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Booing City

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Bigrod, Sep 20, 2021.

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Booing City

  1. No, never actually Boo the team

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  2. Yes, will Boo if they don’t get the result l want

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  3. Will Boo, but only after several poor results

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  4. Not so far, but May do in the future.

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  1. Faithful Bantam

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    I booed at the final whistle on Tuesday night and I was at home watching it on TV.
     
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  2. Tight1-0Victory

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    Well I agree with a lot of this to be honest but booing long term failure doesn't make sense because these players and this manager aren't to blame for the fact that we are underachieving year on year and when we're booing draws I really do despair a little bit

    But you do make a good case and you're right about a lot of it I'm just not a fan of the attitude of our support this season it's very disappointing
     
  3. Kevin1954

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    Because I don’t !
     
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  4. Tight1-0Victory

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    You don't know many professional athletes do you lol

    You do realise athletes including footballers are working 5, 6 days a week at their craft and that idiots booing at the end of a game is over in the blink of an eye

    Those things might stay with the player but it doesn't motivate them to do better next time that comes from within and to be honest we just saw a whole season contested where nobody took it easy because their were no fans present the games might have been a bit weirder but it was what it was

    Motivation for a pro athlete comes from within not whether they're clapped or booed at the end of a match all booing can do is sour the athletes feelings towards the attendees

    They're not Sunday league players who would get right upset every time someone criticises them they don't think 'oh my god I better do better' unless it's their manager that's rollicking them some pissed up idiot in the stand at 9:45 pm on a Tuesday night will only upset them slightly and then they move on and they must think those idiots are even stupider when they applaud a similar performance the following game just because they won

    Booing is dumber than most people realise
     
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  5. Faithful Bantam

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    Tbh, I could probably count on one hand the amount if times I've booed in my time watching City. Its generally counter productive and I've only ever done it when there's clearly a lack of effort being put in. Booing poor players for playing poorly doesn't really do much. In my case, I just chose not to renew my ST, such was/is my disenchantment and despondency with how the club is being run. Voting with your feet is a more tangible and practical thing to do.
     
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  6. Bigrod

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    Agree with much you say about booing.
    However not renewing your season ticket is not really likely to motivate a player.
    It might on an accumulative basis deter future signings, if the club cannot offer competitive salaries, but on a day to day basis unlikely.
    The thing that is most likely to motivate players is a shift from high standard salaries to a a greater proportion of income based on results.
     
  7. Faithful Bantam

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    My decision to not renew wasn't about motivating players. I've just lost complete belief in the club. We're aimless, floundering and the product represents no value for money in my eyes. Its not something I've done on a whim, its the result of years of mismanagement.
     
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    For those who have kids, did you ever boo your kids when they didn't brush their teeth or didn't do their homework or even got poor results in their exams? Or maybe your other half when you couldn't watch your favourite TV prog? No? Nor me either.

    I don't boo grown men doing their jobs either even when their performance is abysmal. I certainly wouldn't cheer or clap them for a poor performance which some believe is the only alternative to booing. I simply stand up at the end of the game and leave in silence .. and then whinge on the way home and threaten never to return to VP whilst Liam, Matt or Jim is ever allowed to wear c&a again. It makes me feel a little better in the short term!

    It's the manager's job to sort out poor performances and it doesn't require a load of boos for him to understand that.
     
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    We brought Adams in to change the culture at the club, not for him to mention the old culture every other interview. Getting rid of Crankshaw shows how little this club has progressed, it would have made more sense for us to wait till January at least, he would have been a great option to replace Gillead and allow us to change formations to say 4-4-2 (yes I hate that obsession too). But hey at least we made a couple of quid while we tread water in mid table.
     
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    The players are getting it in the neck because of what we were told before pre season. Lauding of our recruitment director in newspaper articles, a CEO telling all who will listen that promotion is a high priority, Adams telling us he's happy with his squad of cast offs and injury prones. Even before last Tuesday, we here paper talk of wanting a reaction from the team after Saturdays dropped points, only for our keeper to give them a first minute goal. And then refusing to change until 2 goals down. Yes a few did show their displeasure by booing, mainly from the few left in the top tiers but this fan base has seen enough garbage in the last four years to last a life time. Over 16,000 of them backed this side last Saturday, their loyalty should not be in question.
    I'd just like my manager to stop passing the buck and send a team out at Swindon to the best of his and its abilities.
     
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    2 deals that sum up the mentality and ambition of the club. The sale of Crankshaw, the signing of Robinson.
     
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    And on a serious note, booing the team doesn't get to the heart of our club's problems. If the problem is a lack of direction within the club or a failure to invest in the squad or the wrong tactics deployed on the day or an individual's errors, booing the entire squad resolves none of those issues. It might articulate the sense of frustration of the fans but the current crop of players aren't the ones who have failed our club over many years.
     
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    Couldn't agree more
     
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    Support should be just that, when the chips are down and you need that support to lift you as a team. Booing achieves little other than to vent your spleen and get your emotions off your chest. The frustrations are not at individual players as such, although a few offer very little at this moment, more of a 'we' ve seen this before'.
    We all know the main problem and the effect his lack of interest has on the rest of the organisation. Unfortunately that doesn't look like changing in the distant future.
     
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    I would think the players on Tuesday night realised that performance was no where near good enough, although Id say most of the booing was in frustration.
     
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    I rarely if ever have booed but is booing any worse than singing were fecking shit as quite a few in the atmosphere section did on Tuesday night?

    Though I have chanted your not fit to wear the shirt a few times over the years. Always out of pure frustration though.

    The recent years of shite on the pitch is now beginning to manifest itself as genuine discontent from the stands.

    We were told its promotion this season and so far our form is more of a mid/lower table team. That's what is beginning to grate on a few, me included.

    It's like buying a ticket to see the latest James Bond film but ending up seeing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
     
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    Is the booing towards the players... the management or both

    I suspect its both but it's not the players fault they was brought in... maybe it's all they have to give

    Recent history suggests so
     
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    that implies that they don't care if they win or lose either way, or at least booing/showing displeasure is required to do well.

    the season behind closed doors should have been 46 losses then.

    are Sunderland a bunch of happy clappers? are Newcastle a bunch of happy clappers? I think not.
     
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    Agree. I use to reward my kids in small ways, if they had performed well. Never booed, or god forbid hit them, we have had frank discussions if they have misbehaved. Thankfully they have grown up into well balanced young people who work hard, have good values, and seem happy in their relationships.
    I am into small and proportionate incentives.
     

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