Quote from: cdbullyweefan on July 06, 2017, 02:06:25 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on July 06, 2017, 01:52:37 PMQuote from: cdbullyweefan on July 06, 2017, 01:40:52 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on July 06, 2017, 01:34:51 PMFollowing a sports team isn't like dating a girl you just met. You can't just walk away because you dislike something however much you think you can. You might threaten it. You might even avoid it for a bit but it is so ingrained in your life that it will suck you back in. And if Terry's arrival churns your stomach but he helps to win games, we get promoted and then leaves you'll forget he ever existed.Of course you can walk away. Thousands already have.Walking away, means precisely that. I don't mean not buying a ticket or a new shirt when it comes out. I mean stopping caring altogether. Never talking about Villa, never looking for the score, taking up another hobby. It's not that easy given that many people will have their social circles built around it.You mean it would be difficult for you. It probably would be for me, too. Not everyone though. I've known plenty of people who have been regular attendees at Villa (or down the road) who lose all interest and couldn't tell you if or who their team are playing on a weekly basis.You've stayed that "you can't just walk away". Lots of people do, all the time.And they never look at Villa results again, or talk about the club with friends? Something that they might have done previously for 20 years. You have to have some resolve to completely detach yourself from something you were so passionate about.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on July 06, 2017, 01:52:37 PMQuote from: cdbullyweefan on July 06, 2017, 01:40:52 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on July 06, 2017, 01:34:51 PMFollowing a sports team isn't like dating a girl you just met. You can't just walk away because you dislike something however much you think you can. You might threaten it. You might even avoid it for a bit but it is so ingrained in your life that it will suck you back in. And if Terry's arrival churns your stomach but he helps to win games, we get promoted and then leaves you'll forget he ever existed.Of course you can walk away. Thousands already have.Walking away, means precisely that. I don't mean not buying a ticket or a new shirt when it comes out. I mean stopping caring altogether. Never talking about Villa, never looking for the score, taking up another hobby. It's not that easy given that many people will have their social circles built around it.You mean it would be difficult for you. It probably would be for me, too. Not everyone though. I've known plenty of people who have been regular attendees at Villa (or down the road) who lose all interest and couldn't tell you if or who their team are playing on a weekly basis.You've stayed that "you can't just walk away". Lots of people do, all the time.
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on July 06, 2017, 01:40:52 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on July 06, 2017, 01:34:51 PMFollowing a sports team isn't like dating a girl you just met. You can't just walk away because you dislike something however much you think you can. You might threaten it. You might even avoid it for a bit but it is so ingrained in your life that it will suck you back in. And if Terry's arrival churns your stomach but he helps to win games, we get promoted and then leaves you'll forget he ever existed.Of course you can walk away. Thousands already have.Walking away, means precisely that. I don't mean not buying a ticket or a new shirt when it comes out. I mean stopping caring altogether. Never talking about Villa, never looking for the score, taking up another hobby. It's not that easy given that many people will have their social circles built around it.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on July 06, 2017, 01:34:51 PMFollowing a sports team isn't like dating a girl you just met. You can't just walk away because you dislike something however much you think you can. You might threaten it. You might even avoid it for a bit but it is so ingrained in your life that it will suck you back in. And if Terry's arrival churns your stomach but he helps to win games, we get promoted and then leaves you'll forget he ever existed.Of course you can walk away. Thousands already have.
Following a sports team isn't like dating a girl you just met. You can't just walk away because you dislike something however much you think you can. You might threaten it. You might even avoid it for a bit but it is so ingrained in your life that it will suck you back in. And if Terry's arrival churns your stomach but he helps to win games, we get promoted and then leaves you'll forget he ever existed.
Some people of a certain age are just looking for a reason 'never to step foot in the place again'. Our owner, our Manager and now Terry - truth is you just don't love the Villa like you did when you were younger. Football as you knew it has gone - never to return, adapt or get yourself an allotment, but stop looking for a scapegoat.
I'd imagine the majority that are boycotting are doing so knowing it won't change anything, so it's not to achieve anything apart from doing what they feel is right for them.
Does it really matter? Why can't folks just say something like "that choice isn't for me and I disagree with it, but I respect your/their choice" instead of trying to pick holes in it? I really don't get why so many don't seem to want to do that.
People can withdraw their support for whatever reason they want. In the same way as people can turn up in full John Terry Chelsea kit and mask etc if they want to. It doesn't mean boycotting the club stops them supporting Villa, it means they don't feel comfortable putting money into the club while Terry is employed by the club, or for any other reason they feel is appropriate for them. Seems weird to me that some folks just can't respect that things like that are right for some people.
I fully appreciate everyone has a view, and is entitled to boycott/support it as they wish - it's a free country. However, I do hope that at some point between now and August we can get on with supporting Terry (for those that want to) but more importantly the team as a whole rather than keep going over old ground. It really is a massive season ahead.