Dooky
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Post by Dooky on Oct 19, 2008 9:54:03 GMT 1
I pay my money in effect paying the players wages - if you receive crap service in a restraunt or shop you would complain. In football the supporters only method of complaining is to boo therefore if I dont like what I see I will boo and if I like what I see I will cheer. All this rubbish about booing affecting the players performance is bullshit - they are grown men who earn a fortune for kicking a ball around - enuf said.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2008 14:35:02 GMT 1
This is what's wrong with modern day football. You now see yourself as a consumer and not a supporter.
It's football, it's not like going to the cinema or out for a meal.
You are a fan/supporter not a consumer.....
I earn a fair wage for what I do but if I had someone stood over my shoulder heckling me when I was trying to do my job it would seriousley effect me no matter how much I was paid. If I didn;t care about been booed then I obviousley don't care about my job - so are you suggesting that they shouldn't care how they play for HTFC and just shrug off a bit of booing?
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Post by spanishterrier on Oct 19, 2008 15:25:55 GMT 1
well said hudd rat matt If you want to be a cosumer go follow a prem team
they are what is wrong with todays game
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Post by wildbillthetownfan on Oct 19, 2008 16:08:02 GMT 1
Dooky, try playing football when several thousand people are boo-ing you! and then come back and tell us it did not bother you. It really is pathetic.
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Post by rage_of_ed on Oct 19, 2008 16:44:21 GMT 1
This is what's wrong with modern day football. You now see yourself as a consumer and not a supporter. It's football, it's not like going to the cinema or out for a meal. You are a fan/supporter not a consumer..... I earn a fair wage for what I do but if I had someone stood over my shoulder heckling me when I was trying to do my job it would seriousley effect me no matter how much I was paid. If I didn;t care about been booed then I obviousley don't care about my job - so are you suggesting that they shouldn't care how they play for HTFC and just shrug off a bit of booing? Completely agree with you Matt. Dooky - your attitude stinks. Just because you pay money to come in through the gates doesn't entitle you to do what you want. Your reasoning is way, way, way over-simplified. Believe it or not, Huddersfield Town players, or any other football or sports professional, are human. Yes, I know it must hard for you to understand, what with being a superior creature infallible to any degree of error, but Town players WILL (and DO!) have bad games. Does that give you the right to berate them? Erm, no, I'd say it doesn't. Interesting how times have changed. I don't recall many people giving players like Alex Dyer or Kevin Sharp such treatment a few years ago, despite being half the player Goodwin is (IMO of course). Pfffffft. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2008 16:52:29 GMT 1
Completely agree with Hudd Rat Matt and Rage_Of_Ed. Had this debate many times myself on here. We are supporters, we should support no matter what. Certainly during the game. We all want Town to do well and yet some of us insist on making it harder for our own players.
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Post by scottieterrier on Oct 19, 2008 17:15:35 GMT 1
I agree with dooky the fans didn't boo all the way through the game only from about 10/15 minutes to go and has been said they should be grown men who are supposed to be professional and if they can't hack it, don't play football. They deserved the booing and as our arrogant manager said "it only effects the players" he's saying he doesn't care what the fans think.
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Post by rage_of_ed on Oct 19, 2008 17:30:57 GMT 1
This isn't about the players not being able to "hack it" though scottieterrier and it never has been. It's about the disturbing trend that a growing number of Town 'fans' no longer go to games to get behind the team and *shock horror* support their team - they go to berate the players and boo the manager if things don't exactly how they want them to go. And this is even before the game has kicked off for some players!!!
Just out of interest, if a player on the opposing team is being an a*se, would you boo him? And the referee? Let's assume the answer is yes. Why would you do that? After all, the players are grown men and it won't affect their performance. So, why bother at all?
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Post by scottieterrier on Oct 19, 2008 17:46:35 GMT 1
I don't boo myself but I can understand why some boo, admittedly when you speak to some people even if they don't go to a game they are still critised, but I feel if people want to boo when they have a justifiable reason as in yesterdays performance then let them boo. The club never learn it is the same every year.
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Post by Lard Buttie on Oct 19, 2008 18:01:28 GMT 1
This isn't about the players not being able to "hack it" though scottieterrier and it never has been. It's about the disturbing trend that a growing number of Town 'fans' no longer go to games to get behind the team and *shock horror* support their team - they go to berate the players and boo the manager if things don't exactly how they want them to go. And this is even before the game has kicked off for some players!!! Just out of interest, if a player on the opposing team is being an a*se, would you boo him? And the referee? Let's assume the answer is yes. Why would you do that? After all, the players are grown men and it won't affect their performance. So, why bother at all? Good point, well put!! |
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Post by chris164 on Oct 19, 2008 19:07:51 GMT 1
If you don't like the prospect of paying for people to kick a football around then go and find another soprt. Football shouldn't have, like Matt said, a consumer attitude. The idea of being a supporter is to support your team and yesterday the boos travelled louder than any singing. So supporting your team is not for you than go find other forms of entertainment. If you want to show your frustration then boo at the end,as that can be justified (not that I do so myself).
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Dooky
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Post by Dooky on Oct 19, 2008 20:25:37 GMT 1
Like it or not we are consumers. If you go and watch your local side who play for the joy of the game and in many cases pay to play then booing is unjustified as you have not paid money to watch and the lads are playing for the love of the game. We became consumers when money started to kill the game that we watch.
I DONT have a problem with a player been paid large amounts of money to play but I think they need to be able to take justified criticism from the fans.
Booing goes back thousands of years when in sporting arenas it was used to show displeasure. It is not a new phenomenon. I think its particularily noticable this season because of all the hype and expectation.
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