Reading the recent posts on this thread, it is appears that the majority are anti HF.
I've always considered them to be more an asset when it comes to supporting the team, the Tifos etc. But I think they are wrong when they try to make non-football - ie Political - statements. As I and others have said, football and politics don't mix.
As regards the Addo v HF issue, I consider myself fortunate not to have witnessed or got caught up in the violent confrontations that have occured over the last few years. But as I previously posted, my son and a mate of mine both saw the fight at half time in Strasbourg.
In Dublin, two friends of mine, in different parts of the stadium, told me they witnessed racist abuse from a section of people towards some of our own players. They also said that those sections seem more interested in the HF than they were watching the game. Those in the Shelbourne end all left around about the hour mark.
Another friend of mine, who posts on HOL from time to time, ( yes, I'm up to four now some of you might struggle with that ! ) told me that he was in the same bar as some HF and ended up talking with someone he considered to be a '' senior member '' . My friend had a conversation around the HF focussing on football and ditching the politics. Well received apparently but let's see if it changes anything.
So my position is this ;
I don't condone the violence that has occured. That's not want I want at my football club.
I'd like to see the HF concentrate on what they do best, supporting the team. Leave the Politics out of it.
The Addo Boys add absolutely no value whatsoever. If we can get shot of them and be left with a non-political HF , that would be my preference.
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