On about fans booing there own players.

Speaks sense...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7771014.stm

Good article.

Much better than the knobjockeys (journos etc) on the radio yesterday saying that Arsenal should ban everybody who was booing and that booing at football matches was a blight on the game and that irrespective of how much you pay to go and watch you should not be entitled to voice any sort of opinion.

The day when it is only acceptable to sit and politely applaud at football is the day that I stop going.

Well i think hansen puts it right, he agrees as fans we have a right to react how we like, but tries to make people understand the reaction a boo or a bad response has on a player.

shit!! All this time I thought going, "boo" was to scare opponents

so all these people who constantly boo young foley are to blame for destroying the poor kids confidence. Well that and the fact he is crap!

I think anyone who boos there own players deserve a sla.........hang on best not say that!

If anyone wants to boo foley then as a fan they have that right and they've paid there money so they can do so.

But i hope this article goes to show the effect the abusive having on him, other players, his confidence, the chances of him actually succeeding at this club, 'cos i'm sure we all want him to succeed, cos if he does then we do.

i think its fair to say that those that boo him are part of the reason why he looks like a startled rabbit in front of some headlights. Just look at matty robson now that he isnt being booed, he has improved ten fold.

very true. Was great hearing i think his name is bob having a right go at the singers in the town end because they booed foley coming on. He was going fucking mental. And his mate was just stood there winding him up. Quality. Do they use the message boards does anyone know?

so what you are saying mr c&t is that the crowd helped turn matty into the player he is today?

I would say the constant jeering and booing put him back in his development by at least 2 years. The people who did that should be ashamed, not proud

laddo in our band who's a Boro season ticket holder told me the other day that at Boro they have camera's pointing at the fans, and if anyone stands up/swears/exposes themselves etc that there is a letter on their chair next match telling em to pack it in!


crazy


he's thinking of jacking it in there.....

Here we go, the "I'm a better fan than you" argument.

And that's necessary is it?? 'Cos I'm a bit lost as to how it helps. At the moment a lot of people are saying put the kids in. The kids could get totally destroyed by one mistake and a fifteen minute pillorying from the morons.

We swopped Stoke for Derby ?

Sometimes I get so angry with the simple life they lead

And the shepherd's smile seems to confirm my fears

They've never questioned anything, never disagreed

Sometimes I think they must have wool in their ears

And when you see a cane I see a crook

And when you see a crowd I see a flock

It's sheep we're up against

It's sheep we're up against



When I was young they used to get me counting sheep

But the counting I did was all in vain

Now when I'm tired and I'm trying to get to sleep

I count humans jumping onto trains



And when you see a cane I see a crook

And when you see a crowd I see a flock

It's sheep we're up against











didn't have you pegged as a fan Elvis.....

thank god for your voice of reason, i don't always agree with what you say on other subjects, but you are 100% spot on with this one

"Let's take an example of a player doing five good things, five average things and five bad things in a game - if a player is popular the fans will remember the five good things and if he is not so popular they will remember the five bad things."

How true is that remark from Hansen. Certain people on here only see the bad things that Humphries does, for example. Meanwhile a fair number also only see the good things he does. While the truth lies in the quote, he is doing all three, and hopefully a larger percentage of good than bad.

Feeling a bit mixed up about booing at the minute. I would have agreed with the anti-booers normally, I've never done it and think its usually just going to make a bad situation worse. I did boo Brian Mawhinney at Cardiff but nobody joined in- odd as he is a vicious old tosspot and a leech sucking a living out of football whereas the likes of Foley do try their best for Pools.

Anyway, after four home games from Toulouse FC I'm starting to wonder. TFC have been dire with the players showing no commitment/desire/passion at all and the fans just sit and take it. In the case of a lack of effort I think booing might be OK, at least it shows some involvement. Lack of skill, awareness or judgement it still seems pointless to me.