Liquid Gold
Well-Known Member
We can see in our own fall and rise how harmful booing is to players' performances.
We used to have a load of people turn up, slag players off, boo and groan all game. It made players play within themselves, didn't make for an intimidating atmosphere for the opposition and stayed that way while we slipped down the leagues.
When we bottomed out and there was only a hardcore there in L2 or St Andrews it got to a point where people decided to get behind the team. When people returned they were caught up in the positive atmosphere. When we're eventually back in Cov and in the Championship we had a big positive crowd backing the players and not making it a nice easy place to visit. Everybody was in agreement that a lot of the late goals were helped by crowd support last season. I think we wouldn't see that if the players were shit scared of half the crowd abusing them at any opportunity,
We used to have a load of people turn up, slag players off, boo and groan all game. It made players play within themselves, didn't make for an intimidating atmosphere for the opposition and stayed that way while we slipped down the leagues.
When we bottomed out and there was only a hardcore there in L2 or St Andrews it got to a point where people decided to get behind the team. When people returned they were caught up in the positive atmosphere. When we're eventually back in Cov and in the Championship we had a big positive crowd backing the players and not making it a nice easy place to visit. Everybody was in agreement that a lot of the late goals were helped by crowd support last season. I think we wouldn't see that if the players were shit scared of half the crowd abusing them at any opportunity,