Booing former players

IMO the first match/game/fixture where an ex-player visits their old grounds is acceptable for booing.
-beyond the first match, it's quite pathetic and childish.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Football fans are fucking morons, in the main. The older I get the more I realise that. Why would you boo am ex player? We've done it ourselves, to Distin and Sturridge, but nothing like some of the club's we've co e up against. Liverpool's hypocrisy over Sterling was one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen in football.
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Absolutely.
Childish and pathetic.
 
We do tend to give former players a decent reception regardless of who they've left us for but there has been the odd exception. Sturridge is one which I find ironic when I hear chants of "one greedy bastard", and another that stands out is Distin who gave us 5 good years and was one of the main reasons we stayed up in his final season with us. I never understood that one to be honest.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Football fans are fucking morons, in the main. The older I get the more I realise that. Why would you boo am ex player? We've done it ourselves, to Distin and Sturridge, but nothing like some of the club's we've co e up against. Liverpool's hypocrisy over Sterling was one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen in football.
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Indeed, but what I find equally if not more laughable is the amount of opposition fans booing Sterling too. Fucking hell, even Hull fans were at it in the League Cup quarter final at our place - what the fuck has it got to do with them? It seems that too many football fans are swayed by the narrative of the media and as Sterling was almost universally painted as the villain of the piece, many fans have just latched on to that rather than engaging their brains.
 
M18CTID said:
Indeed, but what I find equally if not more laughable is the amount of opposition fans booing Sterling too. Fucking hell, even Hull fans were at it in the League Cup quarter final at our place - what the fuck has it got to do with them? It seems that too many football fans are swayed by the narrative of the media and as Sterling was almost universally painted as the villain of the piece, many fans have just latched on to that rather than engaging their brains.
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This country love somebody to hate.
I am convinced Sterling will always have dogs abuse now, mud sticks.
Many on here might not like the comparison but I think he is the new Ashley Cole and love or hate Cole, he was vilified for footballing and non footballing reasons, but he went on to have an amazing career.
Sterling will have the last laugh I'm convinced
 
Got to be honest I never forgave David Wagstaffe when he went to wolves. I was 11 it really upset me ! Silly I know . I never booed him though.
 
Think the abuse sturridge gets is a bit OTT. He was, and still is arrogant, but Ched Evans was getting picked ahead of him, despite Sturridge making a good impact when he played for us. I remember Blackburn away and he changed the game. Obviously there was a bit of greed involved, but I felt he was a bit under appreciated by Hughes, and the abuse he gets is a bit OTT.
 
malg said:
Fuck me, we have fans booing current players!
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Having seen the amount of slagging and written abuse yaya, koralov and dzeko got I would say these three are prime candidates if they play against us.
 
Sterling has been booed by everyone this season, not just the scousers.
All media driven, however the scousers are just upset because they know they've spent the Sterling fee on shite, a.k.a, Benteke.
 
Machiavelli said:
Sterling has been booed by everyone this season, not just the scousers.
All media driven, however the scousers are just upset because they know they've spent the Sterling fee on shite, a.k.a, Benteke.
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They always do waste money with their buys - their recruitment policy, apart from the odd player ie Coutinho , is absolute sh*t.
 
jared said:
Having seen the amount of slagging and written abuse yaya, koralov and dzeko got I would say these three are prime candidates if they play against us.
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If anyone booed any of those three players they obviously don’t have a clue about football.
As a few posters have mentioned I never really understood the grief Distin got either. 5 good years, instrumental in keeping us up and then boooed when he came back. Ridiculous.
 
I could understand for example Villa fans booing Delph, that was a strange one. But I don't get why fans boo ex players just because they moved. You wouldn't boo someone in the street kjust because they left your work and went somewhere else? Its a job, there is nothing that says that players have to stay a club for life. Ridiculous
 
jared said:
Having seen the amount of slagging and written abuse yaya, koralov and dzeko got I would say these three are prime candidates if they play against us.
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Strangely enough, I don't think Dzeko would be booed on his return, same for the other depending on comments after leaving. Strange, strange fans that boo a player wearing the shirt.
 
I like it tbh, it is like panto, it is entertainment afterall.

If Sterling has anything about him he will turn the boos tonight into goals. It should make him determined, so yes bring on the boo boys.
 
Depends on the circumstances under which they left. Leave and slag City off then an early boo could be merited, but not the sustained vuvuzela booing that the Arse and red and blue Dippers excel themselves at.
 
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