People leaving early when we are 4 or 5 nil up

[WhatTheSchlupp?]

I don’t like being negative especially after a great game yesterday, but does any one else find it incredibly embarrassing that a large proportion of our fans can’t be bothered to stay to the end of a game where we won 5-0? 

 

Witnessing our joint highest scoring pl game to the end, adding to the atmosphere, and applauding the players and Rodgers for their efforts apparently are lower priorities than getting to your car a few minutes earlier to sit in gridlock traffic.

 

Its frankly embarrassing especially with the result and performance what it was but it happens every week. No other pl team would find their stadium half empty at the final whistle after a win let alone a 5-0 rout, and I doubt many football league clubs either. The Newcastle fans must have been watching in disbelief. I just felt sorry for Rodgers et al as they went round applauding so many empty seats.

 

I know some of you will say “I pay my money I’ll leave early if I want” but I’m sorry if a 5-0 win doesn’t compel you to stay and support your team then nothing will. 

 

If supporting the team, and staying to the end at least when the team has played brilliantly and scored FIVE GOALS aren’t your thing, maybe consider watching the games on Sky instead?

[Kopic]

I'm still in the stands singing now, where are you? Plastic.

[What the Fuchs?]

Watched the game on Sky and even I got pissed off at the Newcastle fans singing the same monotonous song non stop for 40 odd minutes - maybe our fans simply found the opposition chanting a bit passé 😂

[Leicester_Loyal]

Do we have to have a thread like this on here every few weeks? People have their own reasons for leaving early and are more than entitled to do so if they wish.

[DerbyshireFox]

2 minutes ago, WhatTheSchlupp? said:

I don’t like being negative especially after a great game yesterday, but does any one else find it incredibly embarrassing that a large proportion of our fans can’t be bothered to stay to the end of a game where we won 5-0? 

 

Witnessing our highest scoring pl game to the end, adding to the atmosphere, and applauding the players and Rodgers for their efforts apparently are lower priorities than getting to your car a few minutes earlier to sit in gridlock traffic.

 

Its frankly embarrassing especially with the result and performance what it was but it happens every week. No other pl team would find their stadium half empty at the final whistle after a win let alone a 5-0 rout, and I doubt many football league clubs either. The Newcastle fans must have been watching in disbelief. I just felt sorry for Rodgers et al as they went round applauding so many empty seats.

 

I know some of you will say “I pay my money I’ll leave early if I want” but I’m sorry if a 5-0 win doesn’t compel you to stay and support your team then nothing will. 

 

If supporting the team, and staying to the end at least when the team has played brilliantly and scored FIVE GOALS aren’t your thing, maybe consider watching the games on Sky instead?

You obviously haven’t been to Old Trafford before 😂. Unfortunately it’s common place everywhere you go, especially after a hammering when the game is clearly over. I never go early, if I had today I’d have missed the fifth goal. With shite weather and bad traffic, and game over after an hour, it’s inevitable unfortunately. The players and management have been pretty vocal about how pleased they are with the support from the fans during the game. A lot would argue they have shown their appreciation during the match. And trust me, a Newcastle fan is not going to criticise us about empty seats at full time when they boycott their stadium and didn’t fill the max allocation today for the first time in however long (for well known reasons). 

[Vlad the Fox]

I left at the final whistle, root march to the car with my kids and missed the gridlock. However 4:30 Sunday kick off is a shit time, the ground wasn’t half empty. 

 

Can we we pin this thread to save people the effort of starting a new one every few months.  

[TJB-fox]

doesn’t really bother me only because I came to the realisation that our fan base is incredibly poor a long time ago. No point getting wound up by such actions.

[HighPeakFox]

People can do what they like, so long as they don't get in the way or cause danger. 

[Oldblueyes]

8 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Do we have to have a thread like this on here every few weeks? People have their own reasons for leaving early and are more than entitled to do so if they wish.

Don't worry, he is off the Roof.

[Jaspa]

Arsenal & Man City are the worst for this. We're no way their level for it as we rarely get the opportunity to comfortably leave with it all tied up but I agree it is embarrassing not to see our fans cheer the lads home.

 

Suppose they have better things to do. Avoid the traffic jam? Get tea on? Never understood it.

[WhatTheSchlupp?]

Tbh I’m surprised (maybe I shouldn’t be with our fans) that people just think it’s normal at this point, it’s like going to the football is an inconvenience for some people, watching the clock til it gets to 85 so they can go.

 

When you have your joint highest scoring pl game EVER and the ground is half empty (which it was when the players were walking round clapping, if not less) and people who think that is embarrassing are in the minority, then we have a serious problem.

 

If the opposite happened and I was in the away end I would be laughing, I’ve never seen anything like it at any away game where we’ve lost, let alone by such a massive scoreline. That people condone it is shocking tbh.

 

The funny thing is if we went back to the 1920s when we beat Portsmouth 10-0 I guarantee no one left early, if that happened today Rodgers and the players would still be applauding a half empty stadium.

 

Our support is truly awful if people think there’s nothing wrong with leaving early when your team is winning 4 or 5 nil.

[Leicester_Loyal]

If our fans leaving early is the main worry in your life, then you've got it pretty good my friend.

[WhatTheSchlupp?]

2 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

If our fans leaving early is the main worry in your life, then you've got it pretty good my friend.

If only it was bud - if you don’t care about it though that’s cool, I know I’m in the minority but I just thought this topic should be mentioned considering we did actually score 5 for the first time in the pl.

[WhatTheSchlupp?]

Bar Man U and qpr actually

[WhatTheSchlupp?]

But still my point stands, you don’t score 5 every day

[HighPeakFox]

9 minutes ago, WhatTheSchlupp? said:

But still my point stands, you don’t score 5 every day

I suggest enjoying the warm afterglow and judging things outside of your control less.

[adejo92]

I always stay until the end however I can see why some people would rather beat the traffic and save an hour on their journey by not watching the last 5 minutes of keep ball... Obviously you always risk missing a goal..

 

The exit routes from the King power are not very good when driving. I park on freeman's Common and its gridlock getting out of the industrial estate and then gridlock going up welford Road. 

[old koppite]

2 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

I suggest enjoying the warm afterglow and judging things outside of your control less.

I’m pretty sure sure is enjoying the moment. Like all of us all, which will carry us through the week until 3.00pm Saturday. 

Staying after the final whistle to sing and clap the players, is all part of the experience for me.  All of his comments are spot on. Unless you have a real emergency,  I can’t see any reason to leave a game early.  So what if you get home an hour later. Too many fans, of most clubs ( I don’t know what it’s like in the European top leagues), aren’t “fanatics “ anymore, and some of our lot have become complacent.  

[Guest Markyblue]

I feel like I'm watching ground hog day reading this thread.  If you want to stay great , if getting away a couple of minutes early helps your journey home great. Just don't obstruct others views.not everyone lives on the saff and some have a great distance to travel.

[UpTheLeagueFox]

5 hours ago, WhatTheSchlupp? said:

The funny thing is if we went back to the 1920s when we beat Portsmouth 10-0 I guarantee no one left early, if that happened today Rodgers and the players would still be applauding a half empty stadium.

I was there the day we beat Pompey 10-nil in October 1928 and can confirm a lot of fans left early to avoid getting stuck in a penny farthing jam on Walnut Street.

And they had to because they needed to "send t'kids up chimney before dark"

Also on their departure they were all moaning about Channy missing a stack of chances in between his six goals that day ("Flat track bully" "Get rid" "he should've scored 10 'imself")

And many bemoaned how Filbert Street would have a better atmosphere if they swapped the Kop and Family Stand.

They were also blaming our Scottish boss Willie Orr for not speaking the Queen's English. "He should use words like 'qualiteh, intensiteh, mentaliteh' in the Leicester dialect only" 

And when the fans got home they wrote furiously to the evening newspaper, using their finest quill pens, to say it was better in the old days and "yer won't win owt w'kids."

[Ted Maul]

6 hours ago, TJB-fox said:

doesn’t really bother me only because I came to the realisation that our fan base is incredibly poor a long time ago. No point getting wound up by such actions.

Pretty much this. Expect the pits and the rare occasions when we turn out a decent away end or make an effort at home are a pleasant surprise.

[Pliskin]

I’ve never really understood the need to beat the traffic.... wholly understand if there’s somewhere you need to be, but just to leave early to be able to avoid a slow exit is a bit daft, but I guess it’s each to their own. 

[Viva]

6 hours ago, WhatTheSchlupp? said:

I don’t like being negative especially after a great game yesterday, but does any one else find it incredibly embarrassing that a large proportion of our fans can’t be bothered to stay to the end of a game where we won 5-0? 

 

Witnessing our highest scoring pl game to the end, adding to the atmosphere, and applauding the players and Rodgers for their efforts apparently are lower priorities than getting to your car a few minutes earlier to sit in gridlock traffic.

 

Its frankly embarrassing especially with the result and performance what it was but it happens every week. No other pl team would find their stadium half empty at the final whistle after a win let alone a 5-0 rout, and I doubt many football league clubs either. The Newcastle fans must have been watching in disbelief. I just felt sorry for Rodgers et al as they went round applauding so many empty seats.

 

I know some of you will say “I pay my money I’ll leave early if I want” but I’m sorry if a 5-0 win doesn’t compel you to stay and support your team then nothing will. 

 

If supporting the team, and staying to the end at least when the team has played brilliantly and scored FIVE GOALS aren’t your thing, maybe consider watching the games on Sky instead?

I really don’t get why people get so mad about this. The comment about watching Sky instead is just ridiculous. I’m sure the people that left at 4-0 had a very enjoyable time. 
I don’t think Rodgers etc would have been bothered at all.

[Phube]

I do wonder if the same people would go to a gig/concert/play and leave before the encore/final act to “beat the traffic”? 
 

If so what a bizarre life people lead!

[Jobyfox]

I left after 90 minutes, but before the final whistle. 

 

I was desperate for a wee and if I’d got stuck in the stands I might well have pissed myself.