[Albion] Why dont they let it lie ?- press conference boo reference

[nickbrighton]

Ive just listened to this afternoons press conference, and yet again (as last week) the one occasion when a very small number of fans booed was brought up .Its even mentioned in commentary on matches quite frequently,

Nearly every match I watch with any team on a bad run has elements, and sometimes a lot, of the crowd booing and shouting for the managers head, or giving players grief. Palace, Man Utd spring to mind especially, but Ive heard it at almost every ground at some point.

So, my question is, why do local and national journalists keep bringing this up for Brighton when it happened once, after a long period of poor home results but is basically ignored at other clubs, where the prevalence and noticibabity of said booing is and remains so much greater, than the one time a few disgruntled fans booed at the Amex?

 

[KZNSeagull]

Ive just listened to this afternoons press conference, and yet again (as last week) the one occasion when a very small number of fans booed was brought up .Its even mentioned in commentary on matches quite frequently,

Nearly every match I watch with any team on a bad run has elements, and sometimes a lot, of the crowd booing and shouting for the managers head, or giving players grief. Palace, Man Utd spring to mind especially, but Ive heard it at almost every ground at some point.

So, my question is, why do local and national journalists keep bringing this up for Brighton when it happened once, after a long period of poor home results but is basically ignored at other clubs, where the prevalence and noticibabity of said booing is and remains so much greater, than the one time a few disgruntled fans booed at the Amex?

Because we have a well run club and a manager from which nothing controversial ever emanates. In short, we are boring and for journalists that is not good news.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

I don't know. But I hope the said booers are ashamed and embarrassed. Although I doubt it. What was GP's response?

 

[nickbrighton]

I don't know. But I hope the said booers are ashamed and embarrassed. Although I doubt it. What was GP's response?

basically you take the rough with the smooth-

 

[bobbysmith01]

West Ham booed at half and full time last week.


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[Baldseagull]

It serves as reminder to Potter that is better to not be agitated and comment much about it, if and when it happens again, in this job or the next.

Moyes has commented that booing after their loss to us has dissuaded a couple of transfer targets from signing, sorry singing, for them.

 

[el punal]

What was said about the Wolves fans back in 2012 at the Amex? I seem to remember one of the Wolves’ player’s shirt being thrown back at him in disgust from their fans because of their team’s dire performance. That was bosting that was.

 

[Happy Exile]

Because weirdly, despite the story of the club past and present, that's not enough of a narrative for the press who feel the need that every club outside the top 6 has to have something unique. Leeds will always be the "returning giants", Forest will forever have the shadow of Clough, Brentford have the "plucky challengers" story sewn up, Leicester have the "fans who love their owner", Bournemouth have the club playing above their weight, Fulham have the historic ground, Villa and Everton are the story of their managers parallel careers a bit like Romeo and Juliet, Newcastle are now "the richest club in the world" having had the "best fans and worst chairman" for so long, West Ham it's all about their stadium, Southampton are...hmm...kind of anonymous actually so maybe I've just proved myself wrong!...you'd think we'd have enough, but maybe it's too much of a mouthful to actually describe the story, so instead it's "fans who turned on the manager everyone else knew would come good". Thankfully we've got a manager who knows he is being played to try and get a reaction and doesn't rise to it. It's like Norwich have the Delia thing forever more - one night didn't define their past or their future, but the press need something to make an identify out of.

 

[Gwylan]

What was said about the Wolves fans back in 2012 at the Amex? I seem to remember one of the Wolves’ player’s shirt being thrown back at him in disgust from their fans because of their team’s dire performance. That was bosting that was.

Jamie O'Hara. That was hilarious. Wolves were absolutely dire that day

 

[Sheebo]

Jamie O'Hara. That was hilarious. Wolves were absolutely dire that day

Wasn’t him - he would’ve gone nowhere near the fans that day! It was Roger Johnson.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Ive just listened to this afternoons press conference, and yet again (as last week) the one occasion when a very small number of fans booed was brought up .Its even mentioned in commentary on matches quite frequently,

Nearly every match I watch with any team on a bad run has elements, and sometimes a lot, of the crowd booing and shouting for the managers head, or giving players grief. Palace, Man Utd spring to mind especially, but Ive heard it at almost every ground at some point.

So, my question is, why do local and national journalists keep bringing this up for Brighton when it happened once, after a long period of poor home results but is basically ignored at other clubs, where the prevalence and noticibabity of said booing is and remains so much greater, than the one time a few disgruntled fans booed at the Amex?

Because we support little old Brighton, we should know our place and be grateful in making up the premier league numbers.

We don’t have the history of Villa, Everton or Leeds that allows us the right


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[Paulie Gualtieri]

What was said about the Wolves fans back in 2012 at the Amex? I seem to remember one of the Wolves’ player’s shirt being thrown back at him in disgust from their fans because of their team’s dire performance. That was bosting that was.

Ohara wasn’t it?

“You’ve let your fans down, you stupid ********, you’ve let your fans down”

“50k, your having a laugh”

Edit - just remembered he was subbed / stormed off, so maybe not him


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[trueblue]

Ive just listened to this afternoons press conference, and yet again (as last week) the one occasion when a very small number of fans booed was brought up .Its even mentioned in commentary on matches quite frequently,

Nearly every match I watch with any team on a bad run has elements, and sometimes a lot, of the crowd booing and shouting for the managers head, or giving players grief. Palace, Man Utd spring to mind especially, but Ive heard it at almost every ground at some point.

So, my question is, why do local and national journalists keep bringing this up for Brighton when it happened once, after a long period of poor home results but is basically ignored at other clubs, where the prevalence and noticibabity of said booing is and remains so much greater, than the one time a few disgruntled fans booed at the Amex?

Agreed. It is the most astonishingly overblown story considering the tiny amount of fans that booed. Unfortunately, GP didn't play it down or provide the context that the vast majority were well onside with what he was trying to do - which has rather backfired. The booing certainly must have been a lot louder around the press box than in the WSU as it was barely noticeable at the time. Just seemed like a few of our more fickle 'supporters' having a bit of a grumble before disappearing off, probably never to be seen at the Amex again.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Because weirdly, despite the story of the club past and present, that's not enough of a narrative for the press who feel the need that every club outside the top 6 has to have something unique. Leeds will always be the "returning giants", Forest will forever have the shadow of Clough, Brentford have the "plucky challengers" story sewn up, Leicester have the "fans who love their owner", Bournemouth have the club playing above their weight, Fulham have the historic ground, Villa and Everton are the story of their managers parallel careers a bit like Romeo and Juliet, Newcastle are now "the richest club in the world" having had the "best fans and worst chairman" for so long, West Ham it's all about their stadium, Southampton are...hmm...kind of anonymous actually so maybe I've just proved myself wrong!...you'd think we'd have enough, but maybe it's too much of a mouthful to actually describe the story, so instead it's "fans who turned on the manager everyone else knew would come good". Thankfully we've got a manager who knows he is being played to try and get a reaction and doesn't rise to it. It's like Norwich have the Delia thing forever more - one night didn't define their past or their future, but the press need something to make an identify out of.

If I ever became chairman. I would do EXACTLY what Delia did

Yet another reason that it's just as well we have TB

Agreed. It is the most astonishingly overblown story considering the tiny amount of fans that booed. Unfortunately, GP didn't play it down or provide the context that the vast majority were well onside with what he was trying to do - which has rather backfired. The booing certainly must have been a lot louder around the press box than in the WSU as it was barely noticeable at the time. Just seemed like a few of our more fickle 'supporters' having a bit of a grumble before disappearing off, probably never to be seen at the Amex again.

I do wonder how many of them were booing the ref/linesmen at the time, Remember Sieg Heil at the Goldstone anyone

These journalists have to make a living somehow

 

[studio150]

1% or less of the home crowd boo and the lazy journalists still can't think of any new angles to bring up.

Win at Fulham and then beat both Leicester and Bournemouth, and all the questions will be about can Brighton win the league like Leicester did.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Does anyone know the name of the first journalist to ask questions? What a tool he was. No wonder managers give anodyne answers.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Because weirdly, despite the story of the club past and present, that's not enough of a narrative for the press who feel the need that every club outside the top 6 has to have something unique. Leeds will always be the "returning giants", Forest will forever have the shadow of Clough, Brentford have the "plucky challengers" story sewn up, Leicester have the "fans who love their owner", Bournemouth have the club playing above their weight, Fulham have the historic ground, Villa and Everton are the story of their managers parallel careers a bit like Romeo and Juliet, Newcastle are now "the richest club in the world" having had the "best fans and worst chairman" for so long, West Ham it's all about their stadium, Southampton are...hmm...kind of anonymous actually so maybe I've just proved myself wrong!...you'd think we'd have enough, but maybe it's too much of a mouthful to actually describe the story, so instead it's "fans who turned on the manager everyone else knew would come good". Thankfully we've got a manager who knows he is being played to try and get a reaction and doesn't rise to it. It's like Norwich have the Delia thing forever more - one night didn't define their past or their future, but the press need something to make an identify out of.

Southampton's where the big ships Dock.

 

[Swansman]

[MENTION=35904]A1X[/MENTION] spent like two years pushing the agenda that GP is always attacking the Brighton fans based on a comment he made about "some fans expect us to win every game"... don't see why media would be less obsessive or hungry for drama and conflict.

 

[dangull]

I seem to remember a lot of the country were outraged by the sacking of Hughton and Brighton FC was not popular at the time.

It seems to make perfect sense now.

 

[WATFORD zero]

I seem to remember a lot of the country were outraged by the sacking of Hughton and Brighton FC was not popular at the time.

It seems to make perfect sense now.

That was a tough decision, but if you want to get on

Still very grateful for what CH did for us and one of the reasons we are where we are