Booing Your Own Club

Discussion in 'Aussie Rules Football Discussion' started by Blake, Apr 12, 2013.

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  1. Blake BE Quilty

    Have you ever booed your own team, or players of your own team? I think it's a somewhat interesting topic and am wondering if it is appropriate at any time. Does being passionate enough to boo poor performance really make you a true supporter of the club?
     
    Blake, Apr 12, 2013
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  2. MatthewJay TA Miokovic

    Have never really booed, but I definitely criticised guys like Tambling when at the club.

    The scenes at the Melbourne game on the weekend were terrible.
     
    MatthewJay, Apr 12, 2013
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  3. chris473 CJ Devonshire

    Yeah fans even die hards have the right to boo there team. Pay hard earnt money to go see them play and besides fans are saying a lot worse to players going down the tunnel then booing
     
    chris473, Apr 12, 2013
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  4. Skippos SM Morgan

    Chris you never post about AFL, all you're doing is trying to bait.
     
    Skippos, Apr 12, 2013
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  5. Jabba HJ Bots

    He is right though
     
    Jabba, Apr 12, 2013
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  6. KickATinAlong IA Ryabovol

    What a load of bullshit. It's a question that applies to more than just AFL ffs
     
    KickATinAlong, Apr 12, 2013
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  7. Skippos SM Morgan

    for the record - a true supporter shouldn't boo their own, not IMO.
     
    Skippos, Apr 12, 2013
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  8. Skippos SM Morgan

    There's a backstory. the cunt follows afl supporters around trolling absolutely everything to do with them.
     
    Skippos, Apr 12, 2013
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  9. Flash JP Thornton

    How the fuck did you make that assumption ?
     
    Flash, Apr 12, 2013
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  10. Skippos SM Morgan

    Because of the guy who posted it & his antics over the last 3 years
     
    Skippos, Apr 12, 2013
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  11. Flash JP Thornton

    Hold a grudge much, you judgmental cunt?
     
    Flash, Apr 12, 2013
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  12. Noble One RS Yamadera

    You support the club, not the individual.

    Perfectly justifiable to boo a certain player or group of players if you believe they don't uphold the values that make you a supporter.
     
    Noble One, Apr 12, 2013
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  13. Dirk Diggler DM Diggler

    Never booed. Love my club through thick and thin.
     
    Dirk Diggler, Apr 12, 2013
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  14. Blake BE Quilty

    Personally I think booing a team is purely selfish, seeing as the majority of the time it has no positive benefits at all towards your club. How do you think someone like Jack Watts, who has clearly been struggling throughout his AFL career with high expectations and numerous burdens, is going to feel hearing his own supporters cheer him off once he gets substituted?

    As for the people who booed Melbourne off at the race, I am pretty sure three quarters of them were actually your typical Essendon fans who just wanted to get their mugs on TV by yelling some abuse but despite the loss and performance I still couldn't justify that to myself as a reason to boo them off. It's not what the club needs.
     
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    Blake, Apr 12, 2013
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  15. Mousey AJ Son

    Lol, shut up Skippos.

    I've never booed my team, but the shit Melbourne put out deserved boos. They're paid hundred of thousands of dollars to play footy and they didn't even try. Worth booing, but I'm not sure I'd do it myself.

    If a team tries hard and is flogged, no booing. But not trying? Boo away imo.
     
    Mousey, Apr 12, 2013
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  16. Blake BE Quilty

    What advantages are there to booing though? I think it's really just a selfish form of venting your opinions, as in it has the potential to hurt the club even further.
     
    Blake, Apr 12, 2013
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  17. Eds E Ames

    If the players aren't trying then it's a really powerful kick up the arse. More powerful than anything a manager could say, for example. Basically what Mousey said.
     
    Eds, Apr 12, 2013
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  18. Mousey AJ Son

    I don't think it has the potential to hurt the club further though. These are professional footballers. They might be embarrassed, but they deserve to be. If there were no boos they'd get the impression no one cared and continue bumming around getting paid for not really playing, changes won't be made.
     
    Mousey, Apr 12, 2013
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  19. Mousey AJ Son

    Yeah, exactly. If the supporters don't care why should you? Getting booed makes you personally take responsible and try to make amends. If you don't react this way and sook about it you don't have the heart to be an AFL footballer.

    More potential to help the club than harm imo.
     
    Mousey, Apr 12, 2013
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  20. MASTERS S Masters

    i dont boo Geelong, but at times i am frustrated with them, like every fan is
     
    MASTERS, Apr 13, 2013
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