Booing former players

Mcfc_nathan_ said:
If a player chats shit about us after leaving I have no problem with booing them
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Thing is that is really subjective.

A lot of the time fans interpret what a player says as "chatting shit" when really all it is is them wheeling out the same cliches and platitudes that their media training dictates. "I joined this club because it's bigger/classier/history filled club..." can easily be misconstrued into them having digs at their old employer, when it is nothing but just spouting the same rubbish to get the new fans on side.

Football fans in general need to learn to be a bit less precious I reckon.
 
I put people who do this in the same category of those who boo players who currently play for the club they support - basically people who aren't really worth listening to. Thought it when edghill was the target of many a twat of a blue, and the same some 20 years later with Milner, which I heard plenty of and have heard plenty of general abuse aimed at him for not giving us a transfer fee.
Laughable really.
 
The Sterling thing is because it makes dippers confront their reduced circumstances. I am not sure that he did anything too bad during his departure. I think Villa fans have more justification for disliking Delph but surely they have to acknowledge that his decision was the best for him - i.e. Champions League contender rather than relegation fodder.

I have booed Sturridge in the past but may not do so from now on as I can understand his mindset - he was offered a place at what (at the time) was the strongest team in the country and believed enough in himself to go for it. I would think that on some level he wishes he had stuck around. He would certainly have won more!
 
Football is tribal and not all players and clubs part ways amicably. Fans will almost always take the clubs side and booing of former players will always happen but the amount of abuse Sterling is getting is just bizarre and makes not only Liverpool but at lot of other clubs fans look smalltime and pathetic. He was even booed at WBA and other clubs in the beginning of the season.
The scary thing is that it feels like it's getting out of hand as the twitter abuse and the incident after the final show. The majority of booers probably just see it as "banter" but there is plenty of lowlifes out there who will think they do what everyone wants if they have a go at him. Liverpools staff and players could do a lot to defuse this but they have choosen to stay quiet.
 
I just think it's so small minded (which us probably quite an apt term when I think about it.)

But to keep on and on and on doing it year after year, get a life Ffs. You can bet the tarquins will be booing Nasri still when we play them in a few weeks. It SOOOOO tiresome!
 
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