Alf Bentley Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 After hearing a few boos tonight, I just wondered what people reckon as to when it is acceptable to boo your own team and when it is not... My view: In almost all circumstances, it is inappropriate and completely counter-productive. I mean, whatever you do in life, be it paid work, caring for children, studying, whatever...would it really encourage you to perform better if you heard the people you were working for booing you?! Would it make you feel motivated to do your best for them? Would it make you feel a stronger connection to them? If you'd been making mistakes and under-performing for whatever reason, would open hostility make you feel more self-confident about overcoming your failings?!?! GENERALLY, IT'S A NO-BRAINER (SORRY TO SHOUT): YOU DON'T BOO YOUR OWN TEAM, YOU ENCOURAGE THEM. I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE STOKE, BUT I'M SURE THEIR LOYAL SUPPORT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THEM STAYING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. Exceptions to the general rule: - Managers are fair game if they consistently mismanage their players or play a deeply unpleasant type of football. - Likewise, Directors if they fail to invest appropriately - Players who clearly don't care, as opposed to being hesitant/lacking confidence - big difference that is usually clear-cut; if in doubt, don't boo! - Players who commit a serious abomination (abusing fans, abusing teammates, racism etc.) SORRY, I'M GOING TO SHOUT AGAIN, BUT I FEEL LIKE SHOUTING!: PLAYERS AND TEAMS THAT ARE HAVING A BAD GAME, BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST CONFIDENCE OR BECAUSE THE OPPOSITION IS BETTER OR BECAUSE THAT'S LIFE, WILL GENERALLY PERFORM BETTER WITH VOCAL SUPPORT, NOT BOOING. INDEED, I BET SUPPORT IN DIFFICULT TIMES WILL MEAN A LOT MORE TO THEM THAN SUPPORT WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL. If you were booing tonight, please don't do it again; if your mates were doing it, please ask them to stop.
C-man Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 Generally my thoughts on the matter too, except the part about Stoke. Their fans are not loyal, they are cunts.
Shrenchel Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 Agreed. All the usual suspects will come on and argue they've paid 20 quid so can act like a willy puller if they want to, but surely even they can see it's counterproductive. We're in amongst it because a team that on paper should be down the other end was playing as a unit and with great confidence. We need that confidence back. What the fvck good is booing going to do?! If I was a player, I'd wonder why I bothered playing my socks off for a season and a half if cretins with a brain the size of a eunuch's bollocks are going to boo at the first slip-up. There were cvnts at Forest who didn't make a sound all game apart from to boo the team off at half-time, it was the first time in quite a long while that I'd felt ashamed to be a Leicester fan.
Mike the Metal Ed Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 There were cvnts at Forest who didn't make a sound all game apart from to boo the team off at half-time, it was the first time in quite a long while that I'd felt ashamed to be a Leicester fan. No matter what anyone's opinion on the bloke, the treatment Neilson got when he was subbed was an absolute disgrace. I wanted to walk out there and then in case I caught a severe case of idiot.
Guest Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 No matter what anyone's opinion on the bloke, the treatment Neilson got when he was subbed was an absolute disgrace. I wanted to walk out there and then in case I caught a severe case of idiot. Sadly it seems to be rife within our fans You'll never catch me booing my team, totally counterproductive. I may well not clap them as I didn't last night, but booing is not the way forward.
ozleicester Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 After hearing a few boos tonight, I just wondered what people reckon as to when it is acceptable to boo your own team and when it is not...My view: In almost all circumstances, it is inappropriate and completely counter-productive. I mean, whatever you do in life, be it paid work, caring for children, studying, whatever...would it really encourage you to perform better if you heard the people you were working for booing you?! Would it make you feel motivated to do your best for them? Would it make you feel a stronger connection to them? If you'd been making mistakes and under-performing for whatever reason, would open hostility make you feel more self-confident about overcoming your failings?!?! GENERALLY, IT'S A NO-BRAINER (SORRY TO SHOUT): YOU DON'T BOO YOUR OWN TEAM, YOU ENCOURAGE THEM. I DON'T PARTICULARLY LIKE STOKE, BUT I'M SURE THEIR LOYAL SUPPORT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THEM STAYING IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE. Exceptions to the general rule: - Managers are fair game if they consistently mismanage their players or play a deeply unpleasant type of football. - Likewise, Directors if they fail to invest appropriately - Players who clearly don't care, as opposed to being hesitant/lacking confidence - big difference that is usually clear-cut; if in doubt, don't boo! - Players who commit a serious abomination (abusing fans, abusing teammates, racism etc.) SORRY, I'M GOING TO SHOUT AGAIN, BUT I FEEL LIKE SHOUTING!: PLAYERS AND TEAMS THAT ARE HAVING A BAD GAME, BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST CONFIDENCE OR BECAUSE THE OPPOSITION IS BETTER OR BECAUSE THAT'S LIFE, WILL GENERALLY PERFORM BETTER WITH VOCAL SUPPORT, NOT BOOING. INDEED, I BET SUPPORT IN DIFFICULT TIMES WILL MEAN A LOT MORE TO THEM THAN SUPPORT WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL. If you were booing tonight, please don't do it again; if your mates were doing it, please ask them to stop. BOOOOO!!
Fox92 Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 Ok, I am not a big fan of booing the side off because Nigel is a legend and has done a wonderful job here. But when you add up all the money you spend: . Season ticket or away ticket . Petrol or money to get to and on the bus . Car park . Food . Drink . Matchday programme You are looking at a load of money and when you have paid it, surely, you have the right to boo the team off if you want too?
Guest Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 You are looking at a load of money and when you have paid it, surely, you have the right to boo the team off if you want too? But surely we all want our team to do well no? Perhaps support rather than abuse would be a better way of helping our team through this bad patch
Fox92 Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 But surely we all want our team to do well no? Perhaps support rather than abuse would be a better way of helping our team through this bad patch No, I agree. As I said I am not a big fan of booing the side, and supporting them is something that should happen instead when something is going wrong.
chesterfox Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 good debate - tbh I've been dreading coming on here because even after the first goal last night some tossers were calling for Pearson to be sacked. What kind of supporter are you that in a moment of weakness you actually call for the club to be weakened further? I' not sure that some people have any clue - although I'm now doing the same thing why does it now seem popular/fashionable to have a go at each other surely the point of being a supporter is that we all have the same end goal in mind -supporting your club through thick and thin - and just because it is a little thin over the last two games ffs it is the first time the team have disappointed. Coming down on Saturday and willbe singing from start to end and any tosser who boos should get drowned out by noise. Also just because petrol is dear, programmes cost £3 and burgers are expensive why does that give you the right to boo - not much of an argument is it?
Zingari Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 surely it's unrealistic to expect it not to happen ( especially after a heavy drubbing by our biggest rivals )
haraven Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 Just stop the booing, simple as that. Get's you no where.
lou Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 surely it's unrealistic to expect it not to happen ( especially after a heavy drubbing by our biggest rivals ) course it is when half our fans are idiots who booed them when they only drew at home last season while in the top 2!!
Zingari Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 course it is when half our fans are idiots who booed them when they only drew at home last season while in the top 2!! they are everywhere it's up to us to get used to them and see the funny side of it all i'm pretty sure even "fans" of Celtic or Rangers would sometimes boo their team (even if they had won the SPL 3 times running) , after being beaten by their rivals it's just footie fans , you gotta luv 'em
Hitesh Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 What I don't get is how people think its helps the team?! It's only going to make them feel under more pressure in the next game and hence make more mistakes. Yeah, it might make them realise they're playing poorly but to me, if you decide to boo then its only going to make it worse for the next game.
Dan Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 I won't boo the team if they lose, but I will be tempted to boo the team if they lose and don't look interested.
purpleronnie Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 People get so uptight because some fans booed, its a free country, they're not invading the pitch and asaulting the players FFS.
Babylon Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 People get so uptight because some fans booed, its a free country, they're not invading the pitch and asaulting the players FFS. They are invading their minds... it's a form of bullying and I would sue if I was a player.
Dr The Singh Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 People get so uptight because some fans booed, its a free country, they're not invading the pitch and asaulting the players FFS. Agreed, although I never boo and don't see the point, it doesn't mean the paying public should not do so, it's a freedom of expression!! And I don't get all this negative pressure on players, they are professionas and should be be able to understand the fans frustrations and act upon it in a positive way!!
purpleronnie Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 Absolutely, lets not become a nation of wimps.
Babylon Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 they are professionas and should be be able to understand the fans frustrations and act upon it in a positive way!! They are also humans, a fact they seems to get forgotten just because they make a lot of money. Some people can handle pressure, some people can go to pieces because of it.
purpleronnie Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 Well if they cant handle pressure (some boo's = pressure ), then I dont want them playing for us.
Benji Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 I left a minute early last night for the first time in a long time, purely to stop myself booing. Absolutely dreadful last night and I can understand why people do it in the heat of things. If players can't react to a 5-1 drubbing to your local rivals or come out second half after looking like idiots all first half then your going to struggle. No one likes to lose, but giving fk all for the team like most of them did last night gives anyone who comes out on a tuesday night a right to express their displeasure at the end of the game. Don't boo or ironically cheer off players during the game or god forbid before it starts, but if you went to a restaurant and had the waiter piss on your food i'm sure the majority of people would complain.
Fosse Boy Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 Some people live to boo. It's a sad fact of life, but it's how some folk get their kicks. They're an embarrassment to their fellow fans and should fuck off and support cunting Chelsea if they want to see a team who win every week. Cretins.
purpleronnie Posted 9 December 2009 Posted 9 December 2009 If they are booing just for the sake of it thats stupid (how would you know?) but if they are genuinely pissed off about the perfrmance then I see nothing wrong with it.
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