Heard something a bit unsavoury happened today, anyone who was there care to elaborate?

Did Ritchies_skidmark berate him for looking at Baldwin funny and causing him to give away the 2nd goal?

I heard he played it into the corner at the end, few fans shouted something and he mouthed back "There's fucking 2 minutes left"... Not saying that's fact but what i've heard.

Same as I heard, fair do's in my opinion, if your big enough to give it you're big enough to take it. Unless not much was said and he was really really shit today, in which case FINE HIM. FINE HIM NOW. But that's the opposite of what I've heard.

Mountain. Molehill.

if the player has had instructions from the bench to keep it in the corner then that is what he should do!!! Why would he disobey instructions from the bench?

He'd have a harder time of it telling Cooper that he disobeyed him so as to comply with the instructions fromsome fans on the sidelines instead!!!!

nah I shouldn't condone violence at football these days!!!

On his twitter this week he's still having a hard time of it. Anyone having a pop needs sectioning. We're playing well finally and people still feel the need to have a go at our players, can't understand it. They're people too, I think some forget that.

yep - some folks have a misplaced sense of self importance!!! Why shout shite from the sidelines - we should be encouraging during a game.... only in extreme circumstances should it be done (eg Nelson's performance at Bristol Rovers some years ago) where he cleary couldn't be arsed and didn't want to be there.

Big difference between that and possibly making an incorrect decision FFS !!!

Compton has played well every time I've seen him!!!

I distinctly remember us seemingly only ever getting behind players many years ago... there may have been the odd one or two but most folks got behind them!!!!!!

Cn't see the point in not encouraging a player after a mistake... come on son.. next time lad.... ha'way get yer 'ead up kidder... blah etc etc... why would anyone go all that way just to take up a disgusted stance and distancing themselves from such disgraceful play on the pitch eh? EEh imperfect football!!!!

There's a massive difference between what we witnessed last season and this in terms of attempting to play the fucking game in my opinion!!! There really were players on the pitch not giving a fuck... an incapable management team and players with no belief in themselves... fans had a right to complain about such circumstances

I really don't see any of that this season...... I'm happy if the team tries to play the game the right way and gives me encouragement that we'll get better!!!!
Like yloop says, Compton is a player who needs encouragement right now!!!!! I hope he doesn't let it affect him... I'm sure Cooper will have already talked to him about it after the match


After all, he is far more important to how well we do on the pitch than those few screaming abuse at him!!!!

Nobody was on comptons back at all. We had just conceded a last minute goal and he got the ball infront of the fans onthe Wing and lost it, there were moans and groans which to be fair is perfectly normal and he then snapped. If anything he was the one in the wrong and should know better. He is in a highly paid job and people pay alot of money to watch him play and its part and parcel of being a footballer. If he can't handle a few moans then he should retire and find another job. Nobody was on his back and it seems the picture has not been painted clearly at all reading this thread. Everyone was gutted at conceding and it means alot more to the fans than it does the players.

Aye he'll be on a fortune Compton.

I was on the away terrace and heard the abuse from a few mindless idiots to which he did respond. To be fair he had a right mare but there was no need for the abuse. Something and nothing really. And Luke James will never have a better chance of a hat trick than in the second half when through one on one with their keeper. I think the experienced Mildenhall psyched him out a bit standing up and making himself big till the last second.
There was a nice touch at the final whistle when Mildenhall warmly shook Luke's hand and gave him a cuddle. And they walked up to the halfway line in deep conversation. I am sure the keeper admires Luke's talent and promise and was telling him so. Luke absolutely worked his socks off with little support up front.

To do fair looking at the chance he didn't little wrong, he made it himself for one and it was a brilliant save by the keeper.

What was actually said?? I said "for fuck sake" and others seemed to say similar. What was the actual abuse??

He was quality all afternoon. Ran his socks off and caused alot of problems for there 2 centre backs. His performance deserved that 3rd goal. From the resulting corner burgess had an even better chance. Luke James cannot be criticised for anything yesterday. Man of the match

I heard he came here for the money

ridiculous post - I'd hate to think you were ever my gaffer!! Or anyone's gaffer!!! Nobody would ever meet your standards and would be in a job less than a week

To be fair to birthmark this does sound like something you needed to see to get a good understanding of, lots of word of mouth accounts but things get lost in the messaging
I do agree there is little point blindly abusing players, but it doesn't sound clear that that is what happened

There were frustrated groans and a few shouts of "fuck sake" etc but wouldn't say abuse. I didn't even see him say anything at the time so surprised so much has been made of it.

We have some fucking idiots following us.

Care to explain how that is ridiculous??

its not a highly paid job.at pools anyway

Depends on what you deem to be highly paid. Anyone earning over a grand a week is highly paid IMO.

He's not on over a grand a week is he?

True, some stay at home mind you

is it just me... or does anyone else agree with the notion that folks who shout shit like that at our own players should be thrown out? It's hard to think why not!!!

I've heard the same shite hurled at him and Franks in home games. Even when they're playing well.

Some people are unable to accept that players make mistakes, I'll never defend out two slow immobile cloggers, but the rest of them do less bad than good.

One thing that shocks me is even when Sweeney or Baldwin have a poor game they're still adored by the same morons who abuse the others.

It never fails to amaze me that people will travel the length of the country to shout abuse at our own players.

If some one can explain, without using the phrase 'my opinion' I'll fly back and buy them a pint.

I'm not far off, and I don't feel 'highly paid'. I live in a 2 bed terrace, in a decent area of Birmingham, with one little boy and a wife who looks after him. I easily cover the essentials with a bit left, but not much. I'm not complaining, but I don't feel like I'm rich. Comfortable, yes, but not highly paid. And I'm likely to have this job for life. Footballers don't.

I don't think I'm highly paid...its a matter of perspective ...

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Oh yes, I agree entirely. I do know, however, that when my dad was doing loads of overtime down the pit, he was earning more than I am now (and that's not accounting for inflation) and with the degree, Masters, and PhD, I didn't start earning until my mid 20s with a shit load of debt to pay off.

Unsurprising.

Anyone who comes out with that towards a Pools player is a painfully thick wanker who should be barred from attending Pools matches.

Aren't you at the game as a 'supporter?' Shouting that at young lad is cracking support.

Slightly worrying if Compton is unsettled already given the amount of clubs he has had in a young career this is really his last chance
Agree mindless shouting at players doesn't help but let's not kid ourselves this doesn't happen everywhere, hopefully he is mentally strong enough to ignore it, he will need to be

Yep no matter how much you do or don't earn it tends to be gone by the end of the month anyway !

we need a poll... would we rather these abusers were barred out of the ground, or would we want a half decent player to stay/ I fail to see how else you could word the poll

Maybe thinking about it like that will make them pause and realise what it is they are doing?

I'd much rather they stayed at home, 'support' like that Is not needed at this moment when we have a young team in transition.

I don't think you should ban people but hopefully if they are shouted down and it's obvious no one is impressed by them then it will go away.

Sorry but you have to question the mental strength of a player who would leave because of a bit of shouting.
Yes the people who do it are wrong and yes they shouldn't do it but you have to get on with it, it's been happening for years

if the bloke had deserved it I could understand it.... but he clearly does not deserve it!! He has every right in this case to be well pissed off.

I believe some of the people doing it have fixed ideas and once they have those ideas then it is done and dusted.

On a personal level I am always pleased for our team and any player who proves people wrong including especially people like myself!!!

I'll complain about things not being right on message boards with the best of them... but never will I give grief to a player who is on the pitch!!

This has been done to death

It's time to take people on who do this, at the time

If they offer us out, bring it on!!!

Does that include anyone who boo's Steve Howard ? Or is that ok because he 'deserves it' , and how do people decide who deserves it ?

Anybody who has worked away from home for any length of time knows what it's like.
I was fortunate enough today to sit down with my family for lunch on my day off.
Jack Compton walked out of his digs jumped into his 11 year old, 2 door French car and went for maccy d's, fook me on his return the bag wasn't big enough to hold a big mac, the kid is welcome round ours anytime.

I never advocate booing, whether anyone deserves it or not - while the game is in progress nobody should be booing our players. They will get their criticism or praise on these boards and in the press

Anyway you are just arguing with me now... I might have to boo you!!!

Ha fair enough, I actually agree with you on booing your own players with some very few exceptions, I just don't think banning is a realistic route to take, hopefully people just ignore the idiots and don't give them an audience as a lot of them do it to try and look like big men

Booing Howard isn't quite as bad as calling a young lad 'fucking shite ' to his face but it's just as dumb as the negativity is heard and will bounce through the entire team.

Whatever you think of someone for the 90 minutes they are wearing a blue and white shirt your role in the ground is be a supporter. I don't care how many games you've been to or how much noise you make otherwise abusing anyone in a Pools shirt is imbecilic.

I think in the real world there is always going to be some booing and jeering , but agree it is for the most part counterproductive
Sometimes people's frustration s get the better of them, I remember years ago being furious with Ingram for stupidly getting himself off in the fa cup vs Macclesfield, it's sometimes hard to keep that in

Didnt hear what was actually said but obviously something was for him to react and tell someone to fuck off. What I do know is they had just equalised in the last minute and everyone was pissed off. Then Compton loses the ball directly infront of the pools fans. Its hardly the crime of the century that merits a ban. It seemed nothing at the time and still does, Saying that its an obvious candidate for a 6 pager.

funny how some who were there managed to see Compton's reaction, but only those who were not stood with the loudmouths seem to be able to say anything different, about what the loudmouths did!!!! Nobody ever seen or heard anything they said!!!!!! Amazing!!!

its a fact of life watching football, you're gonna get pissed off in certain games when things go against your team.
it doesn't mean the players/manager have to be abused every time it happens though

I can't imagine that Colin cooper or ken hodcrodt will be too happy to hear that one of the players has been unprofessional.

I don't read twitter so don't know about personal issues that he may have but that isn't an excuse for swearing at a fan. In the real world if you swear at a customer you are in the shit even if provoked.

Bollocks...there no excuse for a "fan" to swear at him in the first place ..these tossers who shout out at the players should be shot with their own shit

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