Booing

[eatonparkboy]

Of course, we are assuming everyone takes note of the 1001 media quotes, internet sites, SSN and sites like these.

I think some people are in their own bubble and nothing will change them.

 

[morty]

Of course, we are assuming everyone takes note of the 1001 media quotes, internet sites, SSN and sites like these.

I think some people are in their own bubble and nothing will change them.

I don't understand how anyone can watch football, but not want to understand as much about it as possible.

But it appears plenty do, theres people sit near me who will just bellow out random utterances, and I sit there thinking "Seriously, is this the first football game you have ever seen?"

 

[Din]

I agree with Morty, I think there are a significant amount of fans (not just of Norwich, but of every club) who aren't happy unless we win 3-0 every week and put in an entertaining performance, and really don't understand that sometimes you just have to grind out a result. Alex Neil got his tactics spot on on Saturday, but just because it wasn't a particularly pretty performance people misinterpret that as 'playing badly'.

I'm not someone who would boo, but I can understand why, at full time if you've just watched 90 minutes of crap and lost the game (perfect example is the 7-1 defeat to Colchester), fans would boo that. However booing the Jerome substitution was ridiculous. Jerome wasn't having his best game and Mbokani has proved recently what an impact he can have on games, and he proved that again by assisting Howson's goal. There were also a few boo's at half time as well, which I found stupid as well. It's literally fans who don't understand that the manager has sent us out with a game plan, and that plan paid off in the end. 

 

[splutcho]

I have booed on occasion. The 7-1 and cup defeat to Luton spring to mind. But as far as I can remember, I've never booed a substitution or at HT. That is moronic.

 

[eatonparkboy]

I stood at the River End as a youngster (it was the nearest terrace and cheaper) and believe me some of the comments then and what was tantamount to booing was unbelievable. But I think that was the nature of the game then. Cheap to get in, no facilities and a team that really never looked like progressing. And I think the old boys (well to me they were but probably only 40) were just stoic Norfolk country people and life in general was nothing to shout about. And when Ron Saunders was instilling his tactics which ultimately led to our promotion to the old 1st division, there was a clamour for a boycott!

But today's attitude should be much different. OK it is too much money to watch but the facilities are second to none and the team is a real force in football nowadays and not just a small club who beats bigger ones in cups. Sophisticated is probably the word I'm looking for. There is more to analyse and tactics to digest and I think booing because the game is boring (yes, the first half was) is not going to affect AN and his boys too much. But it certainly is going to pee off the people sat next to the boo boys. Trouble is seating and season tickets mean you can't wander around and get away from it like on a terrace.

 

[Ricardo]

Nothing wrong with the occasional boo. More than a few have deserved it over the years although the halftime thingy on Saturday was a bit silly. Its usually a good way to gauge when a managers time is up. Booing at the end is an amber warning. Booing during the game means the red light is flashing. The Colchester 1-7 was enough to make grown men cry, let alone boo.

Those who advocate constant noise and cheering have obviously not sat through some of the stuff we have had to endure over the years.

 

[morty]

Nothing wrong with the occasional boo. More than a few have deserved it over the years although the halftime thingy on Saturday was a bit silly. Its usually a good way to gauge when a managers time is up. Booing at the end is an amber warning. Booing during the game means the red light is flashing. The Colchester 1-7 was enough to make grown men cry, let alone boo.

Those who advocate constant noise and cheering have obviously not sat through some of the stuff we have had to endure over the years.

I agree, and defend peoples right to boo.

But please, at least make it informed and justified.

 

[Killiecanary]

Nothing wrong with the occasional boo. More than a few have deserved it over the years although the halftime thingy on Saturday was a bit silly. Its usually a good way to gauge when a managers time is up. Booing at the end is an amber warning. Booing during the game means the red light is flashing. The Colchester 1-7 was enough to make grown men cry, let alone boo.

Those who advocate constant noise and cheering have obviously not sat through some of the stuff we have had to endure over the years.

I agree with you Ricardo.  I said in my OP that I am not necessarily fussed by a bit of booing - my personal last time was the Luton cup tie where a group of highly paid professional footballers had been embarrassingly poor against a team of non-league players who wanted to win much much more than they did (as an aside I was also quite proud the way the Barclay gave the Luton players a standing ovation that day)

i think your evaluation of what booing means is probably the same as what brought me to start the thread - two lots of booing oh the same game usually does mean bad news, and I truly hope we are not so stupid as supporters to do anything other than be hugely grateful to AN for the work he has done with us!?  Since I started going to Carrow Road nearly 20 years ago I have always been very impressed by NCFC fans and their appreciation of the game - not really what I was hearing on Saturday 

 

[Ricardo]

I wouldn't worry for AN Killie, he's built up a fund of good will and should be ok. Having said that, we all know that every manager lives on borrowed time and when things turn their days are numbered. Hopefully all will be well this season and there will be no need for booing.

 

[Watling the Gnome]

Booing at half time seems to be a new thing and I think it comes back to the change in how modern supporters approach matches these days, i.e. there is a rise in the number of fans who expect to be entertained as consumers of a entertainment product and will make their feelings known if their needs aren't being met.

I was quite happy at half time against Swansea.  Lord knows I've sat through far far worse.