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at the Swindon game i was accused by the woman who stands next to me of not taking saints games serious enough,

 

regularly read this forum, only occasionally post,

 

Been a saints regular since the late 60's, season ticket holder in the northam, do about 6-10 away games a season love the match day experience, which starts as soon as i get to the pub at 12.30, enjoy the whole day with a smile, love verbally praising or abusing the players whichever seems fit on the day, yes i often may say unpopular comments, but they are my opinion as i see it. if saints lose i soon get over it, if saints don't go up this season, que sera sera, i will still renew my season tickets, basically i do have a life away from football.

 

How serious or blinded should you be as a saints Fan ?

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at the Swindon game i was accused by the woman who stands next to me of not taking saints games serious enough,

 

regularly read this forum, only occasionally post,

 

Been a saints regular since the late 60's, season ticket holder in the northam, do about 6-10 away games a season love the match day experience, which starts as soon as i get to the pub at 12.30, enjoy the whole day with a smile, love verbally praising or abusing the players whichever seems fit on the day, yes i often may say unpopular comments, but they are my opinion as i see it. if saints lose i soon get over it, if saints don't go up this season, que sera sera, i will still renew my season tickets, basically i do have a life away from football.

 

How serious or blinded should you be as a saints Fan ?

 

You should have asked her what the best washing powder is to get those shirts back to bright white after the game.

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You should live more than 3,000 miles away.

 

Each trip to watch a game should cost you in excess of 600 pounds in air fares and car rentals

 

You should sit up until at least 2am to listen to intermittent commentary

 

You should buy at least one rubbish quality Polo or Tee-Shirt each visit and you should also have bought a full set for your (in many cases) foreign girlfriend or wife.

 

You should spend hours surfing indecipherable foreign language web sites to attempt to see where and when your team might be shown on telly and you will spend an average of an hour a week on Skype or the mobile discussing all matters Saints with your buddies.

 

Anything less than that and you are only a pathetic uber-fan

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Frankly, if you took Saints really seriously it could drive you suicidal, or psychotic. Or a curious middle ground between the two.

 

The last 6 years have given me an almost detached view at times.... The good things we do still really feel great but if things go wrong... c'est la vie.

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I sometimes wish I could be more laid back about results than I am. Pretty sad, but it genuinely affects my mood for the next 48hrs at least usually. I suppose the only thing that keeps me coming back is that the pleasure of the win continues to out weigh the misery of the defeat. There have been so many times when I've said to myself 'what the hell am I doing'?! Most recently when in a hotel room in Hartlepool after that awful 0-0 on a Tuesday night having parted with about £200! But sure enough I was back at Colchester yesterday. Think I need to a good woman.

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I sometimes wish I could be more laid back about results than I am. Pretty sad, but it genuinely affects my mood for the next 48hrs at least usually. I suppose the only thing that keeps me coming back is that the pleasure of the win continues to out weigh the misery of the defeat. There have been so many times when I've said to myself 'what the hell am I doing'?! Most recently when in a hotel room in Hartlepool after that awful 0-0 on a Tuesday night having parted with about £200! But sure enough I was back at Colchester yesterday. Think I need to a good woman.

 

I could have written that, word for word.

 

Plenty of ponies on Exmoor!

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I used to take losing very badly and it would ruin my weekend, make me feel **** for the rest of the day. Now I tend to enjoy the day more, have a drink and a sing song. The result matters obviously, but it doesn't ruin my weekend in the way it used to.

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at the Swindon game i was accused by the woman who stands next to me of not taking saints games serious enough,

 

regularly read this forum, only occasionally post,

 

Been a saints regular since the late 60's, season ticket holder in the northam, do about 6-10 away games a season love the match day experience, which starts as soon as i get to the pub at 12.30, enjoy the whole day with a smile, love verbally praising or abusing the players whichever seems fit on the day, yes i often may say unpopular comments, but they are my opinion as i see it. if saints lose i soon get over it, if saints don't go up this season, que sera sera, i will still renew my season tickets, basically i do have a life away from football.

 

How serious or blinded should you be as a saints Fan ?

 

when she chastised you, were chatting about the previous evenings soaps/price of fuel/Peter Andre etc? I ****ing hate going to a game only to be surrounded by people chatting about this kind of stuff. That's what half time and the pub before and after the game is for.

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There have been so many times when I've said to myself 'what the hell am I doing'?! Most recently when in a hotel room in Hartlepool after that awful 0-0 on a Tuesday night having parted with about £200!

 

Simple. Don't pick up rentboys after a disappointing result. Saves the catholic guilt too.

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when she chastised you, were chatting about the previous evenings soaps/price of fuel/Peter Andre etc? I ****ing hate going to a game only to be surrounded by people chatting about this kind of stuff. That's what half time and the pub before and after the game is for.

 

i think it was at the time saints were 1.0 up but playing pretty poor, i said to my son, swindon are going to score, lets hope its sooner so we wake things up, rather than late in the game so we end up with a draw,

 

i too hate anyone talking about soaps etc during the game

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You should live more than 3,000 miles away.

 

Each trip to watch a game should cost you in excess of 600 pounds in air fares and car rentals

 

You should sit up until at least 2am to listen to intermittent commentary

 

You should buy at least one rubbish quality Polo or Tee-Shirt each visit and you should also have bought a full set for your (in many cases) foreign girlfriend or wife.

 

You should spend hours surfing indecipherable foreign language web sites to attempt to see where and when your team might be shown on telly and you will spend an average of an hour a week on Skype or the mobile discussing all matters Saints with your buddies.

 

Anything less than that and you are only a pathetic uber-fan

 

Does she have to be foriegn or will it work for a brit?

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Judging by this forum, you should be on the edge of a nervous breakdown, with a knife against your wrist and standing on the edge of the Itchen Bridge with bricks tied to your ankles. Pretty serious, really.

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Nothing is as important as anybody thinks it is.

 

I don't know though; how about breathing?

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You should never go to games, never buy anything from the club site, contribute nothing to the club, rant at every loss and hide behind the keyboard with an anonymous user name. It is the only way to be taken seriously. You know it makes sense.

 

I do all that except this is my real name....

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I sometimes wish I could be more laid back about results than I am. Pretty sad, but it genuinely affects my mood for the next 48hrs at least usually. I suppose the only thing that keeps me coming back is that the pleasure of the win continues to out weigh the misery of the defeat. There have been so many times when I've said to myself 'what the hell am I doing'?! Most recently when in a hotel room in Hartlepool after that awful 0-0 on a Tuesday night having parted with about £200! But sure enough I was back at Colchester yesterday. Think I need to a good woman.

 

Sad - that's not sad! I am geniunely STILL ****ed off about the Walsall result. Honestly......

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Is that one of Jills cats on your avatar?

 

'Fraid not Stanley; Jill's cats are just tabby moggies unfortunately. They were supposed to be "pedigree" Bengals but are just cross breeds. Meh.

If you check the pads, they are pink and black, not all black which Bengals are.

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I will kill myself if we don't get automatic promotion. But not before I go on a murderous rampage through a busy shopping centre.

 

Just so I know, which one will it be?

 

make it westquay deppo, I f*cking hate that place.

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'Fraid not Stanley; Jill's cats are just tabby moggies unfortunately. They were supposed to be "pedigree" Bengals but are just cross breeds. Meh.

If you check the pads, they are pink and black, not all black which Bengals are.

 

Who gives a flying ashtray, cats are sh1t!!

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