Why does it have to be limited to those options? Are people not allowed to express their discontent at what they've seen? For some, the cost of a ticket represents a large outlay in their weekly budget, so naturally there will be times when people are so ****ed off they want to tell the players they're not happy. Whether it helps or not is irrelevant, it isn't used as a tactical device. In the same vein, why cheer when we score? The players know they've done the right thing. Do you have conclusive proof that cheering goals helps us win?
I'd never boo the team due to the scoreline, lack of ability or mistakes etc. Players and teams can have off days. However, I would boo if I thought a player or group of players weren't putting in enough effort. Lack of effort or Will is inexcusable in my book and I would hammer someone for this. Although in my lifetime I've only ever booed a group of players once for lack of effort.
What if booing actually made things worse and contributed to a more jittery and error-strewn performance? Why would someone who was unhappy cos things weren't going well, want to contribute to it all going even worse? It just doesn't make sense for adults to do. Baffling behaviour.
It's a natural human reaction to vent when you're pissed off. It isn't baffling or hard to understand.
It is if you know that the venting makes the problem worse rather than better. Opponents must love it when we boo our own players. Imagine what a boost for them it must be.
In this recent run of under-performing I think there was a game where we went a goal down in the first half, there were some boo's at halftime, in the second half we equalised. So there you have it conclusive prove booing works.
That was Forest. Before that, it was MK. The emotionally incontinent ex Barca fans booed us off at half-time. About five mins after half time MK scored their first away goal since October 2012.
That was Forest. Before that, it was MK. The emotionally incontinent ex Barca fans booed us off at half-time. About five mins after half time MK scored their first away goal since October 2012.
So even stevens then....just like when they went off at half time and the emotionally-incontinent booing started. Oh..........
So the players were sat in the dressing room sobbing, "Those meanies are booing us, I don't want to play properly now. Wahhh"
So to end this stupid argument, it doesn't make a ****s worth of difference. The players need to get on and do what they are paid ( very well ) to do.
Nah.....the booing was a shot in the arm, it calmed their nerves, geed them up and they were first to all the loose balls in that second half. MK, on the other hand, visibly wilted once they heard the flaskers' booing chorus.
Much as I find City Man tiresome, I think the key thing here is that the players have been putting a shift in as always. There's one or two who could try a bit harder, yes you Abel, but in general effort is not a problem. If they weren't giving their all the booing would be a lot more acceptable.
Returning to the OP, think the lad just needs someone to tell him: "Gauld, Always believe in your soul You've got the power to know You're indestructible Always believe in, because you are Gauld"
I didn't say it did turn the tide. I said it was a way to let the team and and manager know that you're not happy
Why should a footballer or a manager care if fans are 'happy' when they are focused on their own faltering performance and trying to sort out the mess they're in? It's madness to think it somehow 'helps' or gives them 'food for thought'.
I'm not saying it helps, and personally i've not booed/jeered at a city match since the 90s, when that was directed at the manager / directors, what i'm saying is that as a fan paying money to watch a team, in a highly charged and passionate arena that if you're pissed off and have been pissed off for an extended period of time and results and performances are not good, then booing is one way of releasing that frustration in the direction of the manager and players, the ones who are mainly responsible for your own foul mood
Many people think when players hear their own supporters booing, it worsens the situation, it inhibits them, it creates nervousness, it makes them anxious to get rid of the ball as soon as possible etc. Thin-skinned by many people's standards, I know, but that's the way it is with most footballers. They can have brittle confidence and be far too easily distracted. Booing your own players probably has the opposite of the desired effect.
