Quote ="Dyson"People need to start understanding there is no job description that makes you a real fan. I understand some people think going to every game makes you a true fan, some people think standing in the south stand, or banging a drum makes you a true fan.
I guess what I am saying, everybody is different with different personal circumstances. Anybody going to watch the wire, in my opinion should be classed a fan............end of!
(unless their behaviour is a bad reflection on the club, then I don't want them near)'"
This is exactly right.
There is no way of defining a "true fan", I suppose that from time to time there are just people who take being one fan to a greater extreme than is usual (for example the people that attend every single game in the season, or deck their house out in primrose and blue etc).
I know a guy who followed Warrington all his life but hasn't been to a game (not even Wembley) over the past few years due to awful health. He still does all he can to follow and support the club. Nobody is going to call him "not a true fan".
As for glory supporters. I think they are a good thing. They are a sign of success that can only bring extra revenue and prestige to the club.
What I dislike about glory supporters;
A) the small minority that seem to place alcohol and fighting above rugby,
B) the way in which they (often) tend to be the quickest ones to start complaining when we don't win every single game,
C) people who make ridiculous comments after seeing one game (e.g. my next door neighbour went to Wembley and it was his first ever RL match, when he saw me the next day he had a five minute rant about the ref, WTF).
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I used to fear losing THE record but the whole thing has become a millstone now and I'd be quite happy to see the back of it, so we can play the important game out like a normal derby between two great sides without the fear of the law of averages kicking in, it being destiny or it being in the stars and all that crap!
