They are an annoying bunch of attention seekers, and an embarrassment to the club.
Parish panders to their every whim for some mysterious reason.
Don't they get frisked like everyone else ?
I'm sure if I turned up at the turnstile and was found in possession of a flare, they wouldn't let me in, or at the very least confiscate the flare.

I don't mind them, they add a bit of atmosphere. I remember the old days when a small section of the Arthur wait enclosure used to sing "give me a p, give me a a ect" it's a lot better than that

Edited by DANGERCLOSE (13 Feb 2024 10.10pm)

It does tickle me. Last night the queues outside the Holmesdale took ages to go down because of the frisking. They go through the motions of patting everyone down, and obviously don't know what they're feeling when coming across something in your pocket. It could be absolutely anything but they just wave you in.
What a waste of time.

The problem is with smuggling them in the ground is they prob put them on kids as they don’t get searched
The banners last night was pathetic considering the game hadn’t started and players seeing that must think WTF
As regards parish didn’t he bend over backwards for these guys with moving people out their seats who had been there a long time to accommodate them
Well that’s backfired big time

I think it was a secret ploy by the board to distract the rest of the ground to look at the fanatics and their messages for the first 5 minutes of the game as we have conceded a goal in the previous three games during that time

Are they actually flares or smoke bombs. Very different items.