[Football] Boo Boys.......

[Mike Small]

I’m definitely not defending booing but you know it’s not because we’re “only 8th” right?

It’s bc we’re going to inevitably be in a relegation battle again and it’s very predictable bc we still haven’t signed a striker worthy of mid table prem and haven’t replaced Murray who was arguably already too old for the PL when we came up. A fit Danny Welbeck would have had two today…but he’s perma injured and we also knew that would be the case when we signed him on for the last 2 seasons.

Anyway, not defending the booing. It’s lame af, but it’s also a very easy position to take to criticise. The frustration is valid.

Exactly. Not a single soul (moron) is booing because they think we should be higher than 8th. Think Potter should chill out a bit. Admittedly, his interview is a few minutes after the game so emotions are raw. Should use this passion in the bloody shooting practice for Maupay, Moder, Bissouma and Lalanna

 

[Acker79]

My thoughts (I didn't boo);

-I didn't think the booing was that bad. Perhaps if there was more newsworthy stuff on the pitch it would have been ignored, I half expected to come on here and see lots of 'I didn't hear any boos' posts.
-Like Bozza, I'm not surprised. 9 games without a win (including the leicester cup game). 7 home league games that have seen us score 6 goals, three of which were penalties. Welbecks v Leiecester back in September was the last 'open play' goal, and that was getting on the end of a free kick, so is that even open play? Anyone claiming or acting like the boos were just about this game are naive or disingenuous.
-We failed to beat winless bottom of the table Norwich. We failed to beat winless bottom of the table Newcastle. One win against the bottom 4.
-Every week we are dropping down the table. We're 8th now, but we were 4th. We had a couple of matchdays of 'win and we're top'. In that context, now being 8th isn't 'look how high we've reached' it's, 'how much further will we drop?'
-Redknap is right about it being dangerous of potter to speak out like that. Fans can be very precious, and if he doesn't get a win or two soon, it will be a stick people beat him with.

 

[Mike Small]

We haven't scored in open play versus Everton, Newcastle, Norwich, Villa, Leeds, Arsenal, Man City, Leicester (penalty and set piece). That's 8 games. Then you've got one goal V Palace which they've had a mare with ('let it bounce') and Watford with one being from a corner and the other from Biss intercepting. It's only really 3 games in which we've scored goals we've created (Burnley, Brentford, Liverpool). It's more than poor. 8-10/13 games we haven't scored from a chance that we've made (minus a corner).

At what point do we play Duffy and Lamptey up front.

 

[BN41Albion]

We haven't scored in open play versus Everton, Newcastle, Norwich, Villa, Leeds, Arsenal, Man City, Leicester (penalty and set piece). That's 8 games. Then you've got one goal V Palace which they've had a mare with ('let it bounce') and Watford with one being from a corner and the other from Biss intercepting. It's only really 3 games in which we've scored goals we've created (Burnley, Brentford, Liverpool). It's more than poor. 8-10/13 games we haven't scored from a chance that we've made (minus a corner).

At what point do we play Duffy and Lamptey up front.

Those stats are bloody awful

 

[Weststander]

Exactly. Not a single soul (moron) is booing because they think we should be higher than 8th. Think Potter should chill out a bit. Admittedly, his interview is a few minutes after the game so emotions are raw. Should use this passion in the bloody shooting practice for Maupay, Moder, Bissouma and Lalanna

 

[Mike Small]

My thoughts (I didn't boo);

-I didn't think the booing was that bad. Perhaps if there was more newsworthy stuff on the pitch it would have been ignored, I half expected to come on here and see lots of 'I didn't hear any boos' posts.
-Like Bozza, I'm not surprised. 9 games without a win (including the leicester cup game). 7 home league games that have seen us score 6 goals, three of which were penalties. Welbecks v Leiecester back in September was the last 'open play' goal, and that was getting on the end of a free kick, so is that even open play? Anyone claiming or acting like the boos were just about this game are naive or disingenuous.
-We failed to beat winless bottom of the table Norwich. We failed to beat winless bottom of the table Newcastle. One win against the bottom 4.
-Every week we are dropping down the table. We're 8th now, but we were 4th. We had a couple of matchdays of 'win and we're top'. In that context, now being 8th isn't 'look how high we've reached' it's, 'how much further will we drop?'
-Redknap is right about it being dangerous of potter to speak out like that. Fans can be very precious, and if he doesn't get a win or two soon, it will be a stick people beat him with.

Agree. Found Potter's comment (like the one V West Brom last year) patronising. Completely disregards the 99%+ of fans who aren't booing and this 'perhaps I need a history lesson' only limits our own aspirations the team must be feeling. I expect us to have scored a goal from open play V Norwich, Newcastle or Leeds let alone get three points. He, his staff, the players and board should look at themsleves. I'd be happy to finish 16th. I would also be happy if we weren't doing the same thing every game and looking more a more limp all the time in front of goal. It's pathetic and soul destroying..

 

[Withdean and I]

I didn’t boo us off after losing 3-4 to Rochdale on an even colder and wetter night at Withdean in 1999 in Div 3, so I’m not going to start now!

 

[Simster]

Those stats are bloody awful

It's easy to make stats look awful when your sample size is literally twelve games. The fact is, we've only scored 2 goals fewer than we've conceded - they all count.

 

[hoveboyslim]

I didn’t boo us off after losing 3-4 to Rochdale on an even colder and wetter night at Withdean in 1999 in Div 3, so I’m not going to start now!

A Friday night in December. I left a free Christmas works-do bar in London for that! Absolutely slaughtered when I arrived but slowly sobered up in the torrential rain. We lost, but still loved being there. Booing is for pantos, not for supporting the club you love


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[sparkie]

I was there and didn't hear booing?! Muted, understandably, but can't have been more than a handful of idiots who booed?? I don't think I'm going that deaf just yet...

It was enough to get a mention when radio 5 read the results tonight.

 

[faoileán]

Bored of hearing on another day we could of scored 3 or 4 unfortunately that day never happens. I think the empty seats are telling.

Don't be daft, the 5% of seats empty were due to A) predicted terrible weather B) ongoing Covid issues (probably 1,000 Albion fans are currently isolating) C) live on TV d) late KO meaning a lot of parents with young kids didn't come

 

[Chicken Run]

We need to find out whose decision it was to send Zeqiri and Andone out on loan and keep
DJ Strollabout and the King of Love Island and boo them.

One goal (a penalty) in how many games now?

If I was Tariq Lamptey I’d be livid.


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Totally agree


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[Robinjakarta]

I didn’t boo us off after losing 3-4 to Rochdale on an even colder and wetter night at Withdean in 1999 in Div 3, so I’m not going to start now!

I didn't boo us off when we lost at the Goldstone 2-8 to Bristol Rovers and 0-4 to Walton and Hersham!

 

[brightn'ove]

I feel like I’m being gaslit by all of this. The most I heard was some grumbling and ‘for **** sakes’. Even the young lads near me, who sometimes go over the top with frustration, didn’t boo. Anyway, the frustration is clearly with not putting away sides that we have dominated, doesn’t matter how well you play if the result over two or three seasons is the same.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Wonder if the 6th placed Wolves fans booed today?

Considering they’ve won 5 league games in the 8 game stretch that we’ve won zero I’d guess that they probably didn’t.

 

[BN41Albion]

It's easy to make stats look awful when your sample size is literally twelve games. The fact is, we've only scored 2 goals fewer than we've conceded - they all count.

It's great we're not conceding many, obviously, but every man and his dog knows that we have had problems scoring for far longer than 12 games. Those stats are very poor considering some of the chances we create, no two ways about it. We aren't going to progress from scraping around the bottom come the end of the season until we start taking more chances.

 

[Marshy]

Anyone that booed that is an absolute joke and knows nothing about football

Stay at home next time if it was you

 

[BN41Albion]

It was enough to get a mention when radio 5 read the results tonight.

Yes, the media aren't well known for over hyping something at all. (yes I know GP mentioned it which is what kick-started the media discussing it)

Some grumbling and a tiny minority booing momentarily in frustration for not being able to put the ball in the net yet again. I don't agree with it but it's shouldn't have been anything to get worked up about.

 

[BN41Albion]

I feel like I’m being gaslit by all of this. The most I heard was some grumbling and ‘for **** sakes’. Even the young lads near me, who sometimes go over the top with frustration, didn’t boo. Anyway, the frustration is clearly with not putting away sides that we have dominated, doesn’t matter how well you play if the result over two or three seasons is the same.

Yep. Been an overreaction and then some about the whole thing.

I can see why GP said what he said in the heat of the moment as he was obviously just as frustrated and annoyed as us (even though he wouldn't say/show it), but I hope he reflects today that tha vast majority of us are reasonable fans who have been very patient and understanding of the difficult process of transforming a club into a solid PL team, despite the frustrations of our goalscoring problems.

 

[Simster]

It's great we're not conceding many, obviously, but every man and his dog knows that we have had problems scoring for far longer than 12 games. Those stats are very poor considering some of the chances we create, no two ways about it. We aren't going to progress from scraping around the bottom come the end of the season until we start taking more chances.

Obviously we have problems in front of goal, but I didn't need someone to disregard three quarters of the goals we have scored to tell me that.

It's simple really - we've now played 13 games, and the last three have all been bitterly disappointing, but for different yet at the same time the same reasons. Had we taken just three points more than we did from those games, things would be very different:

Newcastle: we were clearly a far better side, looked absolutely outstanding for about 30 mins in total. The rest of the time we were dreadful all over the pitch, yet that is a game we should have won by taking more chances.

Villa: we were in complete control of the game but we didn't look remotely like scoring. Not did they, until they did.

Leeds: good performance, wasteful in front of goal. The only game of the three that was genuinely peak Brighton from last season.