Well the nickname of the club in French means the kids, there's some sought of connection I guess..?

Adding to as EG mentioned ultras are often associated with negative things

Edited by aufc_ole: 12/11/2013 06:37:51 PM

Oh, well in that case, nothing wrong here then

But why? Why does it have to be negative?

The same reason AFL clubs aren't named Faries or Pixies. It's to intimidate opposition. You come to another teams home ground you're up against 11 men and their mental supporters. No one likes to be boring.

Sydney and their derby tifo. Noisy as fuck. Well in.

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It's possible to be intimidating without negative connotations. Portraying themselves by name as petty criminals hardly paints their actions in a positive light. I mean, "bad kids", really?

First of all, direct translation is very amateur.

Secondly, who cares about negative connotation. The bully has a reputation that you stay away. Away teams best take note. That's what you aim to do.

To be fair, that was pretty fucking mean rofl

:lol:

Australians don't like different thinking though.

Thanks, don't ever think of changing my words again. You don't define support, princess.

Could you be more hypocritical with that statement and not be Ducky?

:-$

It's not my direct translation, it's from one of the firm sites.

If your whole intent is intimidation and sounding like a criminal, why not go with "The Axe Murderers" or "The serial rapists" - y'know, instead of sounding like petulant 18 year olds?

Leave my multi alone and return to the topic at hand or I will be forced into calling the moderators.

For what?

I guess maybe Scooby Doo and meddlesome kids is bigger in french culture than everywhere else.

I think I suggested this earlier.

Afro back to your wannabe Scouse corner. You're a douche.

So I just asked a french mate and she said she's never heard the phrase "Bad Gones".

It's a name. Never heard of it either before today.

Yeah, I get that it's a name but obviously it's very colloquial if a chick who speaks fluent french and grew up in Paris has never heard of it.

I have studied french since year 7 and am in 3rd year advance french at uni. I haven't heard of it but there are explanations for the name.

It could be an english word that sounds similar to a French word.

It could be a part of a group of words that make another word. For example, for my french literature class there were a group of writers that made some indie writing group that used the first two letters of three words.

Or

It could be something completely personal.

Why do you care so much about it?

Don't care, just trying to understand it.

You are such a tool, just because fans want to be intimidating to the opposition players and supporters doesn't make them thugs. It makes them football supporters, it's been like this for years and years, it's completely normal and you are the fucking outlier.

Edited by melbourne_terrace: 13/11/2013 05:56:49 AM

In the context of Australian football, I'm sure as hell not the outlier.

The thug approach might not damage the game overseas, but it damages our game here, which is why to this day I cannot understand why anyone who 'loves football' in Australia would go out of their way to look and act like a thug at the football.

The Herald Sun must love you and people like you.

Most football fans in Australia aren't active, and most media in Australia trash our sport on account of indiscretions amongst active support. Whilst I love active support and what it brings, I hate that many groups aim to look like thugs. That's not how you grow our game in Australia.