: Melbourne supporters 17 per cent more likely to have a diploma or degree than the average person.

(Collingwood supporters were 35% more likely to have a maximum year 11 education and 62% more likely to have purchased something from The Reject Shop in the last four weeks.)

No, they weren't particularly memorable experiences, and really no different to anything else I see every other weekend. I just find it concerning that every single one of those moments involved a Collingwood supporter.

Harden up princess!