TheMagicRat
5 Oct 2007, 23:42
Dear fellow Essendon members,
As we enter a new era for the great club we support, i would like to take this chance to bridge the gap between the supporters group who stand in the standing room area behind the Cheer Squad. I have been a member of the cheer squad for a number of years and have been on the inside of a number of things that have transpired. Now our two groups have not had the best of relationships, and this is a genuine shame. We are all at the football for one reason and that is to support the team on the field. Now i know we have had a number of run ins in the past due to a perceived (and sometimes rightly) lack of cheering from our area, I know at least one of your group who was once a member of the CS and i say to you, you know what it was like on the inside (and its only got worse since you left). This will change from next year!!!! The Essendon Cheer Squad will be hanging out the "under new management" sign, and we hope to see an end to the draconian measures used by our former dictators to brow beat and destroy the spirit of the loyal supporters who what to enjoy our time at the football and give our boys the support the deserve and give the enemy a bit of $h1t.
In the spirit of this new era in the CS and the EFC in general, i ask that we try to put aside our differences and band together to make the Bourke St end of the Dome, the most intimidating place in football!!!! I am not asking you to join the CS if you don’t wish to, I do ask that we try to get together before next season and try to get our groups on the same page. For instance, let’s share the various songs / chants we all use and see if we can’t all be cheering the same thing together. I know a number of you will probably flame me for this letter, however it is done with the utmost respect for your groups members and is something that I believe we should try to accomplish as it will only strengthen the support (our team gets) and intimidation (our opposition feels), when playing at the Dome.
Let’s show the football world what a united Essendon force can achieve and finally make the Dome the home ground advantage we deserve by making it the loudest place on earth!!!!
I thank you all for your time, and I look forward to this new era of the EFC,
Regards,
Rat
:)
(I will not use my real name yet as the old guard have not yet left - though those of you who have met me in the past will know who I am)
As we enter a new era for the great club we support, i would like to take this chance to bridge the gap between the supporters group who stand in the standing room area behind the Cheer Squad. I have been a member of the cheer squad for a number of years and have been on the inside of a number of things that have transpired. Now our two groups have not had the best of relationships, and this is a genuine shame. We are all at the football for one reason and that is to support the team on the field. Now i know we have had a number of run ins in the past due to a perceived (and sometimes rightly) lack of cheering from our area, I know at least one of your group who was once a member of the CS and i say to you, you know what it was like on the inside (and its only got worse since you left). This will change from next year!!!! The Essendon Cheer Squad will be hanging out the "under new management" sign, and we hope to see an end to the draconian measures used by our former dictators to brow beat and destroy the spirit of the loyal supporters who what to enjoy our time at the football and give our boys the support the deserve and give the enemy a bit of $h1t.
In the spirit of this new era in the CS and the EFC in general, i ask that we try to put aside our differences and band together to make the Bourke St end of the Dome, the most intimidating place in football!!!! I am not asking you to join the CS if you don’t wish to, I do ask that we try to get together before next season and try to get our groups on the same page. For instance, let’s share the various songs / chants we all use and see if we can’t all be cheering the same thing together. I know a number of you will probably flame me for this letter, however it is done with the utmost respect for your groups members and is something that I believe we should try to accomplish as it will only strengthen the support (our team gets) and intimidation (our opposition feels), when playing at the Dome.
Let’s show the football world what a united Essendon force can achieve and finally make the Dome the home ground advantage we deserve by making it the loudest place on earth!!!!
I thank you all for your time, and I look forward to this new era of the EFC,
Regards,
Rat
:)
(I will not use my real name yet as the old guard have not yet left - though those of you who have met me in the past will know who I am)