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The Importance of keeping humble as supporters

Katrina Dee Fan
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Can we share this thread with the Sydney supporter who called me a c*nt during the 4th quarter 

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    I suspect the team may have read this thread and thought that they would help sure that we remained humble 🤔

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    I suppose now we go back to having our heads kicked in.

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    I'm just not going to have anyone call me a bad fan for being humble but critical of our own performance last night. I resent some friends throwing this accusation out while I sat in the freezing cold at a game and they sat at home with Kayo. 

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    So I play Ultimate Disc (old geezer on the right) here in Khartoum (40 degrees, the 3kg instant weight loss is fun), far left is an Essendon supporter, turns up for his first game with us, and his very first comment was a shot at the Dees, my first comment was, first time in a while you haven't lost on the weekend hey? Put him on the opposite team for a bit of fun (15 years older than him).

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    On 6/3/2022 at 12:14 PM, Katrina Dee Fan said:

    Just wanted to share with everyone a short story from last week's loss against Freo.  I was on my way to Richmond Station, and I happened to pass a Freo supporter.  She mentioned to me, "I hope you're not too upset with that loss." and I replied with "Freo did really well, you deserved that win."

    She mentioned to me that after that night, she was really impressed by Melbourne supporters.  She said after the final siren, heaps of Melbourne supporters around her offered their hands to shake and said "well done".  She though Melbourne supporters were really nice, and that she wasn't used to that kind of response from opposing supporters - "Usually in Perth, supporters yell abuse, but after tonight I think Melbourne's my second favourite team simply because of people like you, being really nice about losing," citing teams like Essendon, Collingwood and in particular West Coast as the worst. She said it made her trip to Melbourne for the game memorable.  

    I do think it's an important element of us as supporters.  We don't want to be seen as d-heads, and if we're gaining that kind of reputation, that can only be a good thing.  

    I wish i could say the same for a the old fella that sits behind me.

    Yells abuse every game no matter if we are 90 pts up or 20 pts down. Nothing is good enough for this [censored]!

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    12 minutes ago, Doug Reemer said:

    I wish i could say the same for a the old fella that sits behind me.

    Yells abuse every game no matter if we are 90 pts up or 20 pts down. Nothing is good enough for this [censored]!

    Same for me, it actually dissuades me from going, let alone bring along another generation of supporter.

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    23 hours ago, Doug Reemer said:

    I wish i could say the same for a the old fella that sits behind me.

    Yells abuse every game no matter if we are 90 pts up or 20 pts down. Nothing is good enough for this [censored]!

     

    22 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

    Same for me, it actually dissuades me from going, let alone bring along another generation of supporter.

    I was very close to moving seats - in the MCC a couple of old codgers were just denigrating our players at every opportunity - "no skills", "not trying", "never play him again" referring to maybe 8 or 10 players.  I presume that he would want us playing with about 10 or 12 on the field.  I do get a bit agitated / animated at times but this was bloody awful.

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