Scaring Europe to Death
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I actually think the Heartha Season ticket thing is a PR stunt and not an option available to all supporters.
From the video it sounds more like this is one person who is going to get the tattoo once they proved why they deserve it. But I could be wrong...Hertha seems to get desperate in their attempts to keep the ground full. ;)
Niko Kovac, who is currently is the coach of Eintracht Frankfurt, has become a lifelong member of the club recently.
Usually I don´t give a lot about players kissing the badge, claiming their loyality etc, but with Kovac I actually like the idea behind it and he wanted to become a member as Frankfurt is his first Bundesliga assignment as a coach and he wanted to appreciate the trust Frankfurt has put into him so far.
He is one of the few persons in modern football which I genuinely like, as he has already a couple of times voiced his opinion on important fan matters as well.
Not sure if everyone is aware, but this season there will be matches played on a couple of Mondays as well, which never happend before in the Bundesliga.
As someone who supports a team which played a couple of years in the 2nd division, where there is always one match on a Monday, I absolutely hate the idea as it is a pain in the ass especially for the travelling away support.
The first match will be Frankfurt at home against Leipzig. Distance between Leipzig and Frankfurt is roughly 400km and takes a little less than 4 hours by car, so it is basically impossible to do without taking a day/hours off at work.
Ultras Frankfurt and hopefully the rest of the Frankfurt support will boycott the game and not generate any atmosphere to protest against this new trend in German fooball.
Leipzig supporters won´t travel at all howver this sounds like a cheap excuse for them, as they only showed up with about 2000 last time we played anyway.
Blimey Mate
There's been a few seasons where City have played on every day of the week, so Monday night fixtures are just the tip of the iceberg. However, in England, we can’t have it both ways, because it’s the huge Pandora’s Box (aka TV revenue) that dictates the fixture list.
I’ve been fascinated by the idea of an ultras boycott, ever since witnessing Cologne supporting the Monchengladbach boycott a couple of seasons ago. Also, Ajax had a huge banner supporting the “ripped-off” travelling City fans in 2012-13.
I’m not sure it would ever work in England, mainly because we’re far more tribal.
We all know that United should never have been playing in Yeovil on a Friday night, but you won’t find much public sympathy from Merseyside or the blue side of Manchester.