Not a bad idea at all to only have selected representatives of the club thanking the fans in this way.Should just let Bennett, Dunk, Bruno, Greer, Calderon, Kayal, Ince, and Stephens do the lap of honour.
The rest have simply embarassed themselves.
Chris and the lads would like to show their appreciation for your support this year........
Please don't let this happen this year. A quick clap as we walk off and let's draw a line under our sorry season.
I'd also be happy for Chris Hughton and Tony Bloom to join the players and for one of them to make a short Mulleryesque speech about going for it next season.
If they did this then it work quite well and they'd get genuine applause back.
Chris and the lads would like to show their appreciation for your support this year........
Please don't let this happen this year. A quick clap as we walk off and let's draw a line under our sorry season.
It's not just about showing gratitude for efforts this season, it will also be the chance for us to say goodbye to many players - quite how many we do not know yet - but it's likely to be the last time CMS graces the Amex as an Albion player (and I think he deserves a positive send-off) and it could even be the last we see of Calde (I'm welling up typing this).
it could even be the last we see of Calde
Maybe they could parade round in their latest motor cars, waving slowly out the window. Perhaps, with their weekly wage displayed on the doors
It's not just about showing gratitude for efforts this season, it will also be the chance for us to say goodbye to many players -
The easy half joke post is to say "who can argue with that, lets hang out the flags and celebrate if we are saying goodbye to these players". But that is a cheap shot. There is a bigger point about the whole "stay seated and clap when we tell you" type of celebration. Football used to allow pitch invasions to allow a natural celebration. Now you get arrested. They have to play music so you cant hear the crowd and some player feels the need to bring his kid on with him. It's all about the players, not the fans these days. OK if that is what they want then fine, but with that comes the other side of the coin. The players dont deserve nowt, so they should get nowt. The way its done is cheesy and a bit rubbish really. Nothing like the days when it was about the fans deciding if they wanted to celebrate themselves. This set of players deserve to be "given the bird". The players deserve "the rotten tomato" treatment, not literally, but certainly sent down the tunnel with howls of derision ringing in their ears. They should all then sheepishly walk down the tunnel and take it like men. They have been sh!te, so no spin, lets call it how it is. Lap of honour, you have to be joking.