No it doesn't, it says we think you're a corrupt organisation and we've known for a while. And we're not as naive as other fans. Remember, these fines we paid come partly from OUR hard earned wages and I'm looking forward to seeing what that faux Napoleon and mock Kaiser have been treating themselves to, to vindicate us.I don't like it at all. It makes us look bad to the rest of the world.
Booing is a universally recognised, non-violent, sophisticated and historical way to express displeasure. It's the right thing to do. It's not designed to force change but only to bring attention to something that isn't up to standard. And if there's anything in the world that isn't up to standard, it's UEFA.It genuinely staggers me people actually believe booing this anthem is sending some sort of message.
This is an organisation that turns a blind eye to racism and corruption, they don't give a fuck about that. "Let's fine a club about £5 for continuous racism and give golden handshakes to other equally corrupt people, but if our anthem gets booed let's set up a fucking ethics inquiry, sack everyone, give free tickets to fans for the rest of their lives and have a public stoning of Platini in the middle of City square".
People are beyond help if they think a bit of booing at the Etihad is going so make the slightest fuck of difference.
If you want to drown out the anthem for your own personal gripes, just sing blue moon. You booers tell me, what looks and sounds better, strangled booing from about one quarter of the attendance or the whole stadium drowning it out in Blue Moon?
In fact, i don't think I want to know the answer to that.
Booing is a universally recognised, non-violent, sophisticated and historical way to express displeasure. It's the right thing to do. It's not designed to force change but only to bring attention to something that isn't up to standard. And if there's anything in the world that isn't up to standard, it's UEFA.
Yes, even from adults (I think most will be grown[emoji10] ) . What's the alternative non-violent option? Singing Blue Moon just says we are ignoring UEFA which isn't the point.A bunch of grown adults going boooooooooooooooooooooo to a song is sophisticated?
I'd understand (not agree) for the first few times, but the fact it continues is just odd. It doesn't even get the support to be properly audible.
People need to move on, and that's from someone that wasted a few hundred quid with Moscow travel.
Agree on your last point.
I can kind of see both sides of this argument.Tbh always feel pathetically embarrassed when we do.
Shouting as loud as you can about how much you hate something while paying to partake in it.
Save your money and boo till your lungs give out in the living room, unless you think disrespecting the pinnacle of your player's careers is so essential.
It's the singlemost childish, naive, small-time thing we do, can't wait for us to just give it a rest.
The atmosphere was insane when we scored last night, can we just remember that we actually enjoyed a few seconds of a CL game and get over it.
It's more like you've bought a laptop to be used under certain conditions to be told then that they are charging you more because they have changed the conditions which you were promised wouldn't change, but others are not being charged even though they broke the conditions even more.I can kind of see both sides of this argument.
It is pretty stupid when you look at it away from our point of view. Could you imagine explaining to someone; "so yeah, we know the shop is corrupt but i've bought the laptop from there anyway, the thing is, tomorrow i'm going down to the shop to stand outside and boo them for being corrupt!" It's the same with the stupid Arsenal bedsheet the other year. "so yeah, i've bought a mattress from this shop that was hugely expensive and tomorrow i'm going down to the shop to put a bedsheet up outside complaining that their mattress was too expensive".
You'd be laughed at! by the people you're explaining it to and then by the shop owners. We were probably laughed at by the PremLg about the bedsheet thing and by UEFA for the booing.
But i can see that we like to show that we're not a fanbase that will just pander to UEFA and sing along to or applaud their theme when we know they're a bunch of racists who wanted to restrict us as a club with FFPR. I can totally see the point of us booing after the Moscow fiasco and i can see the point of making a point that we will never be onside with UEFA until they change as an organisation.
Funny one this. I don't know which side of the argument is right.
I can kind of see both sides of this argument.
It is pretty stupid when you look at it away from our point of view. Could you imagine explaining to someone; "so yeah, we know the shop is corrupt but i've bought the laptop from there anyway, the thing is, tomorrow i'm going down to the shop to stand outside and boo them for being corrupt!" It's the same with the stupid Arsenal bedsheet the other year. "so yeah, i've bought a mattress from this shop that was hugely expensive and tomorrow i'm going down to the shop to put a bedsheet up outside complaining that their mattress was too expensive".
You'd be laughed at! by the people you're explaining it to and then by the shop owners. We were probably laughed at by the PremLg about the bedsheet thing and by UEFA for the booing.
But i can see that we like to show that we're not a fanbase that will just pander to UEFA and sing along to or applaud their theme when we know they're a bunch of racists who wanted to restrict us as a club with FFPR. I can totally see the point of us booing after the Moscow fiasco and i can see the point of making a point that we will never be onside with UEFA until they change as an organisation.
Funny one this. I don't know which side of the argument is right.
I can kind of see both sides of this argument.
It is pretty stupid when you look at it away from our point of view. Could you imagine explaining to someone; "so yeah, we know the shop is corrupt but i've bought the laptop from there anyway, the thing is, tomorrow i'm going down to the shop to stand outside and boo them for being corrupt!" It's the same with the stupid Arsenal bedsheet the other year. "so yeah, i've bought a mattress from this shop that was hugely expensive and tomorrow i'm going down to the shop to put a bedsheet up outside complaining that their mattress was too expensive".
You'd be laughed at! by the people you're explaining it to and then by the shop owners. We were probably laughed at by the PremLg about the bedsheet thing and by UEFA for the booing.
But i can see that we like to show that we're not a fanbase that will just pander to UEFA and sing along to or applaud their theme when we know they're a bunch of racists who wanted to restrict us as a club with FFPR. I can totally see the point of us booing after the Moscow fiasco and i can see the point of making a point that we will never be onside with UEFA until they change as an organisation.
Funny one this. I don't know which side of the argument is right.
It's like getting your dream job and coming home to the surprise party where half your family boos you.Do people actually think the booing negatively affects the players? Do you really think a bit of booing is going to throw off their whole game. If it was me the booing would spur me on even more.