Skip to main content

Unbelievable

Unbelievable

R

Radio Head

Joined
Jul 2, 2017
Messages
18
I find it incredible and unbelievable that after a rare home defeat some of our support (yes we are supposed to be supporters!!!???) are being critical and negative towards some of our players. Yes, they can have an off day, but they are young lads who are trying their best to represent our team, our town and our club... and we should therefore support them regardless.
The reaction to Brad Potts’ substitution against Reading was embarrassing.

I really don’t understand what some fans think is going to happen by booing a player? Are they all of sudden going to turn in to Messi??
These are young lads who are not going to play any better by getting this naive treatment from so called fans! In fact, quite the opposite will happen and this could then ruin the proclaimed team spirit we seem to have running through the club.
It’s a reaction that can manifest itself in to a serious situation that the club turns in to a unpleasant place to play footy, and therefore struggles to attract quality players.
 
I didnt boo but perhaps it is also an indication to AN and the powers that be that certain players are not cutting the mustard in the supporters eyes. Just saying.
 
beagleman said:
I didnt boo but perhaps it is also an indication to AN and the powers that be that certain players are not cutting the mustard in the supporters eyes. Just saying.
Click to expand...

potts played well against Leeds and Fulham. He didn’t do that much yesterday but was booed and sarcastically applauded off the pitch. That for me is a disgrace. once again fans just choose a player to hate. Browne got the same sort of stick two years ago.
 
I’ve heard many worse reactions when someone was subbed than the Potts one yesterday.
 
You can expect a certain level of effort from your players. We now haven't won in 3 and have just had an embarrassing loss. But in OP's eyes, everything's fine and we should all just clap and enjoy what we've got.

Mousinho and Humphrey have previously been booed on or off for not putting in the levels of effort or concentration they're expected to at a professional level.

We want to win, and want players who put in shifts. Reading were there for the taking, yet we decided to mope around for most of the game. The players got it far too easy for them yesterday imo.
 
LancasterRed said:
You can expect a certain level of effort from your players. We now haven't won in 3 and have just had an embarrassing loss. But in OP's eyes, everything's fine and we should all just clap and enjoy what we've got.

Mousinho and Humphrey have previously been booed on or off for not putting in the levels of effort or concentration they're expected to at a professional level.

We want to win, and want players who put in shifts. Reading were there for the taking, yet we decided to mope around for most of the game. The players got it far too easy for them yesterday imo.
Click to expand...

No wins in 3 and only 1 goal. Longer term it’s 2 wins in 9.
 
I didn't notice Potts being booed yesterday but that performance was nothing short of abysmal and was harder to digest when you look at Cardiff and Leeds which was 2 games we should have won.

There are players who are bnot cutting it and i feel are not good enough consistently for the championship. Supporters get frustrated becuase its 90 minutes thats all they ask for someone to perform to their best. Yesterday a fat rotund over the hill Charlie Adam made us look ordinary in midfield.

Hindsight is a great trait, how disappointing was HARROP, evreyone wanted him to get a start and then he turns that performance in. I will get slated for this but MAGUIRE is not consistent enough at this level, he misses too many chances and yesterday he did the same again. POTTS should have scored at 0-0 and as AN said if he did it would have been a different result i am sure.

Redaing and now Boro were beatable, I said b4 the game that SWIFT always scores against us, we are a team that he enjoys playing against. BORO have now hitting form and we are playing them at the wrong time, had we beaten Cardiff and Leeds yesterdays result wouldn't be that bad but we didn't and so the pressure mounts.

the transfer window is critical to our progress - simple as.
 
LancasterRed said:
You can expect a certain level of effort from your players. We now haven't won in 3 and have just had an embarrassing loss. But in OP's eyes, everything's fine and we should all just clap and enjoy what we've got.

Mousinho and Humphrey have previously been booed on or off for not putting in the levels of effort or concentration they're expected to at a professional level.

We want to win, and want players who put in shifts. Reading were there for the taking, yet we decided to mope around for most of the game. The players got it far too easy for them yesterday imo.
Click to expand...

I don’t think he said that. You don’t need to enjoy it. But if you think moaning and booing is going to help the players then you are completely wrong.

the fans didn’t encourage the players once yesterday even at 0-0. I’ve been to grounds were the supporters never stop singing even when losing one or two nil. But because we didn’t beat #teamslikereading some fans decided to boo players. Are they that idiotic that they think this will have a positive outcome.
 
Booing is proper weird behaviour anyway as I've said before, you're at a football match not the fucking panto.
 
JohnPNE said:
potts played well against Leeds and Fulham. He didn’t do that much yesterday but was booed and sarcastically applauded off the pitch. That for me is a disgrace. once again fans just choose a player to hate. Browne got the same sort of stick two years ago.
Click to expand...
Maybe Potts will be revitalised like Browne was after that
 
Tino said:
I’ve heard many worse reactions when someone was subbed than the Potts one yesterday.
Click to expand...

Yes, maybe it's my failing hearing but I didn't pick up any boos or 'sarcastic applause' when Potts was substituted. I'm not saying it didn't happen but it must only have involved a small minority.
 
K14 PNE said:
I think it is the low championship wages we pay that results in us failing to attract quality players.
Click to expand...

We pay the wages that our income from gate receipts allow.
A 11k home support is poor by championship standards and therefore our wage structure cannot match that of most other clubs we are competing against.
We are 7th and performing miracles with the resources we have, some of the football we’ve played this season is in my opinion the best seen at Deepdale for many years.
This team deserves our FULL support even when we’re not at our best like yesterday.
 
Radio Head said:
I find it incredible and unbelievable that after a rare home defeat some of our support (yes we are supposed to be supporters!!!???) are being critical and negative towards some of our players. Yes, they can have an off day, but they are young lads who are trying their best to represent our team, our town and our club... and we should therefore support them regardless.
The reaction to Brad Potts’ substitution against Reading was embarrassing.

I really don’t understand what some fans think is going to happen by booing a player? Are they all of sudden going to turn in to Messi??
These are young lads who are not going to play any better by getting this naive treatment from so called fans! In fact, quite the opposite will happen and this could then ruin the proclaimed team spirit we seem to have running through the club.
It’s a reaction that can manifest itself in to a serious situation that the club turns in to a unpleasant place to play footy, and therefore struggles to attract quality players.
Click to expand...

The booing is wrong admittedly, but it shows the extreme frustration of the fans, ESPECIALLY after 2 great away performances.

Holiday game, decent home crowd, expectation of a good performance..........and then it all fell apart.

We started a home game with ONE forward player, the 2 changes failed miserably, we appeared to let the opposition just walk through us on several occasions as well the goals. We were busy going nowhere and struggled to break down their defence, we didn’t have the personnel on the pitch till much later on to be able to do it.

Yesterday for me was a big fail on several levels, especially on team selection.

And Bodin needs to start putting in some performances to justify his selection or the crowd will turn on him.

But to me Reading have some good players and are a very underperforming outfit.
 
People are just disappointed really.

I get those who think top 2 is a pipe dream but there's still a chance given both of them are regularly dropping points currently. So to lose at home to a bottom table team on a day WBA lose isn't great.

Of course team isn't in top 6 now but it's all still ridiculously tight for play offs. Win v Boro and PNE will be back in the top 6 so not too worried on that yet.
 
Back
Top