Sheriff of forum would actually mean i have power to do something and for years being a fan have quite a lot to do with your attitude towards the club. Supporters who have been around during Gaspart days for example are much more tolerant and accepting towards bad times in the club as well. I for starters can easily live with seasons without winning trophies, it does not make me freak out, those who have joined after Pep era though are different.
Saying all that, what is most puzzling for me is the fact, that after years of concerns over our defense, in the off-season when we actually get 2 great CBs, people still whine, even without giving them a chance to have a single game. And main reason being that they are not exciting signings or some bigass world-wide stars. This attitude pisses me off.
I'm probably what you'd still call a newer fan (2008) but I don't expect us to win everything all the time. Though I'm also a Liverpool fan and we haven't won a league title in 24 years, so perhaps I'm better prepared for any "dark times". But I'll say that of course everyone wishes their club to be successful, no one
wants to settle for dark times or a few years without trophies, just some can react to it more calmly than others.
I've been a pretty vocal opponent against Rosell/Bartomeu/Zubi and this board, whether on this forum or on others. It doesn't mean I expect them to only sign WC players, in fact my gripes with the board have more to do with other issues, with signings being secondary. But I can't bash them for signing these players, again they aren't the ones I'd choose and in an ideal world we would have signed "better" ones, but at least they did some work this transfer window instead of just watching another season go by with a sub-par defense and no depth.
What opinion?
He called him a kid.
jamrock's opinion that he thinks these signings aren't good enough.
Lol where on earth have i claimed to be a better fan of the club. My point here is that this is FC Barcelona supporters community. With many people i do not get that much "support", but rather only critique without giving any chance to defend to those who are critiqued.
And although i am sure Barcelona fanbase has grown vastly in numbers and i only appreciate this, i am more concerned that among my friends, Barcelona is no longer concidered a cool club, but a club with arrogant fans and attitude. In short, we have become a second Real Madrid, the special feeling i once had with the club and with catalan culture overall has been diminished to minimum. And every time i read comments where the signing is not exciting, this feeling gets stronger and stronger.
The bold bit I understand and kind of agree with really. Of course you and I both, nothing can make us stop supporting the club. But at least for me, the way the club is being run
at the moment, various allegations (Rosell corruption, Neymar transfer saga, Qatar and sponsorship, etc) means I don't quite have the same passion and pride to be a Barca fan as I did when I first started following the club. I don't like when people find out I'm a Barca fan and think I approve of all those things. But the current board won't be around forever, and hopefully after some time has passed the club can repair its reputation (on a moral level first, then on a trophy-winning level) and we'll see how many fans are still around to see it.
