Fans Abusing Players

[Fulham Broadway 16,894]

Players have always had abuse at them -think recently Gallas etc. Its gone on for decades. Suddenly the abuse Sol Campbell gets requires police investigation.

All those players on one side of the England Kazakhstan game have tens of millions of pounds, several mansions and dozens of expensive cars. The others had huts and a few goats. If those pampered millionaires are so up themselves that they cant take a bit of abuse, gawd fucking help 'em.....and the game in general. OK draw the line at raciial abuse and homophobia, but its getting so sanitised now, they want you pay yer £45 to sit in silence. Grrrr.

[Elliott 7]

But are you paying your £45 to expect the players in front of you to perform, or because you want to support your team?

For me it's the latter. I want the team to do well, and as such I don't think it serves my purpose to boo the players, destroying their confidence and their ability to perform as a result. They may be earning millions, but that doesn't make them any less susceptible to lack of confidence brought on by needless abuse.

If you're just paying £45 to moan at rich people... well take a step back and realise how stupid that is!

[Fulham Broadway 16,894]

Booing your own players is stupid, and only been around since the Premiership with the new type of ''fan''.

But abusing opposing players has always gone on. People have always paid to shout abuse -happens at comedy nights with heckling, and was a regular feature of operas and ballets. Its part and parcel of the game. You might think its mindless abuse , but it might not be to the people doing it ?

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

Fans who boo players who arent on the team they support... fine it's just a bit of banter.

Fans who boo their OWN team... wankers, way to SUPPORT your team get behind them, that'd make their chances of playing better increase, rather than battering their confidence and more than likely making them play worse.

[Elliott 7]

Booing your own players is stupid, and only been around since the Premiership with the new type of ''fan''.

But abusing opposing players has always gone on. People have always paid to shout abuse -happens at comedy nights with heckling, and was a regular feature of operas and ballets. Its part and parcel of the game. You might think its mindless abuse , but it might not be to the people doing it ?

Oh, yeah. I was only ever talking about booing your own players. By all means, boo the opposing players. You WANT to demoralise them, don't you?

[Laylabelle 9,369]

Booing the whole team at half time fair enough,they've done crap,your annoyed and it usually turns around but to boo one player who is playing for the team and made one mistake is just pointless!Its not gana change whats happen and not gana stop them making another if their confidence is suddenly gone

[Drogba11CFC 108]

Yeah, I mean we all make mistakes, don't we?

After all, if no one made mistakes, Liverpool FC would not exist.

[Joe Cool 388]

In my opinion, to go to the stadium just to boo them is stupid. Sometimes it has a positive effect, but most of the time, the outcome is rather more negative than positive