Now, I'll admit this may be a strange title for a thread - but hear me out.
A bit of context: There's one bloke who sits somewhere in L block in the North Upper, possibly row OO/PP, who would appear to go to games on his own. No problem with that; most of us have done that at some point I'm sure. But this one particular guy shouts absolute bollocks for the entirety of a match - to no-one in particular - which admittedly some people do, but his behaviour has become more strange as the weeks have worn on. Yesterday he was literally screaming at Peters about Cousins, shouting "get him off" at least four times in a row. The squeal was so embarrassingly high-pitched and unprompted that several people looked round in sheer disbelief. We were 2-0 up at the time as well!
There were any other questionable shouts throughout the match, and it just got me thinking: why is he here? We were winning, he wasn't happy. He was on his own, so it can't have been the social aspect that football can bring. He turned up angry, and went home angrier having seen a victory. Alright, it wasn't pretty at times, but we still got the job done.
Personally I think if I got that irate at members of our own team and derogatorily referred to our playing style/the manager every 30 seconds, I would imagine I'd stop going immediately. But this guy turns up every week, seems to unravel at the first misplaced pass and doesn't seem content unless one of the (many) targets of his abuse are substituted. Utterly strange. But he's there every week.
He can't be the only one, but I cannot for the life of me understand why someone who gets so worked up at (often infrequent) victories and mediocre performances would a) support Charlton at all or b) turn up!
Does anyone else have similar experiences?
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Some people just love a moan. I reckon you befriend him, find out where he works then suddenly just turn up one day, going ballistic that he's used the 'times new roman' font when he should've been using 'calibri' or something on a word doc.
Or just get right up in his face and shout 'use the mouse with your left hand FFS'
...`GET HIM OFF, GET HIM OFF....OOO ME JACOBS!'
It was quite entertaining.
I must admit I'm over critical of the players sometimes and cousins was doing my fucking head in on Tuesday, but I rational it by Turing up week in and week out and singing my throat out
I think if you spend a few grand a season watching a team home and away it kinda gives you the right to moan when the effort isn't there. To be honest they don't hear the singing from the north upper, never mind the abuse
There is a guy who sits at the very front of the north upper he is really loud and gives a lot of abuse he cracks me up also
I just see it all as part of the banter of football. When I sit in the east or west stand I just don't feel like I'm at football. Have to be making noise me
He seems to have quietened down over the years but he used to, once a game, go on a huge rant for about 5 minutes that used to echo around the covered end, it was brilliant.
Just because people pay a lot of money to go and watch football, play down the park with their mates, or are decent at FIFA/Football Manager it does not mean they are clued up on the tactics and positoning of a high level professional game.
Now if Wiggins has misplaced his third simple pass in a row, or Henderson has booted the ball of the pitch again, I can fully understand why that might frustrate someone.
People who ask for running like headless chickens are the same people who would then moan about Simon Church, you can't win.
If you compare us from 2009 to now and still moan, then you will never be happy and to be honest you should be as we are competing and looking dangerous.
When working as a salesman for several years, had to constantly swap saturdays so not to miss too many games.
For others it's sounds like the drinking is the main thing.
A group of 20 to 22 years olds were on my train to bournmouth (pokesdown)
and one guy said he loved going to away games best, for the piss up.
but the worse part of the day was the 90 mins of the match!
How sad is that ?
After that game i knew what he meant !
I should have stayed in the witherspoons longer.
Gets so much abuse on the way I don't know why he bothers?
Charlton are made for me.
They might not make much sense to most people.
Can probably just assume its an alternative way of expressing yourself when your not getting any...
He never, ever, ever stops shouting absolute bollocks to the extent that some think he might have mental issues, I just think he's an arsehole.
It doesn't matter what's happening, he hates nothing more than us winning, he is on their backs the whole time "make a tackle, for Christ's sake even if its one of your own team", screaming at Jordan Cousins the whole time... Tuesday was the worst yet, I want to smash him in the face some days because the players genuinely can hear it and it doesn't do them any good.
I remember once we were winning 3-0 and as ever he was on their backs... Someone sitting next to me told him to shut up and support the team (a very very nice gentleman I must say as well, not the kind of guy that comes across as intimidating or rude) and then it happened... Gradually they drew level to 3-3. It was like all this guys Christmases had come at once... "Ah good one mate, support them should I?" "Wahey looks like we're great today doesn't it mate?!".
Such an arsehole. Always wears a Charlton beanie and looks like Dowie. Saw him on a regular weekday once getting on a bus in full Charlton training gear. Probably about 50... If you're reading this, if you can read that is, you're a prick.