[Albion] Boogate - The Positives

[Paulie Gualtieri]

As it seems the majority of the football community has a lot to say about our rights to express ourselves maybe this will bring much needed unity to the Amex and something we can continue.

The atmosphere was up there as one of the best I have experienced.

Let’s not go back to “being too nice” and actually play our part collectively in showing our contempt to anyone we face at the Amex.

“We’re Brighton Hove Albion, we’re boo who we want”

 

[Baldseagull]

We are often too nice, but I wouldn't want us to become a really hostile bunch either. I used to work with a bloke that rarely swore, but when he did you took notice, if we are hostile all the time, it is something players prepare themselves for and it has less effect, Zaha seems to enjoy it a bit these days and uses it to fire himself up.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Let’s also emphasise that booing was just one part of the atmosphere….the singing ..cheering exceeded it in part due to the team on the pitch crushing the opposition and witnessing one of the worst (vocally) support in years (maybe I’m exaggerating here but who cares)..no doubt we were all well up for it

 

[bhafc99]

As one positive, I thought the "Do you want to buy our songs" chant to the increasingly quiet Chelsea end was an absolute cracker.

"You're just a shit Brighton and Hove Albion" was quite funny too.

 

[Swansman]

But what if Webster makes a poor pass in the third minute?

 

[Silverhatch]

But what if Webster makes a poor pass in the third minute?

We’re Brighton and Hove Albion, we boo when we want

 

[Taybha]

Chelsea didn't have a clue what they were supposed to be doing,they bottled it,the reason they bottled it was they shat their collective pants, just goes to show how hostile the Amex can actually be for opposition teams,the crowd didn't win the game but it certainly played it's part.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

An important oversight in my post

Positivity for the home team and negativity for the away, pretty standard stuff

 

[Hamilton]

Chelsea didn't have a clue what they were supposed to be doing,they bottled it,the reason they bottled it was they shat their collective pants, just goes to show how hostile the Amex can actually be for opposition teams,the crowd didn't win the game but it certainly played it's part.

The great thing was, Chelsea fans didn't have a clue how to respond either. They got muted.

For me, the booing was about Chelsea. I'm sorry that Bruno, Roberts and Cucurella got booed, but unfortunately anything in a Chelsea shirt (and especially any of them with recent Brighton connections), were going to get booed.

This was about standing up for BHA and Tony Bllom.

 

[Surf's Up]

As it seems the majority of the football community has a lot to say about our rights to express ourselves maybe this will bring much needed unity to the Amex and something we can continue.

The atmosphere was up there as one of the best I have experienced.

Let’s not go back to “being too nice” and actually play our part collectively in showing our contempt to anyone we face at the Amex.

“We’re Brighton Hove Albion, we’re boo who we want”

Which is great in theory but as we've seen in the past very difficult to do in practice given the generally "nice" nature of our demographic, our comfortable stadium and the fact that as a group of 27,000 people we're still getting to know each other!! So there needs to be a good reason (like there was on Saturday) to create a hostile atmosphere that will help to motivate and drive the players but to also understand that really its all a bit of theatre so it can/should be be a laugh as well!!
A few thoughts then:
Generally, as a crowd, we seem to find it easier to create an atmosphere against the Big 6 (that should probably be Big 7 now if you include Newcastle) especially when they're owned by either an American Billionaire, an Asian billionaire, a Gulf state or a Russian Oligarch (less common now!) and they invariably bring god and noisy levels of support down too - so there's a couple of reasons reason to get ourselves all lathered up there (ie Billy Big Bollox and/or access to ridiculous amounts of wealth thus creating a totally unlevel plain field). These games are always easier to crank up because there is more of a big match atmosphere anyway.
The second reason why we could pour vitriol down on the opposition from the stands is where teams come down to the Amex and "park the bus" and whose football is the antithesis of ours or what we seem to be trying to do, especially when they're managed by someone who is already disliked and purports to be fashioning a risk taking, all attacking, fan pleasing style of football (Ladies and Gentlemen I give you Smug Eddie whose club (along with Chelsea) actually now tick several of the "we really don't like you very much" boxes (remember Ashworth and Burn too?) - We regularly struggle to break these teams down (Forest anyone?) and as a crowd we tend to watch and suffer if not in silence then in muted gasps of anguish and the occasional boo at half or full time. We need to change this and develop a wall of sound to intimidate these anti-football, get a point at all costs teams particularly now we've pretty much learnt how to boo in unison!
The third category relates to clubs that we just don't like - obviously Palace but also maybe Leeds? so the atmosphere usually takes care of itself at these games.
That leaves teams that are not owned by a gulf state etc - see above. These clubs tend to be a similar size to us (Southampton, Wolves, Forest etc) and there aren't really any reasons to dislike them so much more difficult to get all nasty with them!

 

[Hotchilidog]

We've set the bar now. It will be difficult to replicate everyweek but it would be nice if we could rouse ourselves to that level of intensity once in a while. I can certainly think of one opponent who would benefit from that treatment!

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Which is great in theory but as we've seen in the past very difficult to do in practice given the generally "nice" nature of our demographic, our comfortable stadium and the fact that as a group of 27,000 people we're still getting to know each other!! So there needs to be a good reason (like there was on Saturday) to create a hostile atmosphere that will help to motivate and drive the players but to also understand that really its all a bit of theatre so it can/should be be a laugh as well!!
A few thoughts then:
Generally, as a crowd, we seem to find it easier to create an atmosphere against the Big 6 (that should probably be Big 7 now if you include Newcastle) especially when they're owned by either an American Billionaire, an Asian billionaire, a Gulf state or a Russian Oligarch (less common now!) and they invariably bring god and noisy levels of support down too - so there's a couple of reasons reason to get ourselves all lathered up there (ie Billy Big Bollox and/or access to ridiculous amounts of wealth thus creating a totally unlevel plain field). These games are always easier to crank up because there is more of a big match atmosphere anyway.
The second reason why we could pour vitriol down on the opposition from the stands is where teams come down to the Amex and "park the bus" and whose football is the antithesis of ours or what we seem to be trying to do, especially when they're managed by someone who is already disliked and purports to be fashioning a risk taking, all attacking, fan pleasing style of football (Ladies and Gentlemen I give you Smug Eddie whose club (along with Chelsea) actually now tick several of the "we really don't like you very much" boxes (remember Ashworth and Burn too?) - We regularly struggle to break these teams down (Forest anyone?) and as a crowd we tend to watch and suffer if not in silence then in muted gasps of anguish and the occasional boo at half or full time. We need to change this and develop a wall of sound to intimidate these anti-football, get a point at all costs teams particularly now we've pretty much learnt how to boo in unison!
The third category relates to clubs that we just don't like - obviously Palace but also maybe Leeds? so the atmosphere usually takes care of itself at these games.
That leaves teams that are not owned by a gulf state etc - see above. These clubs tend to be a similar size to us (Southampton, Wolves, Forest etc) and there aren't really any reasons to dislike them so much more difficult to get all nasty with them!

The second cohort will always be the most difficult.

Booing / Chelsea negativity aside on Saturday what was obvious to me was the significant improve in engagement and encouragement when we were going forward and accepting from time to time, one touch rapid passing will not always go to plan but we appreciate the effort!

2pm on a Sunday up next will have a slightly different feel but there’s enough about the Villa and their fans to keep the momentum, I hope

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

What have the majority of the football community been saying? It's all passed me by. Much like the game did Chelsea.

 

[timbha]

We didn’t get the chance to boo Gareth Barry when he went to Villa. Surely now’s the time

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Seriously who cares?

As for the football community, I recall some of them hammering us around Chris Hughton as well…….

Pundits like Savage et al, aren’t exactly the brightest.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Saturday was great but vitriolic ? Hardly

Most people around me where laughing almost as much as they were boooing. The early goals helped the crowd relax and from then on in, it was a great atmosphere of cheering on the boys and laughing at Chelsea. People around us in the North were falling about in between boooing Ben Roberts, 'Shit Brighton Hove Albion', 'buy you a song', 'sacked in the morning'

Just Absolutely Brilliant Pure Brighton pantomime

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Most football pundits were players, who just don't understand football fans. They think like players. Ignore them

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I don't think Cucu especially deserved it and my heart wrenched when I saw Bruno walking off getting it. Though I admit this didn't stop me at the time.

Basically It's not them i'm having a pop at as individuals, it's the fact that we were deserted en mass, like a sinking ship, with Winstanley going the news that ignited the flame. It's that feeling of unthinking, unfeeling mass desertion and the fact that it was to the repugnant Chelsea, and the general levels of financial inequality which gives rise to these things happening. That's what I was booing. Cucu was a bit of a lightening rod for that

 

[Klaas]

we’re boo

An excellent replacement for we're loose.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

As one positive, I thought the "Do you want to buy our songs" chant to the increasingly quiet Chelsea end was an absolute cracker.

"You're just a shit Brighton and Hove Albion" was quite funny too.

"Champions of Sussex, you'll never buy that" was another corker.