xparksider wrote:IMO. True supporters offer support for the team through good and bad times. The team have given us all 10years of great times, not just good, and now times are not good. This is when true supporters stand by the team.
If a builders' house starts to fall to pieces because he looses 3 or 4 parts of it. Say, the supporting beams or props (let's call them Peacock and Leuluai), and the main power supply and power distribution system, (let's call them Sinfield and Aiton).
He starts to rebuild the house and installs a new power supply (McGuire) and uses second hand props and distribution system all imported from Australia.
He's looking forward to success in his re- build but knows it will take a long time before he has anything like the dream house he had a short while ago.
Then he hits another big problem, the new power supply breaks down after a very short time and then he looses most of his tools to do the job plus the remaining tools don't work as well as they used to.
This house will take a lot longer to re-build than anybody thought, even when all his best tools are found again.
Out of interest, does the name "xparksider" have any particular relevance that we should know about if/when we engage in a discussion of fan loyalty?
