Uniforms (12 replies)
By the club's own admission
"The Purpose of the OSC is “To Support Birmingham Together”. The Club will provide an opportunity for loyal Bluenoses to be organised under one body, and to enjoy a range of Club-related benefits. The Club look forward to creating a strong community of Bluenoses who support and represent both the Club and City."
I can see why those abroad and a long way from Brum may be in favour - organising travel, meeting people with whom you have a common bond.
Those groups apart, for me, Blues has always been about individual weird disparate people who happen to have some small slight common bond. When we were down to attendances of 5,000 it almost felt like being part of the only survivors in a dystopian future who had grouped together solely for the sake of reassurance that there were other survivors out there
To me .. a lot of the "wanna be in my gang" posts on here smack of homogenisation, control, conformity and a desperate need to relive halcyon Cub Scout days.
So what are you going to do if you don't like the club rules ?
Don't dress in a certain way ?
Don't sing the Corporate anthem at the right time. in the right key ?
Are the club solely managing dissent ? .. or are they actually looking to erode individualism ?
Are OSC's the next reason for one group of fans to claim to be the only "true" "Proper Blues" ?
So if you are happy to all be herded up into pens, to submit to control, and rules and regulations then that's up to you - but to me it smacks of pre-pubescent schoolboys sneaking off to have a group w@nk behind the bike sheds.
PS .. this is an INDEPENDENT fans forum .... go and find somewhere else to toss each other off.