For some reason I can't stop thinking about the disgusting booing and cat calling from a section of our fans yesterday. It really has sickened me and I fear it could prove a negative turning point in our season. As others have said, this isn't what our club is about and I for one want to see an end to it. Quite frankly I think many so called fans have forgotten what being 'Charlton' means.
With that in mind I'm starting this thread so fans can pen a message of SUPPORT to let the team know we're 100% behind them for the run in and, if necessary, the Play Offs. I'll forward this link onto the club in the hope Mooney, Akpo, Parky and the rest of the team can have a read.
Maybe I'm being naive but I happen to want this team to succeed.
Those who want to be negative, please leave it for other posts on CL. Sorry, but this is about unbridled positively.
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Seriously, the booing has sickened me as well. 100% with you.
While appreciating that the team is 3rd in the division, I also have expectations of the relative abilities of players who kick and head a football for a living, who train for a couple of hours 4 or 5 days a week, and who are being well-paid, even at 3rd tier level, to perform for 90+ minutes in a league game once (sometimes twice) a week.
It is therefore somewhat disappointing to witness a shot from a striker go into touch by the corner flag on the opposite side of the pitch, to see another striker nudged off the ball on the edge of the penalty area only to sit on the ground and wave his arms at the ref, and for a midfielder to misplace more passes than should be expected of a seasoned pro and spend more time talking at the ref and opponents than encouraging his team-mates.
It is also disappointing to see a team 'switch off' defensively in the manner that cost two goals yesterday and four last Saturday, including a centre-back who thinks he has time to dwell on the ball and/or let it bounce before trying to defend.
It was good to see David Mooney score with a clinical finish yesterday, but the cupped-ear gesture tarnished the achievement, particularly in view of recent performance levels and delivery.
I wonder when our own emergent strikers will be given a chance to impress in their parent team, and when the youthful ability of Jonjo will again grace the starting XI?
exactly,but the supprt was terrific and positive and yet....
Smell the coffee eh.
fortunately though,the others are worse! it won't take much to show that we are better and if the management and team can grow a pair between themselves and roll over some sides we'll be rocking again. i still fancy us to win through in the play offs.
Thought the idea of being a Supporter was to Support the Team, I think you'll find the clue in the words....
but they'll see that booing is acting in the best interests of the club and fancy that it's hard cheese if someones feelings get hurt along the way,and voice their concerns accordingly.the capitulation at millwall did not warrant cheering or letters to the club telling them that we are still behind them and you can keep serving up that crap as we'll just keep taking it.not saying that it's right or not
Parkinson was correct in his analysis of the clubs and his position at this time in the clubs history. What they need is a level of support that is of a higher order than when we are doing well . Valley 11 was trying to do just that. The contributers that have decided to 'kill the thread' should be ashamed of themselves.There are many other threads on this site to whinge and boo etc. or even attempt to be funny,killing off a genuine thread of support is just sickening and very very childish.
An apology to valley 11 and the other SUPPORTERS of his thread should be given.
get off the fence Thread killer
Agree 100%. There are plenty of other threads going for moaning/debating. The guy just wanted to try and keep ONE thread for positive comments, but some of you can't even respect that.
All as bad as each other.
my offer of a cuddle still stands
my fault... sorry
if 17k of home fans to see basically a notch up from park football in some of the play isn't enough encouragement i don't know what is ........
a few boo's here and there would make me want to prove the doubters wrong if i was playing but maybe i'm not as sensitive as most .... grow a pair
we're at last chance saloon as a club and how many of these players will be here in 3 years if we don't go up .... prolly a few the rubbish ones!
we'll all still be here tho
Nothing I or anybody else can write will convince the booers to give it a rest and see what can happen with a bit of purely positive support - I think we're finding out what happens with the opposite.
So sad.
All I would say to the players is that if you can look at yourself in the mirror after each match and honestly say yes I genuinely gave everything I have for the shirt then that is good enough for me and I will stay with you.
We've got Dave Mooney.......
Another word is Fan - derived I would guess from fanatic. Fanatics pay their money and can do what ever they so please.
True. Doesn`t make it the right thing though does it.
I've just had a look at an online dictionary and it under "fanatic" it states;
"a person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics"
So, if "fan" is indeed derived from the word "fanatic" as you suggest then the people booing cannot be "fans", can they?
Just a thought - don't really care what people want to call themselves.
Maybe it comes from "Fantasists" that would make sense in many cases :-)