When they lose? When they don't try? When the players aren't good enough? Because you're upset and want to let off steam?
I used to boo Andy Nelson's last year or so, and feel vindicated after reading Keith Peacock's book. Booed after the Wycombe game. Er....that's it.
Booing your own team during a match is just plain counter productive since it gives heart to the opposition. Booing after the matchseems pointless. I just turn and walk away. Showing your back is one of the most effective insults in most countries and languages. It also gets me to a place where i can kick a brick wall or passing bus rather than stay and watch the players meaningless applause of supporters when they have failed.
I don't do it. It does nothing but make fans feel better, if anything it would demoralise the players more, they know when they are doing crap they need the fans to get behind them. Boo old players who left on bad terms. Boo when u want a manager out, but those who boo at like 2-0 down after 20 minutes do nothing but bad things in my view. But that is just my opinion.
I don't boo generally, but it's hard to avoid when the players don't seem to try. By the way, what did Keith Peacock say about Andy Nelson's last season?
I boo if I see a lack of effort, or consistent performances that fall significantly below that expected of a professional footballer. However, for me anyone who coughs up their hard earned money following their club has the absolute right to show their displeasure whenever and however they see fit.
Booed less than a handful of times and it was generally because I perceived a lack of effort. Games like Notts Forest last year you don't mind if you are completely outplayed by the better opposition - that can't be helped. But during the end of Pardew's reign you could see the players putting little effort in and that irked me. Though it was becuase of their lack of effort he was sacked
i boooed after the millwall game. if we lose after they're put a shift in, i can accept that. but when they just cave in or not show up, especially in a derby - its not acceptable. i'd get fired if i turned up at work and didnt perform at greater than 50% of what i can do / did the day before. maybe if their pay was related to results they'd try harder.
I boo every time the players & manager piss me off, regardless of who they are. I have done since I started going regularly in 1977. I also cheer, sing and get behind the same folk when they do well. We own the lifelong freehold of this Club. The Club is about the Valley, us fans, the local area, and thousands of memories both shared and individual. Nothing will ever rival the bitter sweet anticipation of the walk down Floyd Road on a match day. Even now, I still skip down there like Bambi on his way to the abattoir. The players and the manager are nothing more than transitory fly by nights, only a handful of whom should ever stick in the memory.
Booing is the most counter productive idea in Sport... Never done it, never will I've never seen a match where Charlton have come out all guns blazing / really pumped up after being booed off at Half-Time and will never forget when I went to Newcastle one season was 0-0 at HT and their players got booed off by the home fans Second half we completely dominated and were unfortunate to draw 1-1 (Rommedahl got an instant equaliser after we went 1-0 down against the run of play)
At the Wycombe game the players were making it so obvious they weren't trying. Almost asking to be booed. I remember Traore wellying the ball away to no-one, and when some fans started booing him he turned round and shrugged his shoulders.
Whilst I respect the wishes of people who boo....having coughed up their hard earned, I do not boo as I feel it can only have a negative affect (particularly when done during the game). If I were to boo, I would only boo players hiding or not putting the effort in. Like all football fans I can forgive a lack of technical ability or things not going right, but to not at the very least put a shift in at Championship level is unforgivable. It's like the sign in the tunnel at the valley......'Quality is expected, effort is demanded' I am also fully against booing former players returning to the valley, as more often than not they end up smashing one in from 30 yards!!
Does booing every achieve anything constructive. Teams lose and players have poor games, but do they not try?? A player knows he's not played well or the team has not played well - players are human beings and all booing does is bring out negative qualities/things - e.g lack of confidence, fear etc We have this problem at the moment at Bristol City - the issue for us is that we have a very young team - recently oldest was 28 and next oldest was the keeper (25) - yet some people still booed a young team - unbelievable!! PS all the best to Charlton for the rest of the season
