I have a question here. Obviously everybody is entitled to their own opinion and you can do what you like at the ground.
However........
How on earth can it have a positive effect booing the team off at half time when they had actually played so well (17 shots on goal). One silly mistake cost us a goal. Then in the second half to boo players every time they touch the ball (Kelly Y being one of them) is just stupid.
I sit in the west lower (Block c) and they were doing it there as they were in the North. It was great though when the small section of the North Upper sung "VFR".
At times I am saddened and ashamed of some of our fans. Why come to a game to moan and boo your way through the 90 minutes! If you want to vent any negative feelings do it away from the ground and on the net!
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there was the usual boo that ran round at the end, but thats kinda expected, and although I wouldn't join in, i can see why people do it then. during the game is disgusting in my opinion and very sad at what a club we have become. lower your expectations people. remember where we were 10/15 years ago, and think about what would happen to make you boo then. now all it seems is a slight mistake to set you off. It was a horrible atmosphere at The Valley last night, and at times I felt embarrassed to be sitting in the stands.
around us (J block) after 34 minutes 2 people started boo-ing, and in the 49th minute several others joined in.
So for the last 40 minutes the players (whom I'm sure do realize they are losing) have that "weight" around their necks aswell. You could see the City players growing in confidence the louder it become. As I said yesterday, after the match do/say/shout what you want, but during the game try and SUPPORT your team.
agree with you too royroy, i'm not a booer but i can understand people venting their emotions after the game but during the game and at individual players is wrong. i was also ashamed last night and i actually started wondering how much more i can take, not the performances surprisingly but the attitude of some of our fans. what has happened to us.
LOL.Are you sure they were actually people?
there was the usual boo that ran round at the end, but thats kinda expected, and although I wouldn't join in, i can see why people do it then. during the game is disgusting in my opinion and very sad at what a club we have become. lower your expectations people. remember where we were 10/15 years ago, and think about what would happen to make you boo then. now all it seems is a slight mistake to set you off. It was a horrible atmosphere at The Valley last night, and at times I felt embarrassed to be sitting in the stands.[/quote]
I agree at half time it was not on as they had played a very good half. However i wanted them to know at full time that the shift they put in for the second half was shocking and the only way to convey that was to boo. I don't join in every week and i do back the team vocally even last night until the end of the game. But I'm afraid certain people out there last night jacked it in and i was not happy with that
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DISAGREE Back when we were a Nationwide division one side finishing midtable every season I was only young but don't remember hearing booing for anyone but the ref, lino and opposition!
You obviously never saw Carl Leaburn play then.
As I say I was quite young so maybe just don't remember but I know Booing was rare even at the people i have listed!
i cringe to my toes i cant bear the booing. shameful.
I generally find its the people who shout 'fish'.
Those who seem the most pissed of with things tend to move way past booing in to a tourettes style stream of consciousness style rant. That approach is far better if you ask me. It has comedy value, especially when they start dribbling, but also it is generally so incoherent there is no way the players will be able to conclusively say it was aimed at them someone could just be having a fit of some kind.
I'll eat that!
I prefer to Shout as load as i can "Feckin Gray hit the target or Feckin pass the ball you muppett"
Well the people near me that boo have been going for years and years, and are not premiership watchers, so I think you're wrong. I think its a mixture of people. Some premiership years, some old time fans, some old people, some young. I don't think there is a certain type of booer. I think there are a lot of fans on this forum, that have been going for years that vent their opinions with the high expectations of the premier league lot, but have in fact been to watch charlton in the 70s and 80s, and then justify that they expect more. That doesn't mean they are booing although some of them admit they do.
The guy seems totally unable to lift a team. We played well for 25 mins in the first half and then just got worse up until half time. I fully expected a Charlton team to come out second half fired up and happy to put the final 20 minutes of the first half behind them after a good team talk at half time....and look what we got...we couldnt string two passes together at times and to be honest I thought we were appalling. Youga's confidence was low going into the game, so why not play Basey? Persevering with this type of player will not have a positive effect and to be honest mid way through the second half you could see that players were unwilling to pass to him, and then he didnt even bother to run back and cover. With this squad, we shouldnt be in this position. Our tactics, finishing, passing, movement are a shambles chaps, and that is down to those that coach, manage and supposedly motivate the so called team. Its very easy to stop the booing....put in a decent honest fighting shift and it will be eradicated...until then, just get used to it....people get frustrated and vent it....
I blame women for this. ;-)