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chateauferret Flag 22 Aug 18 5.30pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Personally I don't think that's true at all. It wasn't that long ago that we couldn't buy a win at home despite the so called wonderful atmosphere.

That has nothing to do with the atmosphere and everything to do with Pardew.

 


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Kant Flag exeter 22 Aug 18 5.48pm Send a Private Message to Kant Add Kant as a friend

“Would you have been one of the ones to move if it had worked in there favour or do you sit elsewhere ?”

Elsewhere, so I accept the implied accusation that it’s easy for me to say. However I’m not far away and if they ever wanted my seat for the greater good then I wouldn’t have a problem with it.

At the end of the day, it’s just a plastic seat for goodness sake. Give them a copy of ‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ and tell them to get over it. I know I’d rather sit in a different seat and enjoy a cracking atmosphere with the stand rocking, than remain where I am watching in a sterile atmosphere.

Before the Holmesdale stand was built the hardcore singers were free to congregate in a central position behind the goal. Going all seater and reducing the capacity put a stop to that. By organising, the HF have been able to recreate those conditions with a few modern embellishments. And it has been a tremendous success. In the anodyne, corporate PL era, our atmosphere stands out. It’s admired on a global basis. It’s what makes us different. And now we want to chuck it away! So self destructive; so Palace.

 

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AERO Flag 22 Aug 18 6.00pm Send a Private Message to AERO Add AERO as a friend

Good post . Steve Parish was quick to prais the Hf and included them in his advertising campaign when promoting all the good things about cpfc .So why no comments regarding situation? Before everyone says get over it it’s only 100 or so , It’s obvious that they have been missed and underestimated there Backing . Needs a solution or a part of our identity will be lost for good .

 

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est1905 Flag 22 Aug 18 6.03pm Send a Private Message to est1905 Add est1905 as a friend

All of these points made on both sides are fair points. It doesn't change the fact though that love or hate them the HF walked away. Withdrawn support or disbanded as an inner fanbase. Whatever way you look at it they are gone. Ok, some believe they are at the games distributed amongst us but that still removes their presence and their organisation from the club.
This was their choice, no one elses. The club did not ask nor force destruction. That was self imposed. Whats done is done. I personal wont miss them that much but I accept others will and I suppose I sympathise but either way as a club, as a fanbase we must move on.
They may decide to reform and return. Either immediately and bit by bit behind the goal. Or maybe they will wait until the main stand is built. Maybe we'll never see them again. Who knows but no one is bigger than the club. We must move on.

 

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thegreatlardino Flag crawley/selsey 22 Aug 18 6.11pm Send a Private Message to thegreatlardino Add thegreatlardino as a friend

didnt realise this was happening until monday, so whats really happened have they had some big strop and sulking with their banners? or sitting in the old stand not speaking???

 


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c_block_shedevil Flag London 22 Aug 18 6.51pm Send a Private Message to c_block_shedevil Add c_block_shedevil as a friend

Originally posted by Rudi Hedman

Were you singing or do you sing?

Of the hundreds of BBS whiners, they can’t all be singers so are whining nobody is doing it ‘for the club’ or ‘the greater good’ etc I’ve read recently. I bet their voices weren’t hoarse on Tuesday morning either.

Yes I do sing. What's the BBS got to do with this? This is the HOL.

I do agree with you that people are lying when they say they sing non stop for the whole game. I can admit that I don't sing non-stop for the whole game.

However if you have a go at someone got not singing you will no doubt be retorted by the 'I can support the club however I like'... 'I've been a fan since the 1930s,....'I pay so I can do what I like' etc

 


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spartakev2 Flag Anerley 22 Aug 18 7.14pm Send a Private Message to spartakev2 Add spartakev2 as a friend

Originally posted by c_block_shedevil

Yes I do sing. What's the BBS got to do with this? This is the HOL.

I do agree with you that people are lying when they say they sing non stop for the whole game. I can admit that I don't sing non-stop for the whole game.

However if you have a go at someone got not singing you will no doubt be retorted by the 'I can support the club however I like'... 'I've been a fan since the 1930s,....'I pay so I can do what I like' etc

Which is absolutely correct.I've been a palace fan for 47 years. I sing now and again, usually when we're doing well. Not so much when we're doing badly. Guess that makes me a bad fan.

 

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spartakev2 Flag Anerley 22 Aug 18 7.18pm Send a Private Message to spartakev2 Add spartakev2 as a friend

Originally posted by est1905

All of these points made on both sides are fair points. It doesn't change the fact though that love or hate them the HF walked away. Withdrawn support or disbanded as an inner fanbase. Whatever way you look at it they are gone. Ok, some believe they are at the games distributed amongst us but that still removes their presence and their organisation from the club.
This was their choice, no one elses. The club did not ask nor force destruction. That was self imposed. Whats done is done. I personal wont miss them that much but I accept others will and I suppose I sympathise but either way as a club, as a fanbase we must move on.
They may decide to reform and return. Either immediately and bit by bit behind the goal. Or maybe they will wait until the main stand is built. Maybe we'll never see them again. Who knows but no one is bigger than the club. We must move on.

Sums it up perfectly for me. Whatever we think about thd loss of thd atmosphere, it's thd HF who have decided to jack it in. And from what I can see, have burnt their bridges, fir this season af least. So time to move on.

 

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Painter Flag Croydon 22 Aug 18 8.27pm Send a Private Message to Painter Add Painter as a friend

Originally posted by AERO

Good post . Steve Parish was quick to prais the Hf and included them in his advertising campaign when promoting all the good things about cpfc .So why no comments regarding situation? Before everyone says get over it it’s only 100 or so , It’s obvious that they have been missed and underestimated there Backing . Needs a solution or a part of our identity will be lost for good .


They choose to disband nobody forced them out. If you think our identity as a club is defined by a 100 people singing and waving banners, your misguided. Its whats happens on the pitch that counts, very little else.
Do you want to be in league 1 like Sunderland, but have wonderful fans who 30,000 still go to home games.

Edited by Painter (22 Aug 2018 8.28pm)

 

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Leecpfc Flag Praying for love in a lapdance... 22 Aug 18 8.46pm Send a Private Message to Leecpfc Add Leecpfc as a friend

I want to sit next to Steve Parish but that Mark Bright is always there.

Current status; boycotting.
Singing levels; low.
Current mood; hungry.
Life expectancy; unknown.

 


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.TUX. Flag 22 Aug 18 9.00pm

Originally posted by est1905

All of these points made on both sides are fair points. It doesn't change the fact though that love or hate them the HF walked away. Withdrawn support or disbanded as an inner fanbase. Whatever way you look at it they are gone. Ok, some believe they are at the games distributed amongst us but that still removes their presence and their organisation from the club.
This was their choice, no one elses. The club did not ask nor force destruction. That was self imposed. Whats done is done. I personal wont miss them that much but I accept others will and I suppose I sympathise but either way as a club, as a fanbase we must move on.
They may decide to reform and return. Either immediately and bit by bit behind the goal. Or maybe they will wait until the main stand is built. Maybe we'll never see them again. Who knows but no one is bigger than the club. We must move on.

But it also appears that our club have not aided those that have done more for our club, outside of the boardroom, than anyone else for many years now.
Your stance, along with others, is tainted because you personally won't miss them. Fine.
Sorry to piss on your parade but it's not about you, others or me for that matter, it's about losing something that only we have in this league. Something that only we, still a small fish in a big pond, are recognised for. And now it appears that in the best period in our clubs history.........we, as a club, somehow go and f*** it up.
This is a huge loss. The best display that Wembley has ever seen for The Cup Final (that you also wallowed in i guess???????) was easily worth the 'Freedom of Selhurst' imo for a good few years let alone the effort that the lads put into many others at home.

Our loss as a club. Simple as that.


 


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manwitheagletattoo Flag Somewhere in England 22 Aug 18 9.30pm Send a Private Message to manwitheagletattoo Add manwitheagletattoo as a friend

As far as I can work out, no one knows exactly what has gone on between the club and the HF, IF anything, but the conclusion is now that it’s all the HF fault they have throw toys out of their pram because they couldn’t get their own way. something doesn’t make sense here

 


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