What can we do about the Boo Boys?
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Sometimes I just wonder if people do it to try and get a reaction.
Had a guy screaming abuse behind me at the game on boxing day (which pissed off a bunch of my mates who are less tolerant) as he kept calling Lloris and Walker (who were closest to us for the majority of the second half), arguably our most consistent performers this year, "C@#ts, who aren't good enough". You'd like to think those that pay to see the game (season ticket holders or not), are a little more knowledgable than that.
I think the moaning noise after a sloppy pass (for example) can be instinct. Obviously if something happens that you don't like, you might let out a groan, but the shouting of abuse that tends to follow is the problem, imo.
Had a guy screaming abuse behind me at the game on boxing day (which pissed off a bunch of my mates who are less tolerant) as he kept calling Lloris and Walker (who were closest to us for the majority of the second half), arguably our most consistent performers this year, "C@#ts, who aren't good enough". You'd like to think those that pay to see the game (season ticket holders or not), are a little more knowledgable than that.
I think the moaning noise after a sloppy pass (for example) can be instinct. Obviously if something happens that you don't like, you might let out a groan, but the shouting of abuse that tends to follow is the problem, imo.
Tott66
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When your in a open space with 36,000 others it's the law of averages that not everyone's the same or has the same views.the cult of booing has crept in the past 10 years.
I'm not hurt by it,it's mearly a reflection of modern day life.
The everyday frustrations of being a Tottenham fan that has had his nose rubbed in it for the last 20+ years while our rivals had flourished etc.
Should we beat WBA at home yes was their booing after the utd draw no.that is the mentality
I'm not hurt by it,it's mearly a reflection of modern day life.
The everyday frustrations of being a Tottenham fan that has had his nose rubbed in it for the last 20+ years while our rivals had flourished etc.
Should we beat WBA at home yes was their booing after the utd draw no.that is the mentality
Lighty64
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I was at the game on boxing day, which was only my 2nd in the league, but my 6th overall, and too be totally honest unless the 1882 group are there the atmosphere at the lane is embarrassingly SHIT. over the years since the Arscum have moved, I've read many a time people classing the emirates as the library. well to be honest the lane at the moment is like a graveyard.
I only really heard booing at the end (and my head dropped in shame) other than the booing Foster was getting for taking so much time to take a goal kick. my visit had been ruined by the fact I had to stand up the whole match cause too many wouldn't sit down at all in front, the match was the performance I had seen (but wouldn't dream of booing) and a couple behind me chatted the whole match, about anything other than Spurs apart from when we scored or when Ade was on the ball.
there are a few that try at home, and the majority of them are the ones to be proud of when we play away, but unfortunately we have on average 33,000 moaners at home games if things are not 110% perfect on the pitch
TTIDie
I only really heard booing at the end (and my head dropped in shame) other than the booing Foster was getting for taking so much time to take a goal kick. my visit had been ruined by the fact I had to stand up the whole match cause too many wouldn't sit down at all in front, the match was the performance I had seen (but wouldn't dream of booing) and a couple behind me chatted the whole match, about anything other than Spurs apart from when we scored or when Ade was on the ball.
there are a few that try at home, and the majority of them are the ones to be proud of when we play away, but unfortunately we have on average 33,000 moaners at home games if things are not 110% perfect on the pitch
TTIDie
southlondonyiddo
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I've been going to WHL over 35 years and I don't think much has changed
When the fans expect more because they have had a little taste of the the Inter Milan's and the CL and they get served up the ordinary stuff we are getting at the moment you can see why the atmosphere is so poor
We got so bad a few years back that the only thing we could do is start to make some noise and the old gallows humour came into play
As we have become better and better over the last 10 or so years the atmosphere has slowly lessened due to expectancy levels slowly rising
People booing these days might start quicker than years ago due to the 'now' culture but I don't think the performances v West Ham & Liverpool would have been received an differently now than in 1976
There was no less moaning and booing 35 years ago than now IMO. Only difference is lots of people were standing and you could have a bit of a bundle!
Excuse me. We really dont know how to get rid of booing? Let me point you to Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense.
You want to get rid of booing, fucking win! Plain and simple. Shouldnt take a fucking rocket scientist to figure that one out. Aliens!
God gave you a brain for a reason. Use it, damnt!
You want to get rid of booing, fucking win! Plain and simple. Shouldnt take a fucking rocket scientist to figure that one out. Aliens!
God gave you a brain for a reason. Use it, damnt!
TheHoddleWaddle
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What happened to supporting your side? Drowning out the opposition with cheers and jeers as opposed to venting at your own team. Boo all you want, but it's counter productive IMO. There's other ways you can show your disagreement, pre and post match. Just not during.
Wake the fuck up. Not everything is all happy happy oy joy in sports If you dont likw what you see, your still going to cheer?
What the fuck is up with England? God damn. You still expect people to cheer when they watch shit, shit and more shit? Be happy you dont live in America. Booing is as much part of fandom as cheering is. Whehter you like it or not. You want the fans to make noise? Well, if all their watching is plain horseshit, the only noise that will be made is booing. You dint want them to boo, dont expect them to cheer.
TheHoddleWaddle
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Greetings mr yank. Hope you had a good Xmas. Supporting your football side is cultural here. It's bred into you to follow your side throu thick and thin, a bit like taking marriage vows 'in sickness and in health' only without tits as a perk.
I'm not saying boo boys don't support their club, but i don't see how that helps a side in a bit of a rut get out of it. Without getting too 'Eileen' on you, positivity can work wonders.
But yes, watching shite football is not exactly ideal. But there are no quick fixes in footy sadly.
southlondonyiddo
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Although I've never booed because I don't think it does any good whatsoever and will never make things better I can't really argue with you & I have seen more shit football at WHL than I can shake a stick at, believe me!
Don't want to find myself agreeing with you though because it feels a bit dirty, the american attitude to sports, no draws, only WINNERS! etc etc but I somehow can't argue with your very clear understanding of why people boo
THere are no quick fixes in any sports. And supporting your team here is also a culture. We just boo when we dont like what we see. The boo birds should fly if your watching plain shit.
Ties are fucking blue balls. Everytime there's a tie in American football, it feels like a major blue ball. You play to win the game! I HATE ties. I'd much rather fucking see overtime until a team wins it. Hockey is fucked in that regard. As is football. Give me a fucking winner every game!
TheHoddleWaddle
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Yankspur, I shall have to disagree. I don't follow the whole 'sing when you're winning' concept. Regardless of how awful the football is being served up I like the common purpose with other fans.
The last time I was a STH was the inaugural Premier League season, 1992-93 (I didn't lose interest - my work took me overseas). Back then, booers were rounded on and and told in no uncertain terms that booing your own team was totally out of order, but it was also the time that people who grew up in NE London were beginning to be replaced by city bankers and other forms of low-life. I remember vividly driving my forehead into the nose of some c*nt of a public schoolboy who dared to call the great Gary Mabutt a "useless fcuking slag" (in a fake Cockney drawl, to add insult to injury). Dropped instantly like the sack of shit he was - blood everywhere - and all I got was a caution. A pity I'm too old for that kind of thing now.
spud
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I have seen a few of your posts on different subjects. I don't know if it is a cultural difference or an individual thing. I realise 'supporting' a team in north America is different from England / Britain / Europe / south America (after all, I live in north America). But I am afraid to say that as regards England and english football, you don't have a fucking clue what you're talking about.
southlondonyiddo
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The atmosphere at the Lane, unless we are winning playing free-flowing football is terrible.
The players just need to accept and deal with it, because the atmosphere isn't changing anytime soon.
For anybody to think we can influence the majority at the Lane is sadly just wrong and naive.
We have been performing poorly at home for years now, even under Harry yet everyone re-creates this picture that the Lane was a fortress under his guidance with free-flowing football.
The atmosphere was great under Jol because he gave the fans what they wanted whilst still acknowledging the fact that entertainment alone doesn't win you football matches.
The players just need to accept and deal with it, because the atmosphere isn't changing anytime soon.
For anybody to think we can influence the majority at the Lane is sadly just wrong and naive.
We have been performing poorly at home for years now, even under Harry yet everyone re-creates this picture that the Lane was a fortress under his guidance with free-flowing football.
The atmosphere was great under Jol because he gave the fans what they wanted whilst still acknowledging the fact that entertainment alone doesn't win you football matches.
Ionman34
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In the immortal words of Kenny Everett.......,
'Round 'em up, put 'em in a field and bomb the bastards!'
