are the boo-boys proud?

[brasil_spur]

Funny, i thought it was more to do with Ramos half time chat, a few subs and a change of formation.

But you must be right, we couldn't have got back into it without the booing of the players.

and the booing had been working so well for our other games this season.......

 

[thfcsuperyid]

right everyone i give up, next time tottenham play bad and im there im not going to boo...!!!

 

[jonnyrotten]

Crap! The crowd had every right to boo the team off, they were poor and the fans who paid good money to go see them were justified in letting the players know exactly what they thought of the performance.

The players played well in the second half and deserved to get cheered.

Thats not being fickle! That is portraying to the team how you feel about the way they are going about their jobs.

No place for boo boys mate. True Yids don't slag off their own team. How about 'Yid When We Are Winning' for a user name?

 

[jonnyrotten]

ye ok..im going to stop buying tickets week in week out because i have a opinion on my team.:-|:-|
they should perform most weeks and they have not since the start of the season

Agreed, hate the attitude. 'I put in money, I can boo, slate players, and knock their confidence.' What, like you are the only investing in the club? How about supporting the team?
:shrug:

 

[SpunkyBackpack]

i blame the x-factor

people now think they have the right to voice their opinion in any situation and have it validated by seeing an effect, like we're an important part in the team selection process cos we paid some cash and we own part of the team now. look at Lampard and Crouch being booed for Ingerland, people think they have two options, applaud like mad if you like, boo to shit if you dont, except Simon Cowell hasnt set up a phone vote for Ramos to follow....yet.


Theres a point in there somewhere, but ive just got up and my brain cant put it into proper sentences. i think it is something like 'people are twats and think theyre important'

 

[jonnyrotten]

Theres a point in there somewhere, but ive just got up and my brain cant put it into proper sentences. i think it is something like 'people are twats and think theyre important'

:grin: That will do for me!

 

[rez9000]

No-one's saying you don't have a right to express your opinion, superyid. But you have to consider it logically. Booing undermines confidence. They will have known as well as anyone how badly they performed in the first half. All our lads would have been thinking 'that was bad' or a variation thereof. So the whistle goes and they head for the tunnel with their spirits on the floor and then what do they hear? Their own fans booing them! Put yourself in their position. How would you feel? Not only would you be beating yourself up, but your own fans would be doing it to you too (metaphorically speaking)

From my own personal point of view, support means just that: support. I feel that supporting a team should be through thick and thin. If anything, it's almost a paradox, in that support, I feel, should actually be strongest when performances are at their worst. Our players need to know that even if everything else is going badly, they can still count on one thing - the support of their fans.

Booing suggests that they deliberately went out to play badly, and that they've been caught in the act. It rarely gets people to buck their ideas up. I think it's best if the rocket up the arse comes from the manager, not the fans. If we carry on singing, if we keep showing them that we have faith in their abilities (that's come straight out of FM2007 - I do apologise), then the manager can make mention of how they need to show us that that faith isn't misplaced. Leave it to the manager.

 

[Stono]

So we're going to boo them when they are struggling and really need our support, and get behind them when they don't. Sounds clever. Guess the word "supporter" needs to be modernized.

 

[HildoSpur]

I really don't understand why people would boo their own team.. The boys had a very poor first half last night, no doubt about it, however what they needed was a rousing and positive support from the fans to get them pumped instead of deflated. I'm a Northern Ireland fan and anytime a team scores against us the crowd instantly get louder and more supportive of the team, that to me is what a SUPPORTer should be doing.

 

[Green Samot]

So we're going to boo them when they are struggling and really need our support, and get behind them when they don't. Sounds clever. Guess the word "supporter" needs to be modernized.

Surely the crowd were behind the team and supporting them though?

It's just that for 30 seconds after the whistle went some decide to boo.

 

[roguepsi]

"I say, pull your socks up you bunch of over-paid primadonna's...it's jolly not good enough".

Not quite as catchy as "booo".

 

[Green Samot]

"I say, pull your socks up you bunch of over-paid primadonna's...it's jolly not good enough".

Not quite as catchy as "booo".

Ha ha, much better

 

[TaoistMonkey]

right everyone i give up, next time tottenham play bad and im there im not going to boo...!!!

maybe a light "Stoning" after the game life of brian style :up:

 

[fieryjack]

yes, because they have been in similar positions before and not been booed, it seems like every game at the moment

How many times do Manu play like Spurs? they don`t boo because they expect to and do, win. We hope to win but get frustrated when they play like tossers. I`ve lost count of the amount of times i`m not even in the ground and were 1-0 down.

Better not to boo, shows a bit more class, a lot more booing recently at the Lane, makes us look like the geordies and that's never a good thing.

True.

actually we don't pay that much of the wages these days. most of it comes from sponsorship (thank you mansion :grin and tv rights

So, in one way or another i pay every bit of their wages. Are they grateful? Are they fuck. Hanging`s too good for them. On a different note, the similarities between watching Spurs and England are disturbing. But never dull.

 

[Midostouch]

:wink:The guy next to me went and put £20 on spurs to win at half time - none of us booed at half time because we take our role a supporters literally - and he got £90 back - well deserved - you have to keep the faith - we have a good manager and a lot of talent in the team.

 

[stemark44]

Booing undermines the players and severely dents the confidence of young players who then fail to express themselves on the pitch.
It creates a negative image of both the club and the fans!
It could certainly deter future signings from wanting to play for us and therefore have a major impact on our future.
If you want to boo and you also want to really help Tottenham Hotspur FC, go to all of the gooners games and stay away from the lane,we don't need you and you (or your money), will definitely not be missed!

 

[Tottenham_OZpur]

have mixed feelings on this subject, while I see reasons not to do it as has been mentioned, at the same time I know if I played as bad as our players did in the first half and was booed, I would feel it was justified. I would then use it to spur me on in the second half to prove a point and win back the crowd.

so I think it can work both ways, some players may have a confidence hit, others come out in the second half to put things right, not all players will take booing directed at them the same way

I certainly don't agree with booing/abuse at individual players during the game, booing all the time during the game at the team, or booing at half time/full time if we have played well yet are unlucky to be behind or lose, thats the time to lift the players up.

The only time it wouldn't bother me is occassions like the game in question as the first half was thad bad it is understandable that some people want to vent their feelings. If some people want to boo for a couple seconds after the half time whistle on these occassions I aint going to have ago at them, just as long as that is as far as it goes and they get behind the team from the 2nd half kickoff

 

[antthe]

i would never boo spurs, i love them, even when they are playing bad. i was born a yid and i will die a yid. Sometimes the football will not be what we expect but all the same......we love u tottenham we do

 

[WhiteHart4Ever]

Personally, I believe booing the team at half-time is not so bad, if they havnt done their job. However, that should be followed up by a great cheer when they come back to the second half, to show that we are behind them. It shouldnt be wrong to let the team know when they have let us down, but by cheering them on again we show that we really support them and just want them to do well.

Booing individuals, however, is a no-go - except for special cases like with Ghaly.

 

[TrueYid]

No place for boo boys mate. True Yids don't slag off their own team. How about 'Yid When We Are Winning' for a user name?

I am sure you feel good by questioning my support for Spurs, whilst I don't go to Spurs week in a week out, I do pay a hell of a lot of money for my sattelite TV which I have for the sole purpose of watching Spurs, I wake up at 1, 2, 3 and sometimes 4 in the morning to watch Spurs weekly - even when we were losing 4-1 to Villa, I stayed up when every part of me told me I should be sleeping.

I am a very dedicated Spurs fan, and whilst I may or may not think booing is the right thing to do, what I think it is totaly unfair to say is that people who boo have not right to do so, and that they are not justified.

This team which is full of tallent has performed very poorly this season, any Spurs fan can see it, and some choose to do so when we are 2-0 down to a team we should be beating at home when we have played an awfull half of football by boooing the team off, it is fair and justified, and to call them fickle isn't.