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Exiled Kent Shrimper
Morons, keep going Anton, I don't care if you support the Hamsters, I know you out in 100% every time you pull on a Southend shirt and seem to like playing here, so please the idiotic morons who keep booing him, **** off
Ive said it before and i ll say it again anyone who calls themselves a SUFC supporter would not boo or heckle one of the SUFC players no matter how indifferent that players form maybe,if a person does then he is not a supporter and needs to be told one way or another,"A SUPPORTER SUPPORTS ".
It's because your average fan thinks he is a football expert. The whole analysis stuff of recent years doesn't help.
Thus, when inside a football ground, nothing but perfection is good enough for some. Anything short of this is met with the usual derisory comment and the chance to let off a bit of steam.
Plus, once someone is pigeon-holed as "useless" it just adds to the misconception that whatever they do will be hopeless and even if they do something right, it's met with the sarcastic response of those that think like that.
Take Anton, for example. It's just become norm now for some people to say that he can't play anymore and is at fault for everything, but in truth over 90 minutes, he might make one or two slight errors. If they cost a goal, then all hell breaks loose.
But show me a player who doesn't make mistakes. There isn't one. Just that if it's someone that the knives are out for, then it's highlighted 100 times more.
I generally agree with much you say but can't quite work out why you appear to be on the pompous fan bandwagon. I have criticised Anton and he has deserved it. As I said previously, I don't berate him at games, but that does not make me a superior supporter. Some of the comments on this thread are incredible. It seems, anyone that does not support in a prescribed way, must be an idiot or moron and not a ''true" supporter. Someone has suggested ' having a word' with fans, at the game, that hurl abuse? Good luck with that!
Anton has done much better of late and that's good. Who he supports I don't care. But if anyone thinks, there is only one decent and proper way to be a supporter, I suggest they should wind their neck in.
We all criticize in our own way. I do it. Who doesn't?
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kiss the badge and all that?I think if anyone hears Anton being booed before the game, perhaps nearby Shrimpers should have a quiet word with the idiots and explain the error of their ways. :winking:
kiss the badge and all that?
been discussed on many forums, people say if they pay they can boo, and it’s their right (no bad language or racism) it’s just how it is and always will be.
I was referring more to those that have a pre-conceived view of a player 'rab' and set out to criticize from the start and/or boo the player, even before they've entered the field of play or during the warm up.
We all criticize in our own way. I do it. Who doesn't?
The point I was making was that it's one thing to criticize a player for a poor performance or not putting a shift in, but it's quite another to just dislike someone for the entire 90 minutes, whatever they do, because it's been decided that they aren't the one who should be playing.