We Are The Reds

I still back peaceful protests.

Tonight what we saw was a disgrace and shame on Australian football but it was a reaction from a small section of idiots (who should be banned and charged with assualt) and not their entire supporter base.

There is no way this was a planned protest against APL but an overreaction to Glover throwing a flare deep into the crowd.

I'm basing this on fan accounts from the game that Glover returned a second flare "about 10 rows back".

I'm not excusing the reaction of the fans, I'm merely providing what I understand to be context. The pitch invasion and assault is inexcusable.

Long way back from here. Might be the death of the comp.

Hopefully not the end of the league.
The a-league has been a massive step forward for football in almost every way.

Did the fan accounts mention which row the two flares were thrown at Glover from?

Not trying to defend it.

I've now seen plenty of footage.

Chain of events:
2 flares thrown onto pitch at Glover
He returns second one into crowd
Thugs storm pitch and assault him and ref

Reportedly some of the thugs on camera already have life bans from the sport. How are they getting in?

Now we need them to face criminal charges.

The stereotypes we've been trying to get away from for years are now reinforced for another generation.

Dark day for football. Glover reacting was stupid, idiots who stormed the pitch way worse, c&#t that threw the bucket may have ruined football in Australia for the foreseeable future.

Not sure where it goes from here.

APL not to blame for this ludicrous incident but they have a hand in creating this tension between the game and fans but who organised the security for this game? Should have been a heap of seccos and stewards along each end expecting flares and angry fans. Unless they wanted fans to commit media suicide?

It's always the filth fans who spoil it for the whole competition. They have always been brain dead morons. The ONLY fan violence at any AUFC match is ALWAYS caused by the filth fans. We've all noted before how the SAPOL presence at AUFC matches triples when the filth play at Hindmarsh, complete with the Mounted Cadre and the cage cars (divvy vans) on hand for the inevitable arrests.

You have to wonder when the filth hierarchy will ever realise how sick the whole competition is of their disgusting, violent fans and the trouble that they bring to the league. They can hardly complain that this is a new development; the filth have always caused trouble.

It's time for the APL, or whatever they are calling themselves this week, to finally take some severe action. Not just a fine, which will be laughed off, but actually take all the points off the filth, force them to play their home matches behind closed doors and refuse to allow them to appear in the ACL next year, if the filth somehow top the league this season.

For any filth fans reading this forum - we're all sick to death of you and the constant trouble that you cause. Get out of our league and our sport and go back to fighting and killing each other in Federation Square, or whatever it is that you think constitutes a fun weekend in Crimebourne.

It's always the filth fans who spoil it for the whole competition. They have always been brain dead morons. The ONLY fan violence at any AUFC match is ALWAYS caused by the filth fans. We've all noted before how the SAPOL presence at AUFC matches triples when the filth play at Hindmarsh, complete with the Mounted Cadre and the cage cars (divvy vans) on hand for the inevitable arrests.

You have to wonder when the filth hierarchy will ever realise how sick the whole competition is of their disgusting, violent fans and the trouble that they bring to the league. They can hardly complain that this is a new development; the filth have always caused trouble.

It's time for the APL, or whatever they are calling themselves this week, to finally take some severe action. Not just a fine, which will be laughed off, but actually take all the points off the filth, force them to play their home matches behind closed doors and refuse to allow them to appear in the ACL next year, if the filth somehow top the league this season.

For any filth fans reading this forum - we're all sick to death of you and the constant trouble that you cause. Get out of our league and our sport and go back to fighting and killing each other in Federation Square, or whatever it is that you think constitutes a fun weekend in Crimebourne.

come on man, more than a few times I've seen dickheads from our ranks try to cause trouble (usually those black shirted dipshits living out their hool fantasies). Victory have a bigger problem than most clubs but at the last home game v Victory there were tons of Adelaide lads throwing bottles and shit into their away end. Let's not pretend it's just MV's problem - HOWEVER their club & supporter groups need to put a lot more effort into weeding out the troublemakers.

Having read the joint statement from all the supporter groups … I must say I’m not impressed … at all.

A dismissive comment about the violence, which expresses … no concern for the cameraman, referee or player who were injured …. no acknowledgement of the damage done to the game and the impact on every ordinary supporter … ONLY a boo hoo that it’s impacted their own protest … AND a demand that fans groups get included in the sport’s decision making process.

IMO that would just send the sport further in the wrong direction.
The supporter groups have already agitated to kick out the independent FFA and replaced it with the self interest focus group which is the APL.
The last thing we need is to give the supporter groups a say in the decision making process.

Having read the joint statement from all the supporter groups … I must say I’m not impressed … at all.

A dismissive comment about the violence, which expresses … no concern for the cameraman, referee or player who were injured …. no acknowledgement of the damage done to the game and the impact on every ordinary supporter … ONLY a boo hoo that it’s impacted their own protest … AND a demand that fans groups get included in the sport’s decision making process.

IMO that would just send the sport further in the wrong direction.
The supporter groups have already agitated to kick out the independent FFA and replaced it with the self interest focus group which is the APL.
The last thing we need is to give the supporter groups a say in the decision making process.

It was a group statement from the supporter groups who had nothing to do with the violence. It explicitly excluded the OSM / Victory fan group.

It was written by the fans that have been peacefully protesting.

I thought it was fine.