Comments on: Blogging: Time to Take a Stab at It http://www.1906ultras.com/blog/2009/04/14/blogging-time-to-take-a-stab-at-it/ Official Blog of the 1906 Ultras Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Juliana Marie http://www.1906ultras.com/blog/2009/04/14/blogging-time-to-take-a-stab-at-it/#comment-764 Juliana Marie Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:57:10 +0000 http://1906ultras.com/blog/?p=85#comment-764 @ Chris - Hi! missing the Quakes v Galaxatives at this very moment (came down w/a cold) Hope this 1-0 lead stays, or even grows... Might go to viewing party in Milpitas next week; see you at the next home game! @ Chris - Hi! missing the Quakes v Galaxatives at this very moment (came down w/a cold) Hope this 1-0 lead stays, or even grows… Might go to viewing party in Milpitas next week; see you at the next home game!

]]> By: Chris Yonts http://www.1906ultras.com/blog/2009/04/14/blogging-time-to-take-a-stab-at-it/#comment-554 Chris Yonts Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:58:06 +0000 http://1906ultras.com/blog/?p=85#comment-554 Nice blog! Hi Juliana - I'm Chris, "Dad" in the family of four you mentioned. I want to make our section very noisy. There are a lot of good fans there, just quiet. Are you and your husband going to the game in Oakland this weekend? Nice blog! Hi Juliana - I’m Chris, “Dad” in the family of four you mentioned. I want to make our section very noisy. There are a lot of good fans there, just quiet. Are you and your husband going to the game in Oakland this weekend?

]]> By: Juliana Marie http://www.1906ultras.com/blog/2009/04/14/blogging-time-to-take-a-stab-at-it/#comment-510 Juliana Marie Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:13:23 +0000 http://1906ultras.com/blog/?p=85#comment-510 Congrats on the blog, Jon! I look forward to reading it. I'm in section 110, just below where the away fans are this season. So far, it's just me, my husband, and an unrelated family of four in the next row as vocal, regular supporters yelling our brains out. We really appreciate the Ultras' spirit, (and the Casbah, too), to not feel so alone in our chanting! This year, I've committed to streaking my dyed-black hair w/blue for every match. AND to screaming for the full 90, no matter how much the uninitiated stare - they just don't get it. Keep it up!!! Oh, and LA sux. Congrats on the blog, Jon! I look forward to reading it. I’m in section 110, just below where the away fans are this season. So far, it’s just me, my husband, and an unrelated family of four in the next row as vocal, regular supporters yelling our brains out. We really appreciate the Ultras’ spirit, (and the Casbah, too), to not feel so alone in our chanting! This year, I’ve committed to streaking my dyed-black hair w/blue for every match. AND to screaming for the full 90, no matter how much the uninitiated stare - they just don’t get it. Keep it up!!!

Oh, and LA sux.

]]> By: reddevil http://www.1906ultras.com/blog/2009/04/14/blogging-time-to-take-a-stab-at-it/#comment-509 reddevil Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:36:08 +0000 http://1906ultras.com/blog/?p=85#comment-509 Gr8 post Jon! my 2 cents: The Ultras are there to get behind the team for 90 mins by way of chants, tifos, banners, n the like and overall galvanise the fans/spectators in the stadium to get behind the team thereby having the effect of the 12th man on the field. However as our numbers are relatively low; as a group we are often mis-interpreted and the fans en masse are unaware of the soccer-support-your-team culture, the 12th man effect is relative to our section and not as significant as a lot of stadia in Europe. As they say, "Hope is the last to die" , so we believe that with our efforts and with time, more people will take notice and join the numbers to get behind the team for 90 minutes and be one of the most difficult away games for visiting teams in terms of the team on the field and atmosphere in the stadium. Gr8 post Jon! my 2 cents:

The Ultras are there to get behind the team for 90 mins by way of chants, tifos, banners, n the like and overall galvanise the fans/spectators in the stadium to get behind the team thereby having the effect of the 12th man on the field.

However as our numbers are relatively low; as a group we are often mis-interpreted and the fans en masse are unaware of the soccer-support-your-team culture, the 12th man effect is relative to our section and not as significant as a lot of stadia in Europe.

As they say, “Hope is the last to die” , so we believe that with our efforts and with time, more people will take notice and join the numbers to get behind the team for 90 minutes and be one of the most difficult away games for visiting teams in terms of the team on the field and atmosphere in the stadium.

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