Please enlighten me on how to do this gracefully. Should I just blackmail them? Beat the pulp out of them so they support me?

I thought you didnt care if I had 40 seasons under my belt. It is rather simple actually, 1) choose a lot of friends, the important thing is to find friends that support their own team. 2) when you find friends that is supporting during matches you just support them - and beleive me they will support your team to. Yuo¨¨ou never know when and there are no garantees - but statisticly the more friends you have and support - the greater are the chances that they support you -

I have found great friends here