: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:51 am  

Bulliac wrote:

Seconded. A really well thought through tactic to improve his performance, wasn`t it.

I`d like to ask the deluded fools who booed the team to tell us just when booing ever improved anything? Of course, you`ve paid your brass and if you want to boo then go ahead. It`s your right, after all. I`m not going to suggest that these people aren`t `real supporters because they patently are but it only makes things worse since no player ever got better by being booed.

I booed to show my dissatisfaction with the performance, my dissatisfaction with the coach and to show that something needs to change.

I'm not sure i'd class myself as a deluded fool, but I'm not going to sit there whilst the club crumbles before my eyes and clap them off. I know the players are down and unfortunately I don't have a mouth which directs the "boos" direct to McClueless's ears. The club is bigger than one man and he needs to walk or be pushed, the aim of the boo is to show that fans are unhappy....or are we expected to print these discussions off and hand them to Mr Hood and Steve to show our dissatisfaction?

It doesn't make me big or clever that I booed but regarding the question, what did it ever change...hmm well i guess some would argue that on occasions it helped move a coach/manager on.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:53 am  

Paul124897 wrote:

:shock: I disagree. Everyone pocketed around Odsal will all have different views on how much booing was going on etc so we're never really going to know - as it all seems to be relevant as to where you were standing and sitting.

I was in the section just infront of the box the coaching team use. It was pretty hostile there, with the majority in each bar section jeering and booing with a couple of people abusing the booers and generally having a view of it's not Maccas fault (they were really in their minority).

Just a note that is off topic, but it got to a stage where the crowd in our section were watching the coaching box with the highlight of the night being Paul Deacons face as he struggled to shut the box window, he was so confused as to why it wouldn't shut.

Well it didn't sound or see like the majority to me. But as I said, certainly the most we've had this year.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:54 am  

I dont really see why some people see booing as a big taboo?

If you are disatisified then you boo or leave or shout things. Simple really, you pay your money.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:55 am  

Ajw71 wrote:

I dont really see why some people see booing as a big taboo?

If you are disatisified then you boo or leave or shout things. Simple really, you pay your money.

Spot on.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:58 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

As another person who was sat in the said stand, the reaction was exactly as Adey has described it. If you really are arrogant and conceited enough to claim he is lying from your vantage point in Scotland, then I suggest you see a specialist about your head.

I sit infront of Adey and he is infact 100% correct but still ME will be in a better place to comment sat in fornt of the telly cheering his team on!

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:02 am  

eddievan wrote:

I sit infront of Adey and he is infact 100% correct but still ME will be in a better place to comment sat in fornt of the telly cheering his team on!

In fairness to ME..

You're sat in a stand with crowd noise around you. That means you hear less of what is going on in other parts of the ground due to your mind focusing on what is going on in the immediate surroundings (ie.. Main stand).

Now, the SKY cameras will be over the Popular Stand and would be able to pick up the immediate crowd noise. I haven't watched the match replays, but for the boos to be noticed on the television, they'd need to be a certain amount of people booing at a certain noise level for it to be noticed on the television so it most definitely was going on for it to be recognised on the television.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:24 am  

With the crowd so quiet and shell shocked as last night, a group of 15 booing would be heard on the television. Obviously it was more than that booing but you see my point. Perhaps 25% would be a more than fair guess. I'd imagine it was less than that though. Although I don't suspect the exact numbers is really that relevant, we're all unhappy about our current form.

However can some of the 'boo boys' explain what they expect their boo's to do? Do they expect the player's to lift their game under a chorus of boo's? If a supporter really feels the need to boo then I believe it should be left until the final hooter, certainly booing during the match and shouting abuse at coaching staff in boxes is counter productive to my mind.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:34 am  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

With the crowd so quiet and shell shocked as last night, a group of 15 booing would be heard on the television. Obviously it was more than that booing but you see my point. Perhaps 25% would be a more than fair guess. I'd imagine it was less than that though. Although I don't suspect the exact numbers is really that relevant, we're all unhappy about our current form.

However can some of the 'boo boys' explain what they expect their boo's to do? Do they expect the player's to lift their game under a chorus of boo's? If a supporter really feels the need to boo then I believe it should be left until the final hooter, certainly booing during the match and shouting abuse at coaching staff in boxes is counter productive to my mind.

Again, I'm confused. It wasn't quiet in the area I was stood in - it was infact quite lively with a lot of noise - but again, it stems to which section of the ground you were in, and of course having no roof.

I'm sure RER would back me up on that one as I think he was stood nearer the back than I was.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:34 am  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

However can some of the 'boo boys' explain what they expect their boo's to do? Do they expect the player's to lift their game under a chorus of boo's? If a supporter really feels the need to boo then I believe it should be left until the final hooter, certainly booing during the match and shouting abuse at coaching staff in boxes is counter productive to my mind.

I posted above why I Booed,

Did i expect the team to lift their performance because i booed...no

Counter productive it may be, but how else are we supposed to show our dissatisfaction. I appreciate doing it isn't to everybody's taste but neither is walking out before the end (the earliest i saw a family leave was after 20 mins!!!) We all show our dissatisfaction in different ways, doesn't make them right or wrong.

I didn't boo lightly, it was the culmination of performances over a long period of time.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:40 am  

Northern Lad wrote:

I posted above why I Booed,

Did i expect the team to lift their performance because i booed...no

Isn't lifting your side what being a supporter is all about though? Like I said, if you REALLY feel the need to boo, then isn't it better left until the game is finished?