[Football] Players who try to get the crowd going

[joydivisionovengloves]

It's a bit chicken and egg isn't it.

 

[Cheggers]

Honestly, some of the individuals comments on here, you’d think the players in question were asking to move in with their wife

Well, if it means we win a home game, I'll recamp to the shed for a month.

 

[fly high]

I didn't mind it at all previously, but it's getting on my nerves now. How about they give us something to cheer about. How many times is there a pass on, but instead [insert player name] runs forward with the ball into trouble and loses the ball? It's so ponderous and predictable.

Pedro really pissed me off yesterday in second half. Everton were up the field, their attack broke down & a long pass up field found Pedro, he then took a casual stroll across the pitch & by the time he got there the Everton defense was back in place. My memory says he had another player on the wing & could have passed the ball behind the defender there then maybe got into the box. Did I imagine the other player, was he offside? But WTF, still lazy & maybe could have gone for it on his own.

 

[GloryDays]

Jesus wept.

I’m not worried about it. It’s just bloody irritating.

And Swansman, I’ll moan about what I want to moan about. I find your weird name change and admittance to the site under a new name irritating too and have had a moan about that. Ffs it’s a football chatroom, if we weren’t moaning it would be dull!

Anyhow, players are doing it too much and in some sort of aggressive entitled way. By all means get excited WITH the crowd, but looking like you’re moaning at them? Nah. Stop it.

I completely agree. Gesturing to the crowd is a bit tin pot and desperate IMO. It actually creates more friction between players and fans than a bond.

I was talking to an Arsenal friend about it the other day. To me it screams issues. Focus on the game. As you say, entertain the fans and they will make a noise. The players haven’t paid to see us.

 

[mothy]

Someone's got to get the crowd going. If it isn't the players, then who should it be?

 

[keaton]

Pedro really pissed me off yesterday in second half. Everton were up the field, their attack broke down & a long pass up field found Pedro, he then took a casual stroll across the pitch & by the time he got there the Everton defense was back in place. My memory says he had another player on the wing & could have passed the ball behind the defender there then maybe got into the box. Did I imagine the other player, was he offside? But WTF, still lazy & maybe could have gone for it on his own.

If it's the passage I think it is I was annoyed with pretty much everyone else as they either ran behind or straight past him and no one actually moved in a position he could make a simple pass to.

 

[goldstone]

Someone's got to get the crowd going. If it isn't the players, then who should it be?

It's easy for the players to get the crowd going. Just play decent football and look like you're putting in 100% effort. That's all that's needed. Simple.

 

[SpongebobSquarepants]

Even Bart is doing it as he jogs off at HT with another clean sheet gone. Wind up

 

[Greg Bobkin]

This next wavey hand thing could be support-defining.

These are a shit gesture.

 

[Ali_rrr]

Pedro really pissed me off yesterday in second half. Everton were up the field, their attack broke down & a long pass up field found Pedro, he then took a casual stroll across the pitch & by the time he got there the Everton defense was back in place. My memory says he had another player on the wing & could have passed the ball behind the defender there then maybe got into the box. Did I imagine the other player, was he offside? But WTF, still lazy & maybe could have gone for it on his own.

This was the thing that angered me the most yesterday. The only time Everton broke their shape and gave us a chance to counter attack he slowed the whole game down on the half way line and allowed them to get back in formation and get everyone behind the ball.

I noticed a few players doing it yesterday too, not just Pedro. Where is this coming from?

 

[The Fits]

This was the thing that angered me the most yesterday. The only time Everton broke their shape and gave us a chance to counter attack he slowed the whole game down on the half way line and allowed them to get back in formation and get everyone behind the ball.

I noticed a few players doing it yesterday too, not just Pedro. Where is this coming from?

The manager and coaches.

 

[Anger]

Someone's got to get the crowd going. If it isn't the players, then who should it be?

I dunno. Maybe Joe Wicks.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Give us something to cheer about and we will, but until then keep your wavey arms to yourself.

 

[Easy 10]

Pedro really pissed me off yesterday in second half. Everton were up the field, their attack broke down & a long pass up field found Pedro, he then took a casual stroll across the pitch & by the time he got there the Everton defense was back in place. My memory says he had another player on the wing & could have passed the ball behind the defender there then maybe got into the box. Did I imagine the other player, was he offside? But WTF, still lazy & maybe could have gone for it on his own.

Yep, that steamed my piss as well. One of the few occasions Everton committed a few players into our half, it broke down, but we were in too much of a collective COMA to do anything even vaguely useful. A languid stroll around the halfway line, another dreary backward pass, and - oh look! They're all back in their 10-man block.

The other moment was when Veltman and Dunk decided to play about a dozen 10-yard passes between themselves on the edge of the Everton box, getting us absolutely cuffing NOWHERE. We just move the ball around so slowly and passively, its a piece of piss to defend against.

The only teams we can beat are the ones who actually want to try to come and play football (hence the only 3 home wins this season - Man U, Man City and Spurs). Otherwise - forget it. Just sit back. Worst you'll get is a point.

We need to find a way of cracking this, pronto.

 

[Giraffe]

I can cope with it once, maybe even twice. But after that I just think, Stop It and save your energy you pillock.

 

[Winker]

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Someone's got to get the crowd going. If it isn't the players, then who should it be?

 

[A1X]

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To be fair, Harry the Hornet rattled the entire Palace fan base a few years ago, so it can be done…

 

[ROSM]

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Is Gully even there anymore? He surely has missed more than 5 games and I can't see he has listed his ticket or shared it with friends and family like Sammy or Sally.

Maybe he's had his ticket revoked and is now being sold on a match by match basis to a balding 35yr old with a fork

 

[Uh_huh_him]

No problem when they do it after some promising attacks and the pressure is on.
i.e. ramping it up.
But turning around and doing it because the atmosphere is flat, nah.
That's on them as much as us.

It's far easier for them to change things by forcing the play, than it is for us to give them the sustained volume they "need" to start playing better.