[Albion] Romas in ground atmosphere

[dazzer6666]

Boxpark isn’t about atmosphere it’s about money. Bringing him in isn’t going to help your average fan, it’s just a DFL trying to rewrite the history of Sussex (again) but it’s got no emotional attachment to the club.

Yep, but it's seemingly happening

 

[PeterT]

That made me chuckle.

Is chuckling the intended response or was it meant to be offensive? And are we the first British side to play them since she died or do they bust that banner out every time?

Maybe we could get them back by making a banner saying Romanes Eunt Domus?

Wannabe Green Brigade, clearly

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Wannabe Green Brigade, clearly

Who/what are the green brigade?

 

[Questions]

WW1 & 2

Oh sorry you’re talking about the war.

 

[Ike and Tina Burner]

That made me chuckle.

Is chuckling the intended response or was it meant to be offensive? And are we the first British side to play them since she died or do they bust that banner out every time?

Maybe we could get them back by making a banner saying Romanes Eunt Domus?

They were also holding their phones against the plastic barrier with all sorts of different images on. Palace badges and the Queen were the most common. Not sure why they bothered tbh

 

[Oh_aye]

Not condoning throwing of stuff of course, but lots of young Brighton fans spent more time goading the Roma through the plastic walls than watching the match. Not surprised if that resulted in retaliation given the rep of Italian fans

Not just young ones. One bloke with white hair made a beeline straight for them to wave his Lazio scarf in their faces.

 

[Ike and Tina Burner]

Not condoning throwing of stuff of course, but lots of young Brighton fans spent more time goading the Roma through the plastic walls than watching the match. Not surprised if that resulted in retaliation given the rep of Italian fans

They like to throw shit. I suspect if nobody did anything back that would have encouraged them just as much, maybe more. They're the type that see a lack of hostility as an opportunity.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

They were also holding their phones against the plastic barrier with all sorts of different images on. Palace badges and the Queen were the most common. Not sure why they bothered tbh

It doesn't do it for me. I'm just not going to get apoplectic with rage if someone waves a photo of the palace badge or the says something mean about the queen to me.

Did it work on anyone? Were there Brighton fans jumping up and down in fury at the temerity of showing the palace badge? If anything I'm quite impressed they knew who Palace were and that they were our rivals considering that when we got promoted no one else in England appeared aware of the fact.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Funny that they have that atmosphere in a shared stadium that has an athletics track around it, which here would both be used as excuses for a poor atmosphere.

Just like Withdean, but with circa ten times the capacity, and a thousand times the atmosphere.

 

[7dialssouthpaw]

WW1 & 2

not WW1 - they won that one

 

[dazzer6666]

Not just young ones. One bloke with white hair made a beeline straight for them to wave his Lazio scarf in their faces.

I did chuckle at the steward laughing and joining in with the the 'Forza Lazio' chant as he filmed it

 

[hart's shirt]

"You can stick your carbonara up your arse"?

Just make sure you don't go pasta the point of no return.

 

[Justice]

Not just young ones. One bloke with white hair made a beeline straight for them to wave his Lazio scarf in their faces.

Football fans are an oddly mixed bunch so far we’ve had a racist a bloke who abuses women and now this fella waving a scarf of our hosts rivals. The top tier folks need to look at themselves

 

[BUTTERBALL]

I thought they were louder than Marseille - was a cracking atmosphere.

 

[dazzer6666]

Club just advised they recommended bus .....not to actively avoid taking a cab !

Anyway all good

Everything I read beforehand (not just the club stuff) said avoid the bridge and area around it - I was going to walk to the stadium but decided not to when it was apparent after walking around down there earlier in the week that going around that side of the ground was the only logical way in (although I did see a very small number of people being allowed into the bus drop-off on foot as we queued to get in - they presumably didn't antagonise their taxi drivers into dropping them in the middle of the enemy )

 

[Brian Fantana]

Marseille was several times louder than last night. Having done that one, I found Roma quite disappointing by comparison.

 

[Talby]

Yep, but it's seemingly happening

Money talks.

 

[PeterT]

not WW1 - they won that one

Yes but they still changed sides. Were originally on the German side but switched over when they were promised we would get them back Trieste and somewhere else from the Austro-Hungarian empire if they helped us defeat them.

 

[dazzer6666]

They were also holding their phones against the plastic barrier with all sorts of different images on. Palace badges and the Queen were the most common. Not sure why they bothered tbh

Chanting 'Forza Lazio' was more effective, they didn't seem to like that much - presumably they didn't know any of the black-clad wankstain chants from up the road to throw back at us

 

[London Irish]

Didn’t exactly cover selves in glory what with stabbings, insulting banners and throwing missiles. A side from that, they’re lovely people.

Zero evidence Roma fans were involved in the robbery and its bollocks like that which will cause trouble next week. Insulting banners, oh my