posted Oct 13, 2008

I think most people are right that yes you do pay a lot for a ticket and have every right to boo whoever makes a right clanger like Cole did. I think where the problem lies is that they were prepared to boo him all match which can't be good for the team moral.
Yeah boo him for a bit but not for the rest of the match. That's why some people were clapping so they drowned out the boo boys. You can't drown the spirit of the team because of one player making a mistake. There were 10 other players on the pitch who would have been suffering too and it wasn't fair on them.
If something goes wrong with anything in life then you are entitled to complain but you wouldn't keep going back everytime to complain about the same thing. Would you?

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posted Oct 13, 2008

Do the neanderthal "fans" who boo think that a player who makes a mistake is going to play better when the crowd gets on their back?

No, they just want to jeer the very players they paid to support.

Why do teams play better at home than away? Simple, because encouragement (from the home crowd) creates confidence which improves performance.

If we want our boys to play well we need to cheer them on. The boo-boys just want to vent their frustration even if it means that ultimately the team play worse - then complain how bad their team is. That's the definition of stupidity.

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posted Oct 13, 2008

As a graduate Engineer, from a top University, who earns half, in a year, of what Ashley Cole rejected as a derisory weekly wage at Arsenal, I have no respect for the man whatsoever. In fact, I despise him utterly. Not only that, but he and his equally deluded, and self obsessed colleagues, seem to think that they are entitled to behave in a way that would not be tolerated in any other sport, let alone any other walk of life. With the exception of Steven Gerrard, they are mediocre in the extreme. After the Euro's debacle, I can no longer take any great interest in the England football team; I was actually wrapping Christmas presents while the latest dross was on; but watching the professionalism, personal pride, physical effort, determination, patriotism and sheer courage of our Olympians and Paralympians, has made me realise what a complete bunch of posing, uneducated, arrogant, overated neanderthals our 'premier' footballers are. All the time they view everyone else with contempt, they deserve all the boos they get.

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posted Oct 13, 2008

How about these so-called world class footballers grow a set. They are all overpaid, soft and mentally weak, which is the reason they crumble under the slightest pressure.

If you get paid astronomical wages, be prepared to accept astronomical pressure. You can't get one without the other, although on current evidence, it seems you can with the right agent.

Cole wasn't necessarily just booed because of the mistake - everything the public has seen of him sets him up in a negative light. He's made a poor image for himself through his poor decisions, and when someone like that, who courts media attention openly, makes a huge error, the vast majority of people will delight in that fact.

I'm proud to be English, but I don't care about this England team at all. How can I relate to any of them? I can never afford to go to a game, the only time you see them in public is when they've got a book to promote, and forget the Premier League.

Do you think Norman Hunter would have complained about a few boos? Ron Harris? Stuart Pearce? The best players are just that despite the outside influences of the crowd, because they have the mental strength and self belief to cope.

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posted Oct 14, 2008

I think booing at the act is fine but continuing it was not right. Does nobody seem to consider our stagnant captain pointing for the ball to be played back by Cole. Then not moving to cover a possible mistake, when do you think he came out in support of Cole straight after the game. If he is going to offer advice on the field for a player to pass back then he must not stand still and not cover a possible mistake. The funny thing is as an after thought he then runs towards the the attacking player. Please can Terry be fit soon, I am not a Chelsea fan but I can see that even with a bad back he is better than Ferdinand.

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posted Oct 14, 2008

Ashley Cole like many players are paid hundreds of thousands of pounds per year to play a simple game of football, when they make basic mistakes like putting the ball in toward your own penalty area (something we were taught at school not to do) with disastrous results they must pay the price.

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posted Oct 14, 2008

danny like most United fans you have a blinkered view and probally don't live anywhere near Manchester. Plus the fact you probally only really started supporting them 10 odd years ago. Open your eyes, he is a good player but not that good, thanks for the insult shows your mentality and knowledge of the game. Hope you don't cry to much when £600 million worth of debt and Ronaldo leaving in the Summer comes to haunt you.

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posted Oct 15, 2008

HalesVillian (U7664277)

To be perfectly honest i do live in manchester,

Stretford to be excact,

So Don't pull that one out,

Been United Fan for more than 20years,

Yeah we might have £600 million worth of debt and yeah Real might be chasing Ronnie again,

But to be honest i don't care shows how much mentallity of the game i have . . . . .

Your the one who is Trying to give grief to a United fan even though this aint anything to do with United its actualy England and Cashly cole,

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