
Kentstripe wrote:Mothy wrote:FGR Casual 2 wrote:Mothy wrote:If we take this as a vote of confidence will Coops be one of the few like Fergie to turn it around?
Please say you didn't just compare Mark Cooper to Sir Alex Ferguson.
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Brilliant!
I was doing a bit of random googling to see if anyone ever survived a vote of confidence
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/15/who-are-footballs-most-successful-managers-after-a-vote-of-confidence
Lee Johnson at Bristol City is a comparable situation, I would say. Bloke got so much abuse at Bristol City last season he had to move house.
Foggy wrote:My understanding of the term plastic is that it refers to someone who lives miles from the club that they follow, with no affinity such as a family link to it, and only follows them because they are big and winning things...
RJBora wrote:I started to follow the club miles away with no affinity while they were mired in a Conference National relegation battle during the Alan Lewer / Gary Owers days. What does that make me? I mean, other than a masochist?
FGRWill wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05sh4lh
Here’s the interview from which the quotes you’ve read come from - it’s often better to hear them, as the words don’t always convey the tone.
RJBora wrote:Foggy wrote:My understanding of the term plastic is that it refers to someone who lives miles from the club that they follow, with no affinity such as a family link to it, and only follows them because they are big and winning things...
I started to follow the club miles away with no affinity while they were mired in a Conference National relegation battle during the Alan Lewer / Gary Owers days. What does that make me? I mean, other than a masochist?
Phil_mitchell wrote:Yeah that's what I meant by plastic
king giraffe III wrote:RJBora wrote:Foggy wrote:My understanding of the term plastic is that it refers to someone who lives miles from the club that they follow, with no affinity such as a family link to it, and only follows them because they are big and winning things...
I started to follow the club miles away with no affinity while they were mired in a Conference National relegation battle during the Alan Lewer / Gary Owers days. What does that make me? I mean, other than a masochist?
A Johnny come lately, n00b, glory hunter.
king giraffe III wrote:RJBora wrote:Foggy wrote:My understanding of the term plastic is that it refers to someone who lives miles from the club that they follow, with no affinity such as a family link to it, and only follows them because they are big and winning things...
I started to follow the club miles away with no affinity while they were mired in a Conference National relegation battle during the Alan Lewer / Gary Owers days. What does that make me? I mean, other than a masochist?
A Johnny come lately, n00b, glory hunter.
Timb wrote:Living in Stroud and supporting FGR isn't plastic but living in Stroud and supporting Arsenal including a trip to the odd match; I think you'll find that's the definition of a plastic![]()
Old Git wrote:ALAN LEWER!! My god there's a blast from the past. I had erased him from my memory. Thinking about it that was the last time I seriously considered not going to another game until the manager got the chop. Fortunately he got the chop.
twoguns wrote:Maybe we should label fans as we do marriages. Hear me out, I been married 33 years and supporting FGR since 2003, so this is my Silver anniversary as a fan. 25 years or as I prefer over a quarter of a Century. Mind you, now exiled in Cornwall I have only seen one game this season and that was abandoned at half time.
Perhaps I now fall into that plastic band too Mike? I hope not though fella.