| Sunderland fans setting quite a high bar on the TIFO front on 22:59 - Aug 16 with 1134 views | Chris_ITFC |
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| Sunderland fans setting quite a high bar on the TIFO front on 22:59 - Aug 16 with 1121 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
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| Sunderland fans setting quite a high bar on the TIFO front on 07:14 - Aug 17 with 770 views | NthQldITFC |
"Whey-aye! What the fook's Godzilla gotta do wi' Sunlun, mun?" |  |
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| Chortle (here’s the explanations) on 08:25 - Aug 17 with 570 views | unstableblue |
| Sunderland fans setting quite a high bar on the TIFO front on 07:14 - Aug 17 by NthQldITFC |
"Whey-aye! What the fook's Godzilla gotta do wi' Sunlun, mun?" |
Good work NQI
Explanation;
“Local rich fella caught a little worm whilst fishing in the River Wear. Thought it was ugly as f@ck so chucked it down a well. The little worm thought f@ck that, and grew git big, eventually big enough to coil itself around Penshaw Hill a few times, which was an issue both because we wanted to build a Mackem Parthenon on that hill (so drivers on the A19 would know they were almost home) and it was also snatching up the local cows, kids, and sheep.
So when the local rich fella got back from some good old crusading, the town's witch helped kit him out with fancy armour and stuff, and he went and killed the worm before the tide conveniently washed the worms body down the River Wear and in to the sea.
The tifo is showcasing that.“
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“ a local story about a big f@ck off worm that ate things and grew into a bigger f@ck off worm that could wrap around a hill many times that was kill by a metal lad” |  |
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| Chortle (here’s the explanations) on 08:46 - Aug 17 with 468 views | NthQldITFC |
| Chortle (here’s the explanations) on 08:25 - Aug 17 by unstableblue |
Good work NQI
Explanation;
“Local rich fella caught a little worm whilst fishing in the River Wear. Thought it was ugly as f@ck so chucked it down a well. The little worm thought f@ck that, and grew git big, eventually big enough to coil itself around Penshaw Hill a few times, which was an issue both because we wanted to build a Mackem Parthenon on that hill (so drivers on the A19 would know they were almost home) and it was also snatching up the local cows, kids, and sheep.
So when the local rich fella got back from some good old crusading, the town's witch helped kit him out with fancy armour and stuff, and he went and killed the worm before the tide conveniently washed the worms body down the River Wear and in to the sea.
The tifo is showcasing that.“
Or:
“ a local story about a big f@ck off worm that ate things and grew into a bigger f@ck off worm that could wrap around a hill many times that was kill by a metal lad” |
I actually thought it was supposed to be St George* and his Dragon friend when I posted my (usual) drivel, but I looked it up afterwards to see that it was the Lambton Worm. You live, and you learn.
Good luck to the Mackems, proper club like.
* St George the Eastern European/Palestinian, Christian/Muslim fella. [Post edited 17 Aug 8:54]
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| Sunderland fans setting quite a high bar on the TIFO front on 09:20 - Aug 17 with 340 views | Blue_Order |
That’s not a tifo, it’s a corporate agency display. A tifo is made by fans, and no fans were involved here (apart from holding up the sheets obviously) - it was organised and paid for by the club, and outsourced to a printing firm. Same as their last one, same as Wolves yesterday (their fans paid for some of it but), same as Aston Villa and Arsenal etc last season.
I know most ‘normal’ fans don’t care about any of this, but perhaps they should. This is clubs taking something that’s grown organically amongst football supporters in Europe and around the world for over 50 years for themselves, but cutting out the part that actually makes it worthwhile and meaningful. The fan groups in England that also do this are bad enough, but clubs themselves should be nowhere near these things.
It’s an insult to the groups that spend countless hours organising and creating their own displays, and to the fans that help fund them. Anyone can send a few emails to a printing firm, sit back and have everything done for them, but what’s the point? Where’s the pride? It’s not much different to someone using AI to paint them a picture, hanging it in an art gallery and claiming it holds the same weight as the one next to it that’s been painted by an actual artist, with actual paint brushes. Yeah it might look neater, but is it really better? The tifo’s our group produces may not look as ‘polished’ as these perfectly printed banners that are becoming the norm in England, but is that really the way we want to go? Clubs and groups taking the bits they want from ultra culture, but discarding the principles that it was built on.
There’s around ten fan groups in England that do put the time and effort into their own actions and displays, and almost every one is constantly facing battles with their clubs, authorities, and even their own fan bases. None of us are really wanted by our clubs because we’re a nuisance to them, but we all carry on for the love of our football teams, and to try and improve the sanitised nature of modern football stadiums. I know tifos have only been a thing for 15/20 years in England, but If we accept and support clubs in hijacking this element of fan culture, we’re just allowing them to take away something that should only be in the hands (and only made by the hands) of supporters.
I’m aware this all sounds rather hyperbolic, but being part of an active group becomes a big part of life, and I see this club printed tifo trend becoming a big threat in helping clubs to further squeeze us all out.
Reject printed agency displays, embrace handmade fan displays. |  | | |
| Sunderland fans setting quite a high bar on the TIFO front on 09:30 - Aug 17 with 297 views | unstableblue |
| Sunderland fans setting quite a high bar on the TIFO front on 09:20 - Aug 17 by Blue_Order |
That’s not a tifo, it’s a corporate agency display. A tifo is made by fans, and no fans were involved here (apart from holding up the sheets obviously) - it was organised and paid for by the club, and outsourced to a printing firm. Same as their last one, same as Wolves yesterday (their fans paid for some of it but), same as Aston Villa and Arsenal etc last season.
I know most ‘normal’ fans don’t care about any of this, but perhaps they should. This is clubs taking something that’s grown organically amongst football supporters in Europe and around the world for over 50 years for themselves, but cutting out the part that actually makes it worthwhile and meaningful. The fan groups in England that also do this are bad enough, but clubs themselves should be nowhere near these things.
It’s an insult to the groups that spend countless hours organising and creating their own displays, and to the fans that help fund them. Anyone can send a few emails to a printing firm, sit back and have everything done for them, but what’s the point? Where’s the pride? It’s not much different to someone using AI to paint them a picture, hanging it in an art gallery and claiming it holds the same weight as the one next to it that’s been painted by an actual artist, with actual paint brushes. Yeah it might look neater, but is it really better? The tifo’s our group produces may not look as ‘polished’ as these perfectly printed banners that are becoming the norm in England, but is that really the way we want to go? Clubs and groups taking the bits they want from ultra culture, but discarding the principles that it was built on.
There’s around ten fan groups in England that do put the time and effort into their own actions and displays, and almost every one is constantly facing battles with their clubs, authorities, and even their own fan bases. None of us are really wanted by our clubs because we’re a nuisance to them, but we all carry on for the love of our football teams, and to try and improve the sanitised nature of modern football stadiums. I know tifos have only been a thing for 15/20 years in England, but If we accept and support clubs in hijacking this element of fan culture, we’re just allowing them to take away something that should only be in the hands (and only made by the hands) of supporters.
I’m aware this all sounds rather hyperbolic, but being part of an active group becomes a big part of life, and I see this club printed tifo trend becoming a big threat in helping clubs to further squeeze us all out.
Reject printed agency displays, embrace handmade fan displays. |
We hear ya
And we’ll all be backing and celebrating the work you’ve put in to today’s TIFO
Perhaps still a place for printed effort at PR if funded and designed by fans? And maybe augmented with fan crafted stuff?
Anyway good work today… hopefully it can inspire the fans and players to get THAT WIN!
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| Sunderland fans setting quite a high bar on the TIFO front on 09:51 - Aug 17 with 252 views | BrandonsBlues |
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