[Football] Poll on booing national anthems

[WATFORD zero]

To go with the similarly titled thread

 

[Boys 9d]

Isn't this a form of Racism?

 

[sydney]

Isn't this a form of Racism?

bear pit in 5 posts.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This thread is shit.

Boo. BOO!!!!!

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Isn't this a form of Racism?

Nationalities.

 

[WhingForPresident]

 

[Swansman]

Isn't this a form of Racism?

Not really.

Its a form of Silly though.

 

[nickbrighton]

Isn't this a form of Racism?

NO, not at all. Its xenophobic possibly. Unless it is only the National Anthems from non Caucasian countries that are booed

People seem to think racism and xenophobia are interchangeable, but they aren't, they have two distinct meanings.

 

[dazzer6666]

Don't really care..............I'd expect ours to get booed and doesn't bother me.

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

It’s like the opposition manager sticking a negative newspaper headline on the wall to motivate the team. May as well just send them out without a team talk, “are you proud to play for country, well just listen during your anthem’…

Even when we boo a visiting star player, who may just feel a little less up for it that day is suddenly energized by being boo’d. I think fans must just like booing a player then seeing them score against them - yay look we boo’d him enough that he’s motm and scored twice.

 

[Randy McNob]

are people who think booing flags is wrong / silly... woke?

fweedon of speech innit?

 

[drew]

I voted bad but in reality I would describe it as unnecessary and doesn't nothing more than reflect on those that do it.

 

[Roadrunner]

I was at Wembley yesterday; didn't boo the anthem (or the knee, for that matter). I see it as sadly inevitable, really. The make up of a crowd reflects the population as a whole, so there are plenty of people who think it's a big and clever thing to do. I've been at plenty of away games with England where our anthem gets booed, doesn't really bother me all that much. If I were a player, I'd just use it as extra motiviation.

 

[Russconha]

Some of the German players lost great grandparents fighting for their country so it's a bit insensitive.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Really doesn't worry me either way.

In the same way other teams singing offensive songs to Brighton doesn't either.

Bigger things to worry about in all honesty.

 

[Mike Small]

Bad. Booing is for the pathetic, small minded, racist, fixed mindset, xenophobic morons. There's lots of them on our little island sadly.

 

[Peppermint Tea]

Never understood booing the opponent's anthem. Moving aside the debate of lack of respect/morals/ethics etc, the best way to unsettle the oppo is stoney silence...tens of thousands of people staring at you in silence is the most daunting prospect. If I was an international sportsmen playing an away match, I'd love to get booed because you'd feed off it. Hence if crowds want to make an impact on behalf of their team, keep silent.

 

[darkwolf666]

It's a strange phenomenon on NSC whereby a vocal minority appear to give the impression they speak for the majority, until a poll is posted, when the results are invariably the opposite...

 

[Icy Gull]

Excellent poll

Is this gonna be seen as divisive though

 

[Yoda]

Disrespectful more than anything else.