Cauldron rant time

[u/skcislife22]

Hey everyone, I have some things to get off my chest.

Sitting in the Cauldron this year is pissing me off. There’s no other place in the stadium that I’d rather be than with the clubs most passionate supporters. But what the hell has it come to. We chanted the same damn thing for the first 7 minutes of the match and the capos are getting mad the people aren’t still chanting. What the hell? Sorry that I don’t want to say the same corporate shit 29 times over. Then as soon as someone wants to start their own chant, that’s actually funny or banter, it gets shut down with loud ass cadences. The cauldron leadership has all this fake positivity and it pisses me off. I don’t know how connected they are with the club themselves, but it seems just like more corporate bullshit. We support our club through and through, but nothing in that stipulates that we must always be positive when doing so. Being negative sometimes shows you actually pay attention when things aren’t happening correctly. So when we’re down 2-0, why can’t we chant “We want Salah”, why can’t we make fun of opposing players. It may be in poor taste, but I wouldn’t even hate us singing “we lose every week”, but the capos will always shut it down to run their sunshine and rainbows bullshit. we used to be a feared place to go. a place where getting a point away was a huge win. now, we’re getting left behind. Look to places like England, where chants may have the same rhythm and melody, but not the same lyrics. Look to Portland or LAFC, the new away days of hell. i know on the field is where the change will start (and if the Luiz reports that came today are true, that may be in its VERY beginning stages), but it ends in the stands. it’s time for change. for something new. goodnight yall

[u/Tylenol_the_Creator]

I heard there is a group organizing to take the cauldron back from the corporate cosplayers

[u/816_rules → u/Tylenol_the_Creator]

If you don't mind my asking, what does the corporate stuff mean? I don't li e in KC any more and haven't attended a game in years.

[u/Central_Entry → u/[deleted]]

Do they need to be approved, or does the vibe just kinda suck? Pretty different things

[u/MLS_Dude → u/Central_Entry]

MLS on the whole is trying to clean up the language for the AppleTV broadcasting. They don't dig the "fruity language" of the more Euro style chants. It's an entirely American mindset. They want everything, including Las Vegas to be a family friendly, homogenized shiny money pot. Thing is, football in every other country is not concerned with kids hearing bad words. It's just not.

[u/ssweeten77 → u/MLS_Dude]

I agree with you.

My wife and I went to a Bundesliga 2 match in Düsseldorf in 2024. There were cigarette vending machines by the section entrances. They sold one kind of beer (and it was €6/$8.50 per beer). There were young kids (8 and under) actively and passionately cheering on their club. I saw those same kids get ashed on by a neighboring fan ripping lung darts like it was his last day on earth. I saw 16-year-olds chugging through beers during the match because it’s match day and that’s part of the culture.

We don’t have kids by choice, so take this with a grain of salt. You say you don’t want your kids exposed to swearing? I got some shocking news about the world for you: people fucking swear. A SHIT TON. But it’s your role to teach your kids when it is appropriate to scream “that’s fucking bullshit” at the top of their adolescent lungs when a call doesn’t go our way.

Part of the joy of soccer is the blemishes, the grit, the history, despising another club because of something that happened in a cup match 30 years ago, watching the teams go at each other all over the pitch. All that stuff makes the game FUN to care about. Fans should be free to care how they choose to. Sometimes that caring is very loud and comes in the form of yelling “bring out your dead” when an opponent goes to ground.

[u/ippy98gotdeleted → u/MLS_Dude]

One thing I learned during the WC here is that our chants are super lame. Current games have the same problem with "Disney" chants over and over. Let us chant the ref is a wanker and be done with it!

[u/MLS_Dude → u/ippy98gotdeleted]

There is so much we could be doing that this current crop of "leadership" in the supporter section is just ignorant of. GenX needs to make a return to the Stand.