Desp Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/laughable-brilliant-scottish-footballs-attempts-6723439#rlabs=61%20p$6 Â Wee mention for the bois in here. Â Grenade thrown... Â I'm sure we've all got an opinion on what the Bois, and various other 'Ultra' groups, do, but that article is laughably bad. Fits in rather well at the Daily Record, therefore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daver Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Our club and national teams can't come close to matching other teams around Europe. By the logic of that article we should just give up on football until we can play it as well as them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 The record generally prints pish but the story just highlights the main issue with these so called ultras. If you have several thousand in a stadium singing, setting off flares etc then rightly or wrongly it looks impressive but in Scotland when we try it with a few dozen "ultras" at most it just looks ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 The record generally prints pish but the story just highlights the main issue with these so called ultras. If you have several thousand in a stadium singing, setting off flares etc then rightly or wrongly it looks impressive but in Scotland when we try it with a few dozen "ultras" at most it just looks ridiculous. anyone who was at the Scotland v Poland game would probably agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadeofSteel Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 The record generally prints pish but the story just highlights the main issue with these so called ultras. If you have several thousand in a stadium singing, setting off flares etc then rightly or wrongly it looks impressive but in Scotland when we try it with a few dozen "ultras" at most it just looks ridiculous. This kind of opinion is exactly why Scottish football is dead on its arse. Article is a complete farce. Maybe we should just move to somewhere else in Europe and not try to make football games actually enjoyable off the park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 This kind of opinion is exactly why Scottish football is dead on its arse. Article is a complete farce. Maybe we should just move to somewhere else in Europe and not try to make football games actually enjoyable off the park.Who should move?Motherwell? You? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderpig Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Â It's a competition now? Challenge accepted! Â It's all lies, damned lies, and over-analysis of limited statistics anyway. This one is my favourite: "Of the 12 charges at Firhill in 2013-14, seven were during a Rangers versus Celtic under-17 game rather than in a game that involved the home team". FFS. Â It makes no difference to the courts whether people were charged for whatever they got up to at a toddlers kick about or the champions league final, the main issue is they were doing something against the law so they got lifted, simples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superward Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 It's an article from a tabloid, online written to generate hits on a website. Wouldnt get too worked up about it chaps. Â The whole 'bois' name was talked about on here too when it started out too and a lot deemed it as a bit silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pettywulliegrew-2 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 That's right, the police watched the green brigade tear up seats in the south stand, then did dawn raids on a few Motherwell fans, but was loosely portrayed to the media as if they'd arrested the culprits of the damage. That kind of indicates the problem, it's about numbers, easy targets and giving the impression action is being taken. 19 arrests is quite a lot, it means if you go to a Motherwell game at home you've got a 1/200 chance of getting lifted, away from home it's as low as 1/10.  Funny ............no mention of the conviction rate any where  Anybody know anybody that's got a conviction under this legislation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi-1991 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Aye I've never really understood the "bois" name. Is it just a nedish way of spelling boys? Or is there an actual reason for it? Would have thought that supporting a team known as the steelmen, they might use that in some way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Still room for improvement if we want to win this league! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropy Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Aye I've never really understood the "bois" name. Is it just a nedish way of spelling boys? Or is there an actual reason for it? Would have thought that supporting a team known as the steelmen, they might use that in some way. French for wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Still room for improvement if we want to win this league!Draw Airdrie away in the cup and we'll romp it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Â Â Surely it doesn't as this stat was over a season. Â I know. Was just kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzie Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Whisper it.... How do our stars compare to the seasons before the 'Well Bous were formed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadeofSteel Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Who should move? Motherwell? You? People who try to create to create an atmosphere. Obviously think you're a smart arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 People who try to create to create an atmosphere. Obviously think you're a smart arse.Absolutely no-one is stopping anyone creating an atmosphere, it's time to stop peddling this lie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin86 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Whisper it.... How do our stars compare to the seasons before the 'Well Bous were formed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin86 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 Bous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCusker Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 did the big bad stewards and polis dwn in ayrshire pick on our fans???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadeofSteel Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 did the big bad stewards and polis dwn in ayrshire pick on our fans???? You'll be pleased to know that no one tried to create an atmosphere today so those friendly stewards and police stayed away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCusker Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 You'll be pleased to know that no one tried to create an atmosphere today so those friendly stewards and police stayed away. Â thank christ for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_P Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Indeed Scottish football at it's finest. Â Queues because people were going to the wrong turnstile because it wasn't made clear which ones were ticket and which ones were pay at the gate, tickets not scanning, fans hemmed together into tight sections of a stand when there's a whole stand there all to watch an overpriced game on an artificial surface played out by two bang average sides in front of less than 4000 folk. Â It's afternoon's like yesterday that are made so so much better when the Bois do what they do best. Â Rightly or wrongly the general view is that the Bois made a mistake with the alignment with the Green Brigade recently, and at times they, or those who have latched on to them, have overstepped the perceived mark but I get the impression that there are some who seem to be quietly enjoying the criticism they are currently getting. Â Don't get me wrong the first priority for me when going to see Motherwell without question is to see the team win, but the enjoyment of the day has been regularly enhanced or in some cases salvaged by the atmosphere created by the Bois. In my eyes a matchday is all the poorer without their vocal encouragement of the team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 fans hemmed together into tight sections of a stand when there's a whole stand thereWhy do they make it the top part of the stand?It looks horrendous on the TV. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Wellfan 2k7 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Same reason we often close the bottom tier at Fir Park, I guess. The fact that your first thought is what it looks like on TV shows how pathetic the fan situation is. I don't attend games at the moment, for work reasons but my concern is still that we have less fans than some non-league sides in England- not the fact that the tv pictures compliment this fact. Probably paying the same wages as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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