This needed judicious application of the red pen.
I only skimmed it but one thing I do think is a fair cop is that the club and the FFA LOVE the image of the RBB and use them to promote the league and the club constantly. Yet at the same time they are pushing back fairly hard on their active support and are pretty quick to demonise them when things happen which they don't like, involve fairly heavy handed security measures etc. If that anecdote is true and people remain banned after having a case against the police I would be fairly pi$$ed off.
I really dislike security for security sake. Yes the flare are a menace but all this single ticket stuff, and ID cards, that's just completely over the top and implies all football fans are criminals which I completely object to.
Like I say, I think there are legitimate concerns here.
But...Their protest was about an email send out from the club, which has nothing to do with security. Feels like they realised their reasons for protested were pretty lame, and so beefed it up with their ongoing security complaints.
I still can't believe how poor the relationship is between some fan groups and clubs. We've had (minor) issues in the past, but airing them in public is pretty pointless.
