Fans who boo and give our players abuse

[Bettsj2]

I'm sick of people coming out with the, 'we pay our money so are entitled to our opinion'.

Booing a player before they have even set foot on the pitch isn't an opinion.

It's just stupid.

[Fox92]

Does the whole 'don't boo our players before they've gone on the pitch' do your head in?

No. If you care to read my full post, I said I would never boo the team/a player prior to them coming on the pitch, although I have been known to boo the team at the end of a game. Out of frustration, that's all.

But if somebody does want to boo whenever, I'm not going to stop them or phone up the radio station and moan, or moan on a internet forum. The person pays their money, so they can boo, whether you think it is right or wrong.

[Kitchandro]

After last nights performance I couldn't be bothered to...

1. Boo

2. Cheer

I just got out of my seat and left.

Enough said.

This is how I always feel after a defeat or bad game tbh. I just storm off.

[Guest]

If I want to boo, I go to a pantomime.

[gazlcfc27]

I didnt boo last night even though we we're dreadful,but you know what was worse.Our home support,i know there's not much to shout about but i swear i heard an ant run across the floor.

[sbfox]

No. If you care to read my full post, I said I would never boo the team/a player prior to them coming on the pitch, although I have been known to boo the team at the end of a game. Out of frustration, that's all.

But if somebody does want to boo whenever, I'm not going to stop them or phone up the radio station and moan, or moan on a internet forum. The person pays their money, so they can boo, whether you think it is right or wrong.

Oh FFS... This ladies and gents is one of the prime examples as to why I will never be able to purchase a season ticket. Imagine being stuck next to this all season.

[Fox92]

Oh FFS... This ladies and gents is one of the prime examples as to why I will never be able to purchase a season ticket. Imagine being stuck next to this all season.

You're not going in case you end up next to someone who does something you don't like?

[Parafox]

Haven't we had a thread like this several times before.

[dannythefox]

If people want to boo thats up to them it's there money they can say what they want but I will never boo now matter how bad I think players are. If I heard people booing me I would try my very best to try win them over and put 100% effort in. But the fact is wellens gally dyer Howard are not getting any younger or better and with any of them in the starting 11 next year we will not get promotion and the fans have the right to express there opinion when there paying stupid money to watch shit football.

[Jace]

Haven't we had a thread like this several times before.

Unlikely considering the Konchesky incident happened Saturday and the Gallagher incident happened Tuesday....

[S-win]

Is there any parts of the ground that don't boo, I was in the kop and some did boo gally , what was it like in jobbers section.

[flowwolf]

Oh no not this subject again. For gawd sake put a sock in it ! People pay their money so can and will boo and abuse, and nothing you can say or do is going to change that. The only sure fire way of stopping it is for the players to earn their money and stop putting in piss poor displays , the likes of which we have seen all to often this season. The ball is in their court and if they don't like it they can fvck off with Mills.

[AyewJoking]

I'm sick of people coming out with the, 'we pay our money so are entitled to our opinion'.

Booing a player before they have even set foot on the pitch isn't an opinion.

It's just stupid.

Yes because Gallagher is a new player who hasnt yet played so we cant judge him. Does the slate get wiped clean after every match?

[Gubbins]

Whilst any personal abuse given to players is in most cases pretty indefesible, this 'If you boo your not a proper fan' theory really does my head in. Simply following and caring about their results makes us fans does it not? Its not like we do it for the glory or scintillating football is it. At the end of the day Gallagher or any other Leicester player booed by his own fans only gets booed for one simple reason. That over a sustained period of time be it through a lack of ability or even more importantly in many fans opinions effort, they have proven themselves to be rubbish players.

There have been many players, both this season and prior to it, who have been just as poor ability wise but it is Gallaghers continual refusal or inability to show the required 'paaashuun' that have led to him getting singled out and booed before he gets onto the pitch. Anyone with half a brain can tell that Gallagher is a better player than the utterly useless Steve Howard but because Howard will wave his arms about and stamp the advertising hoardings every now and again the majority of people will keep off his back. At the end of the day the ones most to blame are Gallagher himself and various managers for continuing to pick him when he is not up to it. It is a tragedy all round that due to his ridiculous contract he is likely to remain here overpaid, unloved by the fans and of little use to the cause of the team for the next few seasons

Many of the 'proper fans' will claim that if we just 'get behind the lads' things will get better and players like Gallagher who previously have been poor will markedly improve. This often isnt the case though and certainly isnt with our current team/squad. I remember the famous 3-3 draw with Arsenal back in 97 and firmly believe that it was a combination of the desire and ability of the players and the sheer noise and belief from the fans that led to our late equalisers. This season at Forest in the Cup over 7000 of us stood, sang and cheered us on for 90 minutes desperate to see us win at that accursed ground, yet at no point did we really look like overpowering what was a woeful Forest side. Ability wise the majority of these players are often simply not good enough. We have been an unacceptable 8 years out of the top division and if the players dont show the required effort or ability they can expect to be booed.

[lcfcgabe]

anyone who dares boo my team should be hung from the stadium roof and any player who doesnt give 100% should be sacked because they dont belong at leicester anymore than the idiots who boo there own team belong at leicester

[flowwolf]

anyone who dares boo my team should be hung from the stadium roof and any player who doesnt give 100% should be sacked because they dont belong at leicester anymore than the idiots who boo there own team belong at leicester

So it's pure logic, get rid of the players who do not give 100% and hey presto no booing !

[Guest]

You're not going in case you end up next to someone who does something you don't like?

I've moved my season ticket seat to get away from morons that do my head in.

[Mark_w]

Yes because Gallagher is a new player who hasnt yet played so we cant judge him. Does the slate get wiped clean after every match?

You don't boo your own player before they've gone on the pitch. He does his best, so whether you like him or not, booing him is wrong no matter how much you pay to get in. We're supposed to support the team, the clue's in the name.

[flowwolf]

You don't boo your own player before they've gone on the pitch. He does his best, so whether you like him or not, booing him is wrong no matter how much you pay to get in. We're supposed to support the team, the clue's in the name.

That is the problem with Gallagher he doesn't do his best. We all know what he is capable of but seldom does he apply himself to his own talent and that is why he gets booed. Bags of talent but too little effort in too many games.

[Jace]

That is the problem with Gallagher he doesn't do his best. We all know what he is capable of but seldom does he apply himself to his own talent and that is why he gets booed. Bags of talent but too little effort in too many games.

Just because a player doesn't have a moment of greatness and score a spectacular goal every match doesn't mean he is not trying. If Gally scored some of the goals we have seen from him every match he wouldn't be at Leicester anyway he would be at Barcelona

[halferowley2]

After last nights performance I couldn't be bothered to...

1. Boo

2. Cheer

I just got out of my seat and left.

Enough said.

I did stay to the end and looking around the stands lots fans left with 15 mins or so left Im sure if the owners, manager, staff, players saw the stands emptying early they must have expected boos at the end but not at a home player during the match.

[Leicester_Numan]

We have seen 2 incidences this week now where booing and abuse being shouted at players has caused disruption within the Club. Now I understand that yes if you pay £25 to watch Leicester play you have a right to shout what you want that is football I know, but those of you who choose to boo players than cheer them on before they have even kicked a ball on the day how would you feel if that was you? Would that spur you on to play better? Or would you feel more likely to be on edge, frustrated, annoyed and more likely to not have your head fully in the game?

Over the years successful football teams have always been built on confidence, belief in a players ability to win. Look at some of the greatest managers we have seen like Martin O' Neill and Brian Clough. These are managers who never relied on heavy tactics or heavy training schedules to get the best out of the players but got behind their players and made them believe the best in themselves to help them motivate and play with confidence. We have a good squad of Players here and we need to think how can we build that type of belief and atmosphere here again.

I think it's becoming obvious now the most of the players here are becoming frustrated and unsettled at the club and they are not enjoying their time here and would consider moving on. Now I am not having a go at the fans who are doing the booing you are within your right to but I just want to open your eyes to the possibility that if we cut this out and gave a bit of support back to the players again it could benefit us rather than make things worse?

I know this is Foxestalk and many with you will agree some will not I wouldn't even waste my time posting this on Bentleys Roof as I believe the optimistic fans are here and want to get behind the team, we have a half decent squad here and although some of you would like to see Pearson gone and I understand your reasons why but you have to admit the additions he has made to the squad with Marshall and Drinkwater have been excellent. So if maybe we can just give Pearson one more season of optimism and get behind the players we have and whoever he brings in we are will be a little more likely to achieve success than mid table disappointment again?

It's not the fans fault we are in this mess I know but while we may all disagree on who should be playing and who should be dropped we do all share one interest in common and that is we want to progress and obtain promotion next season, and if there is anything we can do to help the Club then we should do it so why not cut the slating and booing before a player comes on the pitch and hopefully if my theory is right he will play better.

We are all pissed off and frustrated but lets not make things worse for ourselves and believe and get behind our players again. What has happened to Gallagher and Konchesky this week should not of happened and I bet they are not the only players feeling the heat from the fans. So lets hope belief in this team can be restored so that next season maybe we can push forward into the top 6 and not find ourselves with a whole new set-up in a seasons time and take another 2 steps back to go another 1 steps forward.

So lets support our Players not make their jobs harder for them and maybe better things will happen on the pitch

You're wasting your time trying to explain the value of good support and the impact of booing on the teams confidence. I've tried and no matter what reasonable and rational arguments you present them with, they don't get it and will forever defend their right to boo because they pay their money. I played darts for over 20 years, for the last 10 I played, my team were winning pretty much everything in the local leagues. We didn't have the best players but we were a good team who supported each other 100%. Great support won us the tight games and the games where we were 3-0 down and won 4-3. We were a pub team beating teams full of county players. I have a flat full of trophies, league titles, cup wins, tournament wins, great support turns pub players into champions. Booing and negativity turns champions into pub players. They'll never understand that though

[flowwolf]

You're wasting your time trying to explain the value of good support and the impact of booing on the teams confidence. I've tried and no matter what reasonable and rational arguments you present them with, they don't get it and will forever defend their right to boo because they pay their money. I played darts for over 20 years, for the last 10 I played, my team were winning pretty much everything in the local leagues. We didn't have the best players but we were a good team who supported each other 100%. Great support won us the tight games and the games where we were 3-0 down and won 4-3. We were a pub team beating teams full of county players. I have a flat full of trophies, league titles, cup wins, tournament wins, great support turns pub players into champions. Booing and negativity turns champions into pub players. They'll never understand that though

Are your friends Electric ?

[Kitchandro]

Yes because Gallagher is a new player who hasnt yet played so we cant judge him. Does the slate get wiped clean after every match?

Yeh, why shouldn't it? They've got a chance of playing loads better than they did in the last game.

It's not like Gallagher's done a Dennis Wise or even what Mills has supposedly done.

This is my point about negatvity, you obviously go to games wanting to lay into the team and expecting them to fail, or at least certain players. I mean 9 times out of 10 I come home thinking Dyer is absolutely fvcking awful but every time I go to a match and he gets the ball I'm thinking 'go on Lloyd you can do it you beauty'. My optomism generally subsides as the game goes on at the end I'm often tearing my hair out.

But in recent weeks my optimism has left me completely to the point where I no longer have any hope of us entertaining me or making me happy. So that's why for the time being at least, I've stopped going. I don't know why anyone would want to go just so they can be negative and take it out on their least favourite player. Gillette Soccer Saturday is far more fun.

[sbfox]

That is the problem with Gallagher he doesn't do his best. We all know what he is capable of but seldom does he apply himself to his own talent and that is why he gets booed. Bags of talent but too little effort in too many games.

Are you absolutely mental? How the fvck do you know if he's doing his best or not? Can you read his mind? Can you tell how tired he is?

Let's use a simply analogy. I buy your product or service. I don't think you've done your best in make that product or service. This DOESN'T mean I can abuse you, swear at you or even boo you in your place of work, does it? If you say yes, please tell me where you work so we can come and try my theory.

These players aren't doing a public service, they're doing a bloody job.