STRANGE PEOPLE...................

Now we are in the PL I am still amazed how many people from Cardiff go on about how "their team" is going to beat us etc..............I say to them what part of Manchester/Liverpool etc are you from then?......they then try and explain why they support these teams against their own City team even though they have never, in most cases, seen their chosen team play,...............only in footbal eh?

Hypothetically if Cardiff now became an overnight success in the prem, and in 5 years time we were up near the top of the table fighting it out with the big boys. How many Man U and Liverpool fans do you think would revert to supporting Cardiff? I know 1 or 2 that have changed already.

It's laughable innit.

In my book if you've never watched your team play you do not support them so cannot call yourself a "supporter"!

It's laughable innit.

In my book if you've never watched your team play you do not support them so cannot call yourself a "supporter"!

totally agree, I am sure that as we continue to remain in the PL the "support" for these other teams will lessen. Just amazes me how "some locals" want us to fail against "their" team. Glory hunters - that is all they are in most cases

honestly on my life,theres a fella at the tOP end of our street and he wears a LEED UTD TOP,what a CLASS CU*T EH. CCFC

Though,when I went to Notts County(late 70's I think) I met a local who'd supported the City all his life.

Though,when I went to Notts County(late 70's I think) I met a local who'd supported the City all his life.

To me though that seems more acceptable as he could hardly be classed as a "glory hunter" at that time in our history

Now we are in the PL I am still amazed how many people from Cardiff go on about how "their team" is going to beat us etc..............I say to them what part of Manchester/Liverpool etc are you from then?......they then try and explain why they support these teams against their own City team even though they have never, in most cases, seen their chosen team play,...............only in footbal eh?

If they have supported that team for years and have spent thousands travelling to watch them that team why is there a problem?

Fickleness, glory hunting or whatever you want to label it has always been part of football culture as much as those who are loyal and follow their local side.

Indeed Asia and America wouldn't be such lucrative markets if that mentality didn't exist.

That said I have always thought supporting a super club 100's of miles away over a local club is a little sad but that's just me and everyone is entitled to do what makes them most happy.

Now we are in the PL I am still amazed how many people from Cardiff go on about how "their team" is going to beat us etc..............I say to them what part of Manchester/Liverpool etc are you from then?......they then try and explain why they support these teams against their own City team even though they have never, in most cases, seen their chosen team play,...............only in footbal eh?

If they have supported that team for years and have spent thousands travelling to watch them that team why is there a problem?

Fickleness, glory hunting or whatever you want to label it has always been part of football culture as much as those who are loyal and follow their local side.

Indeed Asia and America wouldn't be such lucrative markets if that mentality didn't exist.

That said I have always thought supporting a super club 100's of miles away over a local club is a little sad but that's just me and everyone is entitled to do what makes them most happy.

Appreciate your views and respect their choice, to some extent, but like you say "choosing bigger clubs rather than their local team" does grate me - particularly when they have never seen that team play?