I support the club. The name on the front of the shirt is more important than the name on the back. The name on the back is irrelevant. I'm voicing displeasure at the players, not the club.

Evidently, so do you. If you're booing representatives of the club, you're booing the club. I don't see how anyone could claim to support a club if they'd boo them based on one shit performance.

If that's the connection you make, then so be it.

But I see the players as represenatives of the club, and they are expected to uphold the values of the club on the pitch, they're there to do a job and they're being paid obscene amounts of money for it. If they fail to do so I'm going to let them know about it. Just like eg. I'd complain to optus about bad service.

By booing the players, you're booing the club.

Who said I was booing the club?

So by booing the club, and the players within that club, you're upholding what that shirt embodies?

My theory is, you're there to support the club (or national team as the case may be) and the shirt. IF the players wearing that shirt don't uphold what taht shirt embodies then yeah, they deserve to hear about it.

I dont care if they are shit/playing shit as long as they have a proper go, if they aren't putting in the effort than yes.

Yep, I'd boo, and have done so (Hi Aurelio)...

Some will think I'm not a true supporter, meh such is life...

If the team that I love and pay my hard earned in to, don't look like they give a rats then I will boo loudly...If they get smashed but at least keep trying and running and battling then I'll stand up and applaud them off. But if they play like England did, listless, not interested and down right pathetic then they will get booed...

I go to work and don't put the effort in, and look bored and not interested I get my arse kicked, the same should count for the players that play in the team that I love...If I don't put the effort in then I can't expect plaudits...If the players don't they can't expect adulation, after a pathetic display they should expect the crowd to voice their opinions ...

So if England play like they did against Algeria when they play Slovenia, You'll hear the Booing from Hillbank, SA, where ever you live...

Would never do it. Not Celtic, Not Brisbane, would never do it to any of my teams.

This is true, but how many times has your team failed to defeat Accrington Stanley though?

If Australia failed to defeat Myanmar, yeah, I'd be booing them off the pitch.

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The simple answer is yes, it is acceptable.

The slightly longer answer is:

I cheer for my team. I cheer even if they screw up with good intentions. But i won't cheer the same mistake made by player or coach 20 times over (See Vidmar's continuous use of Adam Hughes)

I personally think it is un-acceptable. The only thing you should ever be booing are the opposition and the referee's.

But I think Wayne Rooney mis-understood the fans, they were not booing the team, they were just saying 'Boo-urns'.

It's out duty to boo the opposition, not our own team.

I've never done it and cannot picture myself doing so, but I think it's more applicable to club sides where the fans are members and have a more tangible interest in the team - then there's more right.

But if i was french...

No

"You aren’t always going to like what you see at your football ground, regardless of how much money you’ve paid, but as a supporter, your job is to support the team....England fans will believe that because they’ve travelled all that way and spent all that money, they have the right to voice their displeasure at such a dire performance. I totally agree they have the right but it depends how they view their role as a “supporter”. I ask of them: what are you trying to achieve? Is booing the players going to make them play better? Are they playing like shit out of choice but now you’ve booed them they are going to make the choice not to play badly? Or are you totally demoralising them? Are you making them angry and frustrated and like they have nothing to play for? If their own fans hate them so much, then what is the point?"

Sums it up for me.

Never ever have I booed my team. I live in Canberra and supported the cosmos so if anyone ever had something to boo about its me, but no i didn't.

That said - I don't think I've ever booed the Socceroos, even during the Germany match - and I think it would take a dire effort for me to ever boo them. If I was an England fan I sincerely doubt I would have booed them even after that abject Algeria performance, but that's just me.
As far as my personal feelings on the matter, the Roar are probably the team most deserving of boos in the whole A-League, particularly last season - what a rabble they were, no passion or fight for the shirt. If players make you believe you could do better in the shirt, I think you have a right to boo.
Another way I like to express my dissatisfaction is ironic cheering of shitty players - "Ole!"-ing Dodd, Reinaldo and Malcolm every time they touched the ball in certain matches, for example - and cheering when they are substituted.

No it's not but then again when your being booed you don't go to the nearest TV camera and complain. That's not the best way to endear yourself to fans who are already pissed off.

Ideally no, however, if they have played utter shit, and given no effort and their body attitude is that they couldn't care, or don't give a shit. As fans - paying fans - you should be allowed to voice your opinion on a performance, and since you can't go up to players now days on the field and tell them how shit they're playing, Booing them let's them know that you know they played like shit. But like i said earlier, should only be used as a last resort. E.g I don't think Australia should have been booed during the 4-0 thumping by Germany, however, Pim Verbeek would have been more then deserving of a few.

It is 100% acceptable. If the players don't perform for the fans, they must be made aware that the fans aren't happy. The sport is about the fans and what they want - not how hard it is to not be shit.

You're not booing the team you love - you're booing the shit performance by the players for the team.

Gotta remember, Wayne Rooneys will come and go, but the 10,000 supporters that payed 15 grand to watch will always be there. They are the team, not Wayne Rooney and his shortcomings.


Edited by notveryclever: 20/6/2010 04:19:08 PM

For playing poorly, certainly not. The only exception IMO is if they play very dirty.

It's not acceptable at all - ever!!! You support your team while you are at the game. If the players continue to put in efforts where they look like they don't care - I think that most fans will come to also not care - and not turn up.

No it's not acceptable, it is an absolute disgrace and should never ever happen. Can't believe some on here consider it to be appropriate in certain circumstances.

If you fuck up in the real world, then you get shouted at by the customers. This is the same thing, registering the customer's displeasure with the abject performance being served up.

Only one way to stop them booing you Wayne, and it isn't through yelling at a camera.

Heres the thing, I believe in booing certain players for their performances but not the team. For instance I was guilty of screaming some derrogative stuff at Nick Ward during the A League Grand Final but not the team unless audibly bemoaning inability to shoot counts