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[christonabike]

I hope you have the whole squad sitting at the training ground watching this listening to the Boro commentary.
Get off your arses and realise you need to get back to work.
Time stops for no man as Dion Dublin said in one of our many relegation battles.
PUSB

 

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Would be great for team morale that

 

[Evo1883]

I hope you have the whole squad sitting at the training ground watching this listening to the Boro commentary.
Get off your arses and realise you need to get back to work.
Time stops for no man as Dion Dublin said in one of our many relegation battles.
PUSB

Christ on a bike We havent been on holiday for 2 months on purpose !

 

[jto123]

I hope you have the whole squad sitting at the training ground watching this listening to the Boro commentary.
Get off your arses and realise you need to get back to work.
Time stops for no man as Dion Dublin said in one of our many relegation battles.
PUSB

Frank should be worrying about his own job and career imo.

 

[torchomatic]

I hope you have the whole squad sitting at the training ground watching this listening to the Boro commentary.
Get off your arses and realise you need to get back to work.
Time stops for no man as Dion Dublin said in one of our many relegation battles.
PUSB

Although Dublin did "stop" so he wouldn't get injured before his big move.

 

[robbiekeane]

Although Dublin did "stop" so he wouldn't get injured before his big move.

to be fair so would I if i’d been conned into signing a long contract just to be flogged

 

[torchomatic]

to be fair so would I if i’d been conned into signing a long contract just to be flogged

Nah, no player should strike. There's no "to be fair" from me.

 

[Otis]

We do need a good team talk next week and the players need to come out of the blocks and be fired up right from the first whistle

Cup final attitude.

 

[skybluebristol]

Yes but equally what we can't be doing on Monday night is getting on their backs from the first minute as soon as one errant pass goes out of play. If there was a time to actually et behind the team and give them support this is it.

Booing and calling them shit during the game is only going to have one impact

 

[clint van damme]

Yes but equally what we can't be doing on Monday night is getting on their backs from the first minute as soon as one errant pass goes out of play. If there was a time to actually et behind the team and give them support this is it.

Booing and calling them shit during the game is only going to have one impact

When has that happened though?

And where? Because Ive never seen it.

 

[shmmeee]

When has that happened though?

And where? Because Ive never seen it.

It’s not it’s just the pick me girl thing to do to blame the fans for the team being shit for months on end.

 

[skybluebristol]

Are you genuinely saying that the fans in the stadium are always positive?

I'm not defending the play because at times it has been atrocious, but one of the podcasts even said there was booing at the FT whistle on Saturday. That just isn't right

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Are you genuinely saying that the fans in the stadium are always positive?

I'm not defending the play because at times it has been atrocious, but one of the podcasts even said there was booing at the FT whistle on Saturday. That just isn't right

That booing wasn't just a reaction to a single game. It's a culmination of nearly two months poor form, results and tactics that have seen us blow a comfortable lead at the top of the Championship.

Fans are feeling a mix of emotions - disbelief, nervousness, anger, even fear we're going to become the only team in living history to blow this chance of promotion and if we do how we might take a very long time to be able to get near it again.

In those circumstances I can understand why some people need to vent all that, and booing is a rather mild and controlled expression of it. And it's not like they were doing it during the game, it was after. If the players perform, they know we'll back them. But there's also a point where they have to know that if they don't, we will tell them it's unacceptable.

 

[Skyblue Bangkok]

Are you genuinely saying that the fans in the stadium are always positive?

I'm not defending the play because at times it has been atrocious, but one of the podcasts even said there was booing at the FT whistle on Saturday. That just isn't right

They said there was some booing.

 

[Mcbean]

They said there was some booing.

I think the booing was at the ref as he added no time on to the 8 minutes for the wasting time shenanigans by Oxford

 

[Hobo]

I love some of our fans tub thumping solutions.
Booing them will show them the standard required and motivate them has been one of the best.

Fans over emphasize the importance of games, they over simplify the task based on another teams league position. They predict unrealistic scorelines sometimes six weeks in advance.

Fans write scripts and predictions. They set themselves up to fail. Then they blame the team.

Perhaps the fans need to review their own tactics and approach to games.

We are where we are in the table on merit. So are the other teams. The promotion race is wide open. It is what it is. It is pointless staring back at a table that was weeks ago and sifting through a load of if, but and may be.

Next Monday will be a cracker. If you can't enjoy moments like these, a top of the table clash, you need to start following a different sport.

 

[shmmeee]

There was definitely some booing aimed at the players. Not a lot but it was there.

Booing your team is like keying your car because it’s broke down.

 

[torchomatic]

There was definitely some booing aimed at the players. Not a lot but it was there.

Booing your team is like keying your car because it’s broke down.

There was a lot around us in B17. Booing your team when they're top of the league.

The panel on the Sky coverage mentioned it last night too saying how ridiculous it was.

Only in Cov.

 

[Macca]

There was a lot around us in B17. Booing your team when they're top of the league.

The panel on the Sky coverage mentioned it last night too saying how ridiculous it was.

Only in Cov.

Only in Cov is a myth. An element of football fans of all clubs are morons

 

[quinn1971]

Don’t get the booing but how else do you let the players know that wasnt acceptable, its been creeping into our home form for weeks, the 2 wins against Leicester and milwall were ok, but that was nowhere near Saturday, it’s been frustrating and that reaction from the crowd wasn’t surprising, didnt Hear any in our block but the atmospheres been embarrassing at home,

 

[Sheffield Sky Blue]

Not only in Cov. You'd see the same anywhere in similar circumstances. Look at the Sunderland forum from last April - they were at least as frustrated as we are.

I don't boo my own team. Around me, my sense was that the unhappiness was aimed as much at Lampard as the players. There is real frustration at the way he has managed the team recently. Not using Frank the Tank on Saturday frustrated a lot of people.

I'm not sure how fans are supposed to show that frustration?

If there is a player who is drawing ire, it's Haji Wright. This may or may not be reasonable, but his displays are really frustrating to many people. I'm not sure that there was much anger towards the rest of the players where I was sitting.

 

[skybluebristol]

There was definitely some booing aimed at the players. Not a lot but it was there.

Booing your team is like keying your car because it’s broke down.

I think the preferred and optimal course of action is to directly attack the players in their DMs, so that they know to play better

 

[Hobo]

There was definitely some booing aimed at the players. Not a lot but it was there.

Booing your team is like keying your car because it’s broke down.

I genuinely think it was a mix of booing the team, booing the ref and booing Oxfords approach to the game. They have the right to park the bus and play for a point if they wish. But what was it, a red card, seven yellows and a yellow for the manager. A couple of that seven were lucky not to get a second yellow. Pretend injuries, which is always difficult for a ref to manage. Yes they can play on, but if they stay down they have to allow the medics on. The momentum is killed. 8 minutes minimum injury time told the story.

I would like to think, a good portion of that booing was for the Oxford theatricals. They were well organised and defended well, I can appreciate that. But no time for the other crap.

 

[Nick]

The frustration was from watching us all go up for a corner or long throw, it gets headed clear, mve plays back to rushworth rather than putting it back into the box and keeping the pressure on them.

 

[torchomatic]

Only in Cov is a myth. An element of football fans of all clubs are morons

You're right, of course. But to hear it when top of the league is pretty astounding.

 

[Nick]

You're right, of course. But to hear it when top of the league is pretty astounding.

Because people knew we wouldn't be for long.

 

[fatso]

You're right, of course. But to hear it when top of the league is pretty astounding.

Top of the table or not, (by the way we arnt top any more) our form over the last couple of months is totally unacceptable.
We currently sit 16th in the form table over the last 10 games, and still Lampard won't change to a plan B, Do you find that acceptable? Are you waiting till we drop out of the automatic places or the play off places before you smell the coffee?

 

[torchomatic]

Because people knew we wouldn't be for long.

Pathetic.

 

[CCFCSteve]

The frustration was from watching us all go up for a corner or long throw, it gets headed clear, mve plays back to rushworth rather than putting it back into the box and keeping the pressure on them.

It’s a bit frustrating but Id imagine there is a nervousness at the moment about making a mistake and getting caught on the break so with that there’s an extra cautiousness.

 

[shmmeee]

I think the preferred and optimal course of action is to directly attack the players in their DMs, so that they know to play better

My 11 yo has SATs this year, brb leaving a note in her lunch calling her a shit c**t

 

[shmmeee]

It’s a bit frustrating but Id imagine there is a nervousness at the moment about making a mistake and getting caught on the break so with that there’s an extra cautiousness.

I think it’s general frustration at how pedestrian our play is, it wasn’t just those situations you could hear it. Yes Oxford played a low block but that’s a lot easier when it takes fifteen touches to get the ball up the pitch each time.

 

[CCFCSteve]

That low block barely budged though especially as the game went on. Just 11 or 10 men behind the ball, no space in behind so it’s all played in a quarter/fifth of the pitch. I agree that the ball should’ve just got in the box quicker at the end, there was one time with MvE and Woolf on the right in injury time when everyone was screaming to just get it in the box. I also think getting Thomas on for last ten mins would’ve been worth a go.

The speed of passing etc usually relies on players being confident and they’re just not at the moment.

Ironically, the best one touch, quick passing I can recall from us recently was on the half way line…. before QPR broke and equalised. Not saying that was reason for the goal

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

My 11 yo has SATs this year, brb leaving a note in her lunch calling her a shit c**t

But is your 11yo being paid many thousands of pounds to do her SAT's, been getting straight A's and is all of a sudden getting E's (or whatever the stupid grading system is now) meaning she's getting dangerously close to missing out on attending a good secondary school that she looked a shoo-in for just a couple of months ago?

I'm going to guess that if her standards were slipping you'd be trying to be supportive for much of the time but also having a word with her about it and telling her she needs to improve.

 

[shmmeee]

But is your 11yo being paid many thousands of pounds to do her SAT's, been getting straight A's and is all of a sudden getting E's (or whatever the stupid grading system is now) meaning she's getting dangerously close to missing out on attending a good secondary school that she looked a shoo-in for just a couple of months ago?

I'm going to guess that if her standards were slipping you'd be trying to be supportive for much of the time but also having a word with her about it and telling her she needs to improve.

Not sure no matter how bad her results got I’d start booing her to be honest.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Not sure no matter how bad her results got I’d start booing her to be honest.

I don't think "we know you're trying and it's hard, but you know you can do better and you're letting yourselves down" is really going to work from the stands.