Our Fans Can Get Us Relegated

[The Cravenette]

I don't think you need to boo to show dissatisfaction. Leaving the ground immediately after(or even before) the final whistle will have a similar effect.

The players, maybe not all of them, came over to the Hammy End at the end despite the booing. They were clapped by some, including me. If you didn't want to clap just walk out, the exits were open. 

[Fulham 442]

I wouldn't ever boo our players, I don't think that is helpful for anyone but I having watched the game I can completely understand the level of frustration felt by the fans.  However I think that should be directed at AA.  I am far from convinced he is the manager we need and as I said on another thread it is fine being offensively minded if you win a game by the odd goal but not if you lose it by the same margin.  Some of our defending yesterday was nothing short of slapstick.

[WindyCity]

Booing is boorish.  Only saps and simpletons resort to booing.  Even booing the ref or opposing players, really boorish.  And booing your own club is just pathetic behavior. 

Now, can such behavior influence or, as the thread topic suggests, get us relegated?  I think not.  Professional athletes have to have thick skin.  They appreciate and welcome the cheers and the paychecks they receive, and they also have to accept the jeers, booing, bad press when things aren't going well.  It's all part of the gig.  I don't do social media, so I don't know or understand the implications of players deleting posts on their social media accounts, but I suspect it doesn't mean too much.  Besides, players are probably best served avoiding social media and not following fan forums with all the tripe that shows up when the team/players are tanking.  Funny thing, I've heard some pro athletes actually say they deserved the boos, they don't blame the fans, they deserved the boos for such a poor show.  It's now up to the players to turn the boos to cheers with better performances. 

Booing your own team is certainly not helpful.  Nothing positive to gain from so doing.  But players should be able to accept the bad, with the good.  Thick skin should have the boos running like water off a ducks' back.  If they do impact a players psyche, well then, that player isn't very strong. 

[Hugh Janus]

The idiots booing Alvaro are the same clowns I suspect that wanted Silva out. Empty vessels make the most noise sadly.

[Sgt Fulham]

The idiots booing Alvaro are the same clowns I suspect that wanted Silva out. Empty vessels make the most noise sadly.

Never booed anyone employed by Fulham but certainly am in the Arbeloa out camp. I defended Silva to the end and got abused for it on this board. Now I'm getting abused for not backing our manager ha ha. Cant please everyone, I suppose.

[Hugh Janus]

The idiots booing Alvaro are the same clowns I suspect that wanted Silva out. Empty vessels make the most noise sadly.

Never booed anyone employed by Fulham but certainly am in the Arbeloa out camp. I defended Silva to the end and got abused for it on this board. Now I'm getting abused for not backing our manager ha ha. Cant please everyone, I suppose.

I have concerns about AA. It's the booing our team I can't abide.

[Sgt Fulham]

The idiots booing Alvaro are the same clowns I suspect that wanted Silva out. Empty vessels make the most noise sadly.

Never booed anyone employed by Fulham but certainly am in the Arbeloa out camp. I defended Silva to the end and got abused for it on this board. Now I'm getting abused for not backing our manager ha ha. Cant please everyone, I suppose.

I have concerns about AA. It's the booing our team I can't abide.

I got pretty heated about this last season or the season before, I cant remember. But its like fighting the tide. Too many idiots out there. The boo boys will continue im afraid.

[hovewhite]

Since early 1970s i have never booed team off in the shirt,also i really liked the positive attacking Style of Fulham i know the downside. But think h we will sort it.
The only downside is Kevin and Tete incidents,as if he gets a players revolt can see TK siding with them and he will be 
History.

[Luka]

Challenged a ponytailed ****** haired kid with a fluffy beard who was booing the team at the end of last season.
He claimed that as a paying punter it was his right to boo whoever wanted.
That seems to be the norm for entitled little w⚓️'s like him.

[Twig]

I may not be optimistic about the AA experiment but I desperately want it to succeed. Booing the players or the manager is beyond stupid, especially after just three games.

[KJS]

The best way to stop the poor fan reaction is for the players and the manager to do what they are paid vast amounts of money to do!
Players and not the manager are the ones who are mainly at fault when things go wrong but always get off lightly

[Buffalo76]

Maybe its the cynic in me but I've always wondered if some footballers are really genuine with their clapping to their supporters, whether its as they come onto the pitch or going over at the end of a game to applaud. In some cases is it just going through the motions????

[Coastwalker]

Nonsense.
Players and managers get teams relegated,not the fans.

[the nutflush]

Nonsense.
Players and managers get teams relegated,not the fans.

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[cookieg]

Nonsense.
Players and managers get teams relegated,not the fans.

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Have you ever been at the Cottage when the place is noisy and everyone cheering the team? If the crowd can lift the team then they can certainly bring them down.

[F(f)CUK]

I don't boo our team.

However, maybe the booing and the negativity helped AA to look at what he was doing. The team had no shape in the first 3 games and he responded well in the pre match interview.

I just want to see us play with a more balanced approach at home and then we can consider the first 3 games as a blip and we can get on with the season.

[cookieg]

I don't boo our team.

However, maybe the booing and the negativity helped AA to look at what he was doing. The team had no shape in the first 3 games and he responded well in the pre match interview.

I just want to see us play with a more balanced approach at home and then we can consider the first 3 games as a blip and we can get on with the season.

I see the first three games as a learning curve with AA seeing what the players he.has can do. We weren't outclassed in those games and lost by the odd goal. Someone said something about fine margins, can't remember who though.

[hovewhite]

I don't boo our team.

However, maybe the booing and the negativity helped AA to look at what he was doing. The team had no shape in the first 3 games and he responded well in the pre match interview.

I just want to see us play with a more balanced approach at home and then we can consider the first 3 games as a blip and we can get on with the season.

truth in this post .

[McGruber]

Some of our 'fans' need to own up to their hysterical behavior (behaviour). It has been embarrassing to see, caused me to create my first user name in almost 20 years. New systems take time for players to truly understand.

[jayffc]

I don't boo our team.

However, maybe the booing and the negativity helped AA to look at what he was doing. The team had no shape in the first 3 games and he responded well in the pre match interview.

I just want to see us play with a more balanced approach at home and then we can consider the first 3 games as a blip and we can get on with the season.

Except he already started adapting the system in the game vs Palace with his substitutes towards end of that game when he adjusted the shape. We had a few absolute marish freak moments like garcias that cost us and a penalty that never was, but the basis of what we're trying to do makes sense if done properly.

Not having this idea the boo boys are to thank for making him realise something he wouldn't have otherwise, like losing 3 games wasn't enough 😂 The guys played football at the top level his whole career...real madrid fans on twitter were saying how ridiculous it was to accuse him of being stubborn or unable or unwilling to adapt - citing all the different approaches and formation adjustments he made at Madrid in his time there.

The team has and had a shape it's supposed to play - the plan has been clear...it just wasn't being executed properly and for sure needed refining and adjustment and perfecting as well as the right personnel to play it.. Clearly now being able to push Iwobi back forward and bring in Affengruber are essential components of this system functioning better.


It's a very different approach . We know how we're MEANT to be playing but it's taking some time to execute in game...high wing backs on overlap means our CMs/DMs need to drop back and defend when they do, as well as wingers tucking in when the full back advances. The issue was this wasn't happening effectively.

If some here (not person Im replying to) participated in heckling 3 games into a new system and are trying to justify it now, sorry, but no. And absolutely such environments this early are not the way to encourage a team and can absolutely contribute to the demise of a team and feeling around the club. If they weren't showing effort or strolling about not arsed, getting battered with no sign of attacking intent, maybe I'd be more sympathetic... but that wasn't and isn't the case.