Let me recap:
1: You guys can support your team how you like. If you want to chant and whoop it up, go for it. It makes no difference to me.
2: In my observation, I don't find Kiwitea street very welcoming. In terms of football atmosphere, you probably would not find a better day in domestic NZ football. You will also generally find the best game in NZ domestic football as well. I do not doubt that it is related, but is that for everyone. Before someone puts words in my mouth about the atmosphere at Waitakere, I'm not making a comparison. I'm making an observation at what I observe at your club.
3: What I find difficult is the crap that came out for a long time and looks like has started again. Without rehashing, it just basically makes you guys (and I am generalising so I know its not everyone) look like smug cocks. Kinda like Dennis Connor acted many years ago at Chris Dickson. As I said, people will gravitate to winners, they move away from winners that come across as smug and smarmy. This place is classic because in comparison to the Phoenix, you guys are absolute head and shoulders winners, daylight second but no one really likes your team because of how you carry on (grass roots coalf... yada yada yada). Your forum is an injoke circle jerk for Christs sake. If you kinda took the different stance of not being so anti, you might find the majority of the people here would jump on board with you. I think they are now referring to it as the Streisand Effect? If I look at the crack taken at Jag, that kinda sums it up. Some of you act like complete cocks. It would appear football is important to him, but then does it have to be ALL football? You guys get your knickers in a twist about him watching the Phoenix but not ACFC so you create this thing against your club. Had you taken a different approach of inviting him down, maybe (and I say maybe) shout him a beer and be inviting, he may come back more often, but you rag on his ass. For that kind of stuff, yes I will accept the challenge of throwing it back even if I am wrong and get drowned out. Head against brick wall stuff but if no one tells you that you are acting like a pack of cocks, you'll just all sit in your circle and tell each other you are awesome and the best team in the country (whats the domestic record again? Again this does not apply to everyone)
4: Edward I have been up there and said hello to Rich. Hard to have a conversation with a man that considers his footballing opinion 'oracle like'. Not faulting his passion, just the way he comes across because everyone is instantly wrong if its not his opinion... Jesus I would have more chance of having an intelligent back and forth with Sam Wilkinson and Sam would probably surprise me with having at least 2 valid points.
5: Not craving anonymity. 61 year old has been, I'm not here to relive my youth...