That's the thing.
If RDZ does join Chelsea, you can boo him under the guise of booing Sanchez/Cucurella/Caicedo/Mitoma.
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[Albion] Would you boo RDZ if he goes to Chelsea?
- Thread starter kelvinnewman
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If RDZ does join Chelsea, you can boo him under the guise of booing Sanchez/Cucurella/Caicedo/Mitoma.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 16,281
I thought he had SIGNED for some Italian club?
Why boo him. He was never underhanded, completely open about his ambitions and left honourably. Had we been able to match his squad ambitions he would still be with us. I wish him well. Now if Potter comes back, the only reason I wouldn't boo him is out of respect for TB and PB who made the decision to re-employ him, and of course, the hope that although he is a snake he does have ability as a coach.
I would give Sanchez a break, he is a bloody good keeper who went from number 1 to 3 overnight because he is better at stopping balls from going in than playing as a fullback. Sure he spat the dummy, but it was somewhat understandable.
Kalimantan Gull
Well-known member
Do other clubs fans behave the way we do? Booing Cucurella, Caicedo, Trossard displaying overt hatred to the likes of Potter, Bridcutt, Poyet? We seem to do it a lot to players and managers who merely have the temerity to leave to a bigger club*.
*unless they cry on the pitch after their last game, then they're golden
*unless they cry on the pitch after their last game, then they're golden
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Yes, fans boo explayers who play for other teams, especially rivals, Spurs/Arsenal, Newcastle/Sunderland etc. You can hear it on tv.
OzMike
Well-known member
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..............................just practicing.
rebel51
Well-known member
A boo and a judas chant from me, even though he was great in the Europe season.Just for the fact he's gone to this horrible club full of vermin and no soul.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Has he? Is it a fact?
Yes, yes they do
To different extent, I guess. Southampton fans boo Lallana but I don't think they boo Van Dijk. Some club fans are happy when a player leaves for £80m because they don't have owners as willing to invest money and cover losses. Tony Bloom has spent £300m of his own money on the club and what he has received in return is getting accused of a lack of ambition if he sells a player for £115m. The idea of how "cheap/unambitious" Tony is, how evil Caicedo and others are, comes directly from the senseless expectations/demands that comes with having what 99.9% of the football fans of the world would consider an absolutely utopian ownership.
Paul Barber has said we like to treat our employees well when they leave because if they one day want to return with their qualities, we should be open to that. The boos probably won't help Trossard think "maybe I'll round off with a year or two in Brighton", but tbf I don't know how much it really matters. Its not like Dan Burn or ex-Boca Alexis Mac Allister are going to return because the Amex is some sort of cauldron of noise and passion, they would return because we're a well-run club in a safe environment where their kids won't grow up to be knife juggling drug addicts.
Overall I would say that booing opponents is more beneficial than harmful. If we're looking strictly at players, I think Cucurella is the one where not booing could have made a difference - I could have seen him return from Chelsea, and honestly he's a pretty good player. But at the same time, if anyone is worth booing its definitely him due to the whole Romano-City-Chelsea-shithousery that lasted a month... again, probably worth it.
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
- 6,939
Really so it wasn't about his habit of dropping clangers like the Palace goal? He needed to wipe that smug look off his face and knuckle down and improve his game with his feet and fight for his place. He had some bizarre idea that the Everton home drubbing was all down to Steele and that somehow the Cup Semi Final entitled him to the No.1 position. The down tools was unforgivable.
And admittedly he's had injuries but how's it working out at Chelsea? Chelsea fans and management lost confidence and plenty of rumours they will sign another keeper so he once again will be no.3 . And imagine the hilarity if RDZ did actually get the job!
Chelsea fans held up a Mount shirt with Judas written on it when they played Man U this season so if anything we’re quite tame compared to other fans.
Uncle Spielberg
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Boo the fella who gave us the greatest football the club has had in 123 years ? Nah
Didn’t he refuse to be on the bench and then for whatever reason stop training?
- Oct 20, 2022
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RDZ may not be in the running still so I’ll save my boos for if Potter returns to the Amex
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Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,660
This. You'd like to think that Albion fans had more class than that
Definitely not. RDZ and Bloom came to a sensible agreement at the right time, which was right for all parties. What’s he done to deserve booing? He gave us the greatest season we’ve ever had.
If he’d had left us half way through the season and taken existing club legends and highly rated coaching staff with him then that would be very different.
If he’d had left us half way through the season and taken existing club legends and highly rated coaching staff with him then that would be very different.