Gameday Experience: SJEQ v. RBNY, July 27th 2008. Huckerby's Home Debut.

Geez, maybe because you are WRONG.

Hey, I know. You were cheering and singing so loudly on your own you couldn't hear anything else going on in the stadium.

 

How in the f**k is that elitist? I guess the word "elitist" has become the latest word bomb. Throw it even if you don't know what it means. I don't think these guys believe they are members of an elite.

 

The day game crowd is not the same with the evening game ones, at times it can get dead silent in the stadium that you can hear the traffic on the street, maybe its the heat, maybe its too early but as far as the teams' performance against RBNY, they looked more potent to score but did not capitalized on the many chances and break aways, you can see Huckerby's genius when he makes his runs on and off the ball, he knows how to get open and make plays and should get more touches. Lima is tough and for the most part cut off Juan Pablo away from the play and the way Sealy positioned himself through out the game gives you a glimpsed as to why he's a scoring threat, he just couldn't finish the many chances including a break away play, but I expect him to have more success as the season continues. Yallop system works is just a matter of execution.

 

But it's okay for you to have an elitist attitude? Can you spell hypocrisy?

I'm in the Casbah. I proudly stand and chant and sing with the rest. We aren't there to entertain you. We're there to support the boys on the pitch. And we'd certainly like it if the rest of the crowd joined in. If not, we'll go about our business of singing and chanting.

Step it up. Go Krazy George on us... Then we'll listen to what you have to say about us...

 

I'm getting sick of everyone criticizing the supporters groups.

There's nothing "elitist" about us. San Jose Earthquakes supporters groups are among the most egalitarian, diverse, democratic, and open organizations in the history of humankind. Even first allegiance to the Quakes is not a requirement. We have fans of DC United, Red Bulls (fortunately he wasn't there today), and the Columbus Crew among our members. The ONLY absolute duty of a Quakes supporter, as far as I can deduce, is to hate the Galaxy.

When supporters urge critics to "come join us," they're not kidding. They mean it. I think I speak for every member of both the Casbah and 1906 Ultras in saying we would like the whole stadium joining in. We would like EVERYONE to be a member.

How elitist of us.

 

My season tickets are high up in Section D (overall it offers a nice view of the field)........a few empty seats in section D today......and some people had issues with other people standing a couple times.....

IMO Section D seems to be an odd mix of people who get excited and stand when there's a break away or corner/free kick and those who don't.....

but overall I enjoyed the game........I could hear both supporter groups.....casbah a bit better because they might be a bit closer to Section D.....the signs that welcomed Lima and Huckerby were a nice touch.

Was great seeing the new guys.......and I felt like the air was sucked out of the stadium when the "own goal" happen.........thank goodness Huckerby brought the place back to life....

One time I fainlty heard a New York red Bulls chant, that was quickly doused by a loud booing response from quake fans.........never hear a peep from the new yorkers at all the rest of the game...

I just hope and pray we beat LA next week.........wish it was a night game...

 

I agree with what you said, but this line was pretty hilarious...

 

Hyperbole doesn't really work as well on the internet. You need words like almost and practically.

 

That's why I said, "among."

 

Hey, you're the litigator.

 

Simple Answer... yes. In general the more someone pays for a ticket, the less likely they're there to cheer. It's the same in baseball and football as well I've found. The best fans are always in the bleachers and nosebleeds respectively in those sports as well.

 

Well of note it was the smallest crowd of the season today by a few hundred folks. I know I wasn't there due to Comic-Con in San Diego.

 

There is a difference between being the member of an elite and being an elitist. One who is an elitist may not necessarily be the member of that elite:

elitist |əˈlētist; āˈlētist|
noun
a person who believes that a system or society should be ruled or dominated by an elite.
• a person who believes that they belong to an elite : designers are a bunch of elitists who don't live in the real world.
adjective
favoring, advocating, or restricted to an elite : the old, elitist image of the string quartet.

 

The noon start meant the sun was high in the sky and so it was sunny and less breezy than the last day game even if it wasn't as hot. In any case, day games are just bad. People are most sloth-like and it shows.

It didn't seem like as many of the Ultras were there, but I'm always impressed with how good they look even with so few people and I enjoyed their signs very much. They make me wish I was young enough to stand with them. Those of you that are, should.

The Casbah seemed more full, but didn't chant some of the stuff I'm used to hearing like "dig a hole and bury him" when #13 had all those histrionics.

I think in general, the tight confines of Buck Shaw are part of the problem. Everyone is tolerant of being jammed in, but if does cramp your cheering style when it's hard to even move.

I think it hurt a lot splitting up season ticket holder groups that had been in the same sections together for 3 or 4 or 5 years since they kept there same season seats year after the year.

I think it's problematic not to have a decent in stadium announcer.

I think it hurts in setting up the game to seem important to not line the teams up and make them stand there for line up announcements.

I think it hurts we're not winning. I think it really hurts bopping back and forth to McAfee.

I think some of the players aren't doing their part to bond with the fans.

 

I agree the early start time is a killer and it was hot, thats no excuse by any means and I personally felt we could have been way better but there is always next week. I am getting a bit sick of some of the trolls (another thread) telling us and the Casbah we suck but whatever. I am a bit perplexed as to why the players are not more open to the fans. Other countries and other cities within MLS the players will applaud the fans and maybe go high five a few people but at least do a lap around the pitch to show their appreciation. Our boys almost always just walk of the pitch with out as much as a look to the crowd. It happened again yesterday, I hope it was just that they we hot and wanted a shower but still a nod and a clap would be nice.

 

think I read some place the crowd size was 9,075 or something close to that

 

That actually may be a touch generous, there were a lot of areas of empty seats. Like I have said I really think these 12:00 starts are a big part of the problem.

 

What's more, you don't have to spend $25 to come stand with either the Casbah or 1906 Ultras.

And if you do pay your membership to either of these groups, you get a free group scarf, which exceeds $25 in retail value. So the upshot is that your membership is effectively free.

To see the scarves, visit, www.thecasbah.org and www.1906ultras.com.

 

Re the comments about player interaction w/ fans... I watched the game on the tube, and was pleased to see Huck acknowledge the Ultras at the end of the game w/ a wave. Nice.
Lou

 

The seemingly innocuous decisions by the front office such as having three important games at McAfee and having a lot of day games is starting to bother me. These decisions, I believe, help make it harder for our team to win because you essentially lessen the home field advantage. At McAfee there is almost no home field advantage and as my supporter's group bretheren have mentioned it's harder for them to make day games and organize and be as vocal.

Hopefully the front office has learned from these mistakes and will make decisions based on what will help the team win first and foremost.

By the way, yesterday's game day experience was severly hampered by a fourth minute own goal. The only yelling I wanted to do (but restrained myself) was "You suck, Denton".

... and on July 15th, God gave us Huckerby.

 

It's always been tough to get excited for a day game, especially a noon Sunday game if you're still "nursing" the bottle flu from the night before.

The crowd was into it at the beginning but after they scored the equlizer, the play was choppy at best. There were a lot of fundamental mistakes being made by our forwards that made it seem like you were watching a Sunday rec league match at times.

And after missing (or not taking) a few glorious opportunities, you could almost hear the crowd collectively say "here we go again".