Players made scapegoats and unfairly treated by fans

[Kippax77]

Kernaghan got a snowball in his face from the city end away at villa, I remember

Didn't we have a little guy called fenton at the time?

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Every club, every generation has their scapegoat players and we could get all psychological and analytical about it ('Straw Man/Aunt Sally') to try to understand the need in some to target certain players.

For me, the response is simple - never boo a Blue. And that's 'never' as in 'EVER'..

Get behind your team and don't give in to the opposition until the game is done; nor give up on the lads on the field while it's being played.

City fans abused Kenny Clements - a good and loyal player. To a lesser extent, fans got on the backs of Steve Redmond and towards the end of his time at CITY and Andy Hinchcliffe.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Kernaghan got a snowball in his face from the city end away at villa, I remember

Know nothings near me in the North Stand used to abuse Yaya week-in, week out.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Didn't we have a little guy called fenton at the time?

Nick Fenton played a few games early 98/9 season

Didn't we have a little guy called fenton at the time?

Nick Fenton was a young CB who had a run in the team early in 98/9 along with midfielder Gary Mason. Morrison signed and after York we went a great run which led to Gillingham at Wembley. Fenton and Mason had both faded from 1st team scene by this point.

 

[johnevans]

Know nothings near me in the North Stand used to abuse Yaya week-in, week out.

You must sit near us! Heard similar on many occasions!

Best was after he'd spent 80 odd minutes of controlling a very close game with us leading by one goal, when Yaya (and I'm talking peak Yaya here, when he was arguably the best midfielder on the planet.. ) broke up an opposition attack on the edge of our box, went on a lung busting run to the other end, with trailing opponents bouncing off him, to get a shot that narrowly missed..

As he lay on the ground exhausted from his efforts, some overweight know-nowt who'd been stuffing his face all game near us stood up, as he often did, raging at him 'Get up Yaya you lazy f**ker!'

And when someone from his group of pals nearby pointed out Yaya's value to us, still he continued, claiming 'He's always been a lazy f**ker!'

Priceless! Never, ever boo a Blue..

 

[franksinatra]

Nick Fenton played a few games early 98/9 season

Nick Fenton was a young CB who had a run in the team early in 98/9 along with midfielder Gary Mason. Morrison signed and after York we went a great run which led to Gillingham at Wembley. Fenton and Mason had both faded from 1st team scene by this point.

@Kippax77 Pretty sure I remember his debut V Burnley 2-2???. He had a decent game but made a mistake, suicidal back pass from memory at the North Stand end which led to the equaliser. Pretty sure he had a brother at the club also.

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

Bravo suffered simply because he replaced Hart

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

@Kippax77 Pretty sure I remember his debut V Burnley 2-2???. He had a decent game but made a mistake, suicidal back pass from memory at the North Stand end which led to the equaliser. Pretty sure he had a brother at the club also.

Twin brother Anthony who didnt make first time IIRC. Nick had a lengthy league football career after leaving us but not sure about Anthony.

 

[Dirty Harry]

To me Bellamy was similiar to Walsh and Cole, in that I hadnt appreciated how good he was until he signed for us. Bellamy always put a shift in.

I loved Bellamy, apart from being a cracking player, he was one of those that had a go at players who weren't at least working hard and pulling their weight, he had that heart and desire every game, you never had to give him a pep talk.

People saw him as a moaner, the things I saw him moan about I always felt there was at least some justification, so probably more the way he expressed things were the issue, personally I'd have loved him as a manager and would have taken any of the strops.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Bravo suffered simply because he replaced Hart

The fact he was fucking hopeless in that first season was also a bit of a reason.