If you are a fan… It is time to behave like one!

The Indian Cricket Team fucked up in Australia- Big time! A disaster of a series has finally come to an end.

The gang of boy’s returns home tonight, all set to expect brick bats, taunts and boo’s from their beloved fans and media!

 

The fans too are ready to hate them for what they did. Most of us are angry and insulted at the meek show that was put up by our millionaire boys down under. We absolutely loathe them and at times when we are too lazy to remember the precise statistics of their performance, we remind ourselves of their wealth and that makes hating them worthwhile! I wonder if we would hate them so much despite their sloppy performances had they been poor?!! Alas… that is for another time!

 

But that is what we do and have been doing for centuries- we exalt the players when they succeed and ruin them when they fail. Meanwhile, we call ourselves fans, supporters and even well wishers!

We seem to have no awareness of a space that could exist in between success and failure! A space called- Patience or Understanding- which should ideally be a part of an honest well wisher are never expected to be a part of our repertoire!

The law of fans is simple and definite: - “When you win- we scream, drink, love and worship you. When you loose- We hate you…bloody rascals, good for nothing millionaires!”

Having said and accepted that, it would amusing to alter the above culture for a change. For instance, to ask unanimously and thus loudly as to what went wrong! Before passing the judgment to wonder aloud- as to the reasons why a bunch of talented individuals failed collectively? And most importantly to question bang on as to why are Virendra Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir so upset??? Why are they behaving in a manner that reflects the entire Indian team in such poor light??

The results are always an eventuality of a lot of factors and it is these factors that one needs to concentrate on. Once these factors are put in place… it is very unlikely that the results will not be favorable! At present the factors within the Indian Team seem damaged and in need of repair. As fans we must do everything to bring this need to the fore.

 

‘Coz as a fan it is not just important to turn out with the flags or dance in the streets, it is more important to make your beloved players feel that we are not just your fair whether friends but are there with you through thick and thin. We are not the media who takes pleasure in churning out ridicule filled headlines as opposed to the truth, we are not opposition who wish to deflate your psyche…we are not the board who play power games but… we are your fans and hence are there for you… especially in time when no one else is!