Van der MoodHoover Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Currently on bbc2. It's quite eye opening in a grim way and shows how putins message of combat sports, patriotism and pride has been adopted by Russian "firms" and hooligan gangs are unashamedly seeing football hooliganism as a means of reasserting Russian masculinity. The narrative has just reached a group called the Orel Butchers who were at the centre of the violence in marseille. Absolutely no way would I go anywhere near the next world cup. These guys look seriously scary and are organising themselves with paramilitary style training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Reminded me of the Utch firms of the 70's. We trained hard by watching the end of Tiswas thus having to sprint to catch the 1.00 train and fight the local stokies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbob Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 1 hour ago, HantsRam said: Currently on bbc2. It's quite eye opening in a grim way and shows how putins message of combat sports, patriotism and pride has been adopted by Russian "firms" and hooligan gangs are unashamedly seeing football hooliganism as a means of reasserting Russian masculinity. The narrative has just reached a group called the Orel Butchers who were at the centre of the violence in marseille. Absolutely no way would I go anywhere near the next world cup. These guys look seriously scary and are organising themselves with paramilitary style training. D, D, DLF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 The forest fight near the end reminded me of the kind of scrap you had against another school when you were a kid. It all seemed a bit prehistoric. I'm sure we could go around a few boxing gyms and find a few meat heads and take them to the woods for a good scrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 That forest fight thing was a bit weird. In fact as the whole program went on, and the action moved to the younger generations of apprentices it started to resemble the bbg in the early 80s more and more as groups of lads charged each other with flailing fists and soft trainers. The older more organised gangs looked a different kettle of fish but seemed to be expecting to be rounded up and not be allowed near the venues. Russia overall looked a bit of a dump and not very welcoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I would love to go to Russia for the WC.. They will be fighting their Eastern European neighbors more than us. Most won't travel from the UK for this which is a shame.. It probably won't be as bad as people fear it will be, never is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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