PS...this is a thread about Cardiff on the Man Utd board with a discussion taking place between a Chelsea, Everton and Liverpool fan
When the opinion concerns how to behave when sat in the seat that you've paid your hard earned & travelled to sit in, then you're wrong - simple as. An armchair has **** all right to preach to a match goer over what they choose to say or shout during the game. As the old saying goes "I've paid my money & I'll shout what I like"
A person has ****all right to tell anyone how to behave in vast majority of situation and this is no different. However, a person IS entitled to an opinion and views. Thoughts on booing are no different to discussing whether or not it was a penalty! Paying and travelling changes ****all and it is a side step in an attempt to take the moral high ground!
I don't 100% think it's alright to boo. I think there are scenarios when it is more justified than others. Malouda used to get singled out quite a bit in his early time at Chelsea which I didn't like but if I was a Spurs fan, I would have boo'd at the final whistle of a 5-0 drumming at home!! However I don't think an armchair fan should criticise a match going fan for booing. Plus, booing is a bit of a pantomime reaction as well, some do it and others follow. Doesn't really happen at home in front of the t.v - ergo someone may boo along with others if actually in the stadium.
You can have an opinion but when it comes to booing in particular, that opinion can not surely be worth as much as someone paying in money and time to actually go and follow their club; which I think differs from the ref decision you allude to.
Fair enough. I don't agree with booing at all but I wasn't getting at others for doing so, I was talking about the "match going have more rights to..." approach that you (and later Tobes) argued. Each to their own and all that
I don't agree. Not going to the match doesn't mean you don't have feelings or see what is happening. However, personal feelings can come into it such as feeling aggrieved that you put yourself out. You also have remember that people that don't get to games can still be putting money into the club by buying shirts, memberships, subscriptions, etc. Obviously, its not the same amount of time, effort or money but its still there.
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Booing is obviously counter productive. It has a negative impact. So booing is to the detriment of who you're meant to be supporting. It's funny, fat bastards sitting on their arse booing elite athletes because they are not doing what the fat **** in the seat wants them to do.
