Well that's more an automatic expression of joy. Booing to me is a lot more contrived. Pantomime stuff.
It's obviously not exclusively mine. But I do feel very strongly about booing; strongly enough to want to tell the boo boys to their faces that, in my opinion, they should **** off and support another club. If, as you say, people have the right to boo, then do I have the right to express my disgust at their behaviour? Or should we all just exercise a bit of restraint?
I didn't say you have no right to complain, but we don't get to decide the best way to be a fan for others. I also agree that boo boys can absolutely kill enjoyment. I can't stand listening to some idiot lambasting someone for 90 minutes regardless of how they play, but it's his club as much as mine and he paid as much as I did to get in. The next trick is where we start calling people plastics...
But it still begs the question. FWIW, I agree with your assessment, but that just be true for us two, and others like us. There may be those out there who lean more naturally to the boo, or more accurately, the jeer. Jeering is pretty much the exact opposite of cheering.
Booing: Having thought about this and consulted with Mrs S, we agree booing is what you might do when someone isn't trying or doesn't seem to care. The 1st half performances v Watford & Sunderland may have been poor, but it wasn't through lack of effort. (Maybe that's where you disagree?) So if they honour their side of the bargain, which is to try their best, then don't we have to honour ours and support them? Now, if they're not good enough then we need to replace them, but no point in booing them in the meantime. Inferiority complex: I think you misunderstand me, I have a Saints superiority complex. We are better BECAUSE we have fought our way up from League 1 and because we support our team through thick and thin AND because we don't boo them.
