Defending our club in the office/classroom

[EasternWest]

Re: Defending our club in the office/classroom

I always just respond with something like "time will tell".

Then, if we pound their team you can follow it up with "well we were better on the day". If we lose you can say "well, you were better on the day".

I find it's best to be even and measured, despite how I feel inside. Remember, bullies are only looking for emotive and visceral responses. If you don't give it to them, they lose interest.

[Twodogs]

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Rule one, never let a Collingwood flog rant on about their history and premierships.

I dont mind them ranting and raving. I find it quaint and a little bit comical so I just let them go.

[Cyberdoggie]

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Anyone who barracks for a side just because they win all the time is a sheep and has no brain.
Just remember you are the unique snowflake, not them.

You could also use the example of the yankees and the red sox.
Why would you go for the yankees, they win all the time and they are evil.
Imagine being a long suffering red sox fan after they won that first championship for 90 odd years. It would of been the best day of their lives. Whereas when a yankee fan would be over it in 5 minutes and would move on to more important matters like what's for dinner.

[LostDoggy]

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Anyone who barracks for a side just because they win all the time is a sheep and has no brain.
Just remember you are the unique snowflake, not them.

You could also use the example of the yankees and the red sox.
Why would you go for the yankees, they win all the time and they are evil.
Imagine being a long suffering red sox fan after they won that first championship for 90 odd years. It would of been the best day of their lives. Whereas when a yankee fan would be over it in 5 minutes and would move on to more important matters like what's for dinner.

I love the analaogy, I remember asking myslef in our dark years, why don't I barrack for a sucessful club. The answer was simple, just because I COULDN'T.
As you say WHEN we win the flag, it will just be so much more sweeter for all the wait we have had.

[always right]

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The response is quite simple.

You can never hope to emulate the elation bulldogs supporters will feel when our club finally breaks the drought. That day is nearer all the time

[Twodogs]

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I love the analaogy, I remember asking myslef in our dark years, why don't I barrack for a sucessful club. The answer was simple, just because I COULDN'T.
As you say WHEN we win the flag, it will just be so much more sweeter for all the wait we have had.

My son is 11 years old. Back in 2002 on the way home from yet another spineless thrashing at Etihad a little voice piped up from the back seat and said "Dad, do we have to barrack for the bulldogs?" When I told him that we did and didnt have any choice in the matter he asked that favorite question of 5 year olds "Why?".

I said it was because any dingbat could be a fan of Collingwood, Essendon or Carlton-I mean just have a look at their average supporter for proof of that-and that one day, one beautiful glorius day the bulldogs would come good and win a flag and all the pain we were going through then would make that success all the sweeter.


Gee it was good to see the smile on his face on saturday night!!!


Now for that last saturday in September!

[LostDoggy]

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I was one of the few Footscray supporters at school. At primary school (in the 70s) I used to get followed around on a Monday morning by a bunch of classmates chanting "What happened to Footscraaaay, what happened to Footscraaaay".

My only comeback then was that we were so strong because we were holding all the other teams up on the ladder.

Come on Dogs!! Win a premiership & I might be able to forget those childhood memories!!

[EasternWest]

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I was one of the few Footscray supporters at school. At primary school (in the 70s) I used to get followed around on a Monday morning by a bunch of classmates chanting "What happened to Footscraaaay, what happened to Footscraaaay".

My only comeback then was that we were so strong because we were holding all the other teams up on the ladder.

Come on Dogs!! Win a premiership & I might be able to forget those childhood memories!!

The only good thing about that chant was when I could sing it to my Collingwood following sister. God I hated that chant.

[Sedat]

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Just turn around and personally thank them for contributing financially to the funding of our new elite training facility - always guaranteed to give them the irates.

I also tend to use a musical analogy to fans of the larger clubs by likening the Bulldogs to a high quality acquired taste (such as 'Spoon'), and deriding the fans of bigger clubs as a the 'Nickelback' of the AFL (ie: a large bunch of meathead supporters who are mindless followers and cannot think for themselves - I usually save this analogy for the Collingwood supporting family I married into).

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: Defending our club in the office/classroom

Anyone who barracks for a side just because they win all the time is a sheep and has no brain.
Just remember you are the unique snowflake, not them.

You could also use the example of the yankees and the red sox.
Why would you go for the yankees, they win all the time and they are evil.
Imagine being a long suffering red sox fan after they won that first championship for 90 odd years. It would of been the best day of their lives. Whereas when a yankee fan would be over it in 5 minutes and would move on to more important matters like what's for dinner.

That's fine unless you died the year before aged 89.

[turfdog]

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BRB...A great author once called that sort of talk "incontinence of the tongue". Well in a few weeks time it will be "paralysis of the tongue". They'll have no comeback and you'll be holding your head high.

If they're year 12, they can only have seen games for the past 12 years or so, during which there have only been 4 Victorian teams win premierships, so we're not too far behind on that score.

Put it this way, would you rather barrack for a team that has some past glory and a garbage future, or one that everyone is scared of (except apparently your classmates who obviously haven't seen the bulldogs play lately).

[LostDoggy]

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Some of my combacks:

I barrack for a team not a franchise. (Collingwood supporters) Also - the AFL gets you to the grand final with your fixed fixture but they cant win the grand final for you.

Bulldog supporters are real supporters - nobody can accuse us of being bandwagon jumpers.

My team doesn't rape women, do drugs, cheat the salary cap,hang out with criminals.....(Carlton, West Coast, Essendon, North Melbourne)

My team is the only working class team left in the comp (Collingwood supporters hate that)

The members/supporters rallied to save my club - only one supporter stepped forward to save yours (Carlton again)

Still haven't developed a good comeback to Adelaide supporters - especially when they say how good it was to win the flag in 1997

Essendon - are the most common supporters up here - don't have a good come back really - just "you know Sheedy has gone right and the players don't like Knights" - or "when was the last time you beat the dogs?

There was a particularly obnoxious Carlton supporter who owned the local pub, who used to always get stuck into me about how broke the club was in 1989 - shame he wasn't around a few years ago when Carlton had to beg for money from the AFL:rolley

[Flamethrower]

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All through high school in the 80s I used to cop "Footscray for the VFA". Even during the early 2000s when Rohde took over I had to put up with garbage about how tragic we were, so it pretty sweet to follow one of the current powerhouses of the competition.

[LostDoggy]

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I remind Collingwood supporters of their claims to be the "Manchester United" of the AFL despite the fact that Man U actually win titles. Aside from that you can usually find something depending on who the twat barracks for. I'd rather watch the Dogs with their one premiership cup lighting up the field than watch Richmond, Carlton etc playing their shithouse brand of footy. The best thing you can do is shrug your shoulders and say "I've got other stuff in my life that is far more important than footy so whatever happens, happens"

[jazzadogs]

Re: Defending our club in the office/classroom

I remind Collingwood supporters of their claims to be the "Manchester United" of the AFL despite the fact that Man U actually win titles. Aside from that you can usually find something depending on who the twat barracks for. I'd rather watch the Dogs with their one premiership cup lighting up the field than watch Richmond, Carlton etc playing their shithouse brand of footy. The best thing you can do is shrug your shoulders and say "I've got other stuff in my life that is far more important than footy so whatever happens, happens"

But I don't want to lie...