Borodane 6,297 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Read that Maguire was booed by England fans the other night. What a distinct lack of class by those "fans"👏 I must say that the treatment Maguire is getting in England is appalling and embarassing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernSmoggie 4,242 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 29 minutes ago, Borodane said: Read that Maguire was booed by England fans the other night. What a distinct lack of class by those "fans"👏 I must say that the treatment Maguire is getting in England is appalling and embarassing. I was at the game - it was really weird. The Wembley crowd is a strange one at friendlies - very young and very London crowd. Lots of tourists and day-trippers. I guess I'd include myself in that, as I only went because we got free tickets. Trying to get to an England game that means something is borderline impossible unless you want to pay through the nose for scalped tickets. There were more people singing about Arsenal, West Ham and Spurs than England. I imagine Maguire got it because A) London clubs booing the United connection, B) southern Man United plastics joining in and C) he gets dog's abuse on social media so all the kids think it's funny to boo him. Then of course idiots will just join in because others are doing it without really thinking about it. I'm sure he'll get an extra loud roar from the 'proper' England fans who turn up to the away games and Nations League fixtures. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,280 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 It's just an odd one, really. Booing a player from a name being announced. The worst I've ever really noticed at the Riverside is you know who people don't like when you hear every name get cheered except for the odd one or two. I think the last time I remember a player being booed at the Riverside from a name being announced (though I wasn't there so may be recalling incorrectly) was when Ramirez came on for Monk's home friendly. Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,297 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 29 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said: It's just an odd one, really. Booing a player from a name being announced. The worst I've ever really noticed at the Riverside is you know who people don't like when you hear every name get cheered except for the odd one or two. I think the last time I remember a player being booed at the Riverside from a name being announced (though I wasn't there so may be recalling incorrectly) was when Ramirez came on for Monk's home friendly. Thankfully it's not something you hear often. At least not over here anyway. Boing the oppostion players when you have a large away following is funny though. My own club has one of the biggest away following in the league and often it is about 50/50 in voice level or even above. The home stadium speaker usually calls out the lineup of the home side by saying the first name and then the crowd has to yell the last name. It's a bit bland when the crowd isn't so big. The AGF away following has a tradition of yelling "ass-hole" at every last name and it's with some conviction and will often outyell the home support. Funny little thing to build up the atmosphere but I doubt it's something that will "hurt" the players as it's not really personal. Link to post Share on other sites
Will 2,958 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 5 hours ago, wilsoncgp said: It's just an odd one, really. Booing a player from a name being announced. The worst I've ever really noticed at the Riverside is you know who people don't like when you hear every name get cheered except for the odd one or two. I think the last time I remember a player being booed at the Riverside from a name being announced (though I wasn't there so may be recalling incorrectly) was when Ramirez came on for Monk's home friendly. I have a distinct memory of Kevin Thomson being booed onto the pitch as a sub during either Strachan or Mowbray's tenure, don't really remember if there was any context around it. Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,260 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Plenty of our players have been booed by our own fans prior to taking to the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,968 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, Humpty said: Plenty of our players have been booed by our own fans prior to taking to the pitch. Not like Maguire at Wembley. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,339 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Humpty said: Plenty of our players have been booed by our own fans prior to taking to the pitch. I'll often give them a boo if I just see them walking around town. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,937 Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 Thank god the world cup is in the winter this year, at this rate the draw wouldn't have been done by summer Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,968 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Woo, we got the yanks! Link to post Share on other sites
Neverbefore 10,937 Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 Wouldn't be like England to get the two easiest teams you could get from the first two pots... Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,968 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Haha, USA and Iran, if we don't qualify from the group that will be a massive embarrassment Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,870 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Bet we get Wales or Scotland for our last one Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,870 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, boro-unger said: Bet we get Wales or Scotland for our last one Called it! Decent draw overall for us. We're definitely getting beat by Wales if they get through though 😄 Slava Ukraini! Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,339 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Just now, boro-unger said: Called it! Not being funny but given the nature of the draw it was highly likely they'd be with us once the first three selections in each group had been made 😝 Link to post Share on other sites
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