P!ssed Offwinchester_royalExtended-Phenotype Folk can boo players if they want to. I can boo my own child at the nativity if I so wish.
Not sure what effect I'd be looking to achieve, though.
Always interesting to hear fans condemn the mercenary nature of football players and then with the next hilariously fickle breath jeer the same players they are demanding loyalty from.
Who are they sticking around for? The fans? The fans turn on players in a heartbeat. Take the money and run, footballers.
'Greed. Fans pay a lot of money and put in a lot of hours to watch football, and (within reason) are entitled to do whatever they want, but that doesn't mean that booing the team everytime things aren't going well is the right course of action. Call me old fashioned, but as 'supporters' I do believe our role is to turn up and support the players rather than rocking up and expecting to be entertained and having a hissy fit when that doesn't happen. Getting on the players backs will only lead to lower confidence levels, more mistakes, and worse performances..which will in turn lead to more booing and the diabolic loop continues.
Reading fans aren't alone in this though. It seems to be a problem that is rife in modern football. For example some Southampton fans booed their team off after the 3-2 defeat to Spurs on Sunday. Daft on so many levels.
There's a difference between booing one poor performance on the back of 10 good performances and booing a poor performance on the back of many poor performances.
The ''You can't expect it to be quality entertainment every week' argument does not apply.
I've seen about 45 mins of high quality entertainment all season.
Well tbh I don't think performances have been that poor. Average? Yes, very, but prior to Saturday we'd lost once at home all season and we're lying 5th. Hardly justification for such a strong negative reaction. And even accepting your point about poor performances...fans have been booing the defenders for having the temerity to pass the ball since the first game against Ipswich.