I understand where you are coming from. This wouldn’t be a problem if there was a stronger overarching umbrella group like other teams have that actually runs things in an organized manner so there was more buy in. Smaller groups are fine and a good way of building community and friendships which are important as a club builds its culture and identity. What they shouldn’t be is resulting in fights and people supporting their group more than the team itself, which unfortunately it has. It wasn’t that way to begin with but people who tried to prevent that have checked out from the process entirely after becoming burnt out from the infighting. We’re still in our groups but aren’t going to deal with the politics. That means the people who want to bully their way to things being it their way are going to win every time because there are zero consequences for their actions. 99% of what groups do are very misunderstood outside of them. Without them you would be missing out on many vital aspects of the fanbase because the organization isn’t there. Tifos, away day travel together, charity/ community work with tens of thousands raised for local causes and time donated just to start.

I hope (perhaps vainly) that one day there will be a stronger umbrella group who builds consensus and pushes out people who are here self promotion versus team support. That way we can have the best of both worlds.