Better fan than you

[hawkeye]

A few posts today slagging off people for leaving early for not turning up.
Maybe people should be asking why there is this level of apathy from fans.
Or do these Better Supporters just want to be at the ground with 20 odd thousand of like minded supporters?

[saunders_heroes]

What?

[PeterWithesShin]

I always thought it was yow?

[TheSandman]

Agree Hawkeye.

Things are hostile enough at VP without us turning on our own.

[caster troy]

I'm glad the 'early leavers' turned up in the first place or the attendance would have been even more embarrassing.

[Dave Clark Five]

Its a bit like a pub I used to go in. If you went in six nights, then missed the seventh, the old biddy would slate you on your next visit. I used to wonder why she didn't go round about 2000 houses, where the occupants didn't use the pub, and slag them for never going in, instead of being rude to the regulars.

[Chipsticks]

I had a bit of a pop at the 'early leavers' earlier but I wouldn't say I'm "turning against our own" as it's been put here. It's me having a cheeky little pop at people who left early and missed out, bit of friendly banter really.

[TheSandman]

I wasn't particularly referring to you. Light-hearted digs are fine by me. Calling people tossers as someone else did is not and for me would count as turning against our own.

[Chipsticks]

I wasn't particularly referring to you. Light-hearted digs are fine by me. Calling people tossers as someone else did is not and for me would count as turning against our own.

Ah, right.

I agree with you though, if people have been getting aggressive on the issue like that then they're just adding to the negativity that really needs to be toned down on here.

[olaftab]

Leaving early in a tight match where the result is in doubt is a sign of we are giving up. This encourages away teams and discourages  home team. What players need is fans being there and driving them on to score.
There were people leaving in their thousands at 81/82 mins and therefor missed about 15 mins.

[jeff]

I didn't leave early today and was glad I didn't, But there have been times when I have HAD to leave early and I hate this I'm better than yow crap that people come out with.

I think Villajk mentioned it on the post match thread there are a number of staff who work at Villa park who HAVE to leave leave the game early are they giving up or are they showing there commitment to the club by going back to their positions?

Are people that turn up late as guilty as those who leave early? What about those who go for a pie and pint before half time are they lesser fans? Is it only those who watch the whole 90+ mins that are proper fans?

All of this is rubbish WE WON TODAY and all some people want to do is slag off other fans?

[Pete3206]

I'm glad the 'early leavers' turned up in the first place or the attendance would have been even more embarrassing.

What was so embarrassing about pulling in 32K? I thought that was a decent gate under the circumstances.

[andrew08]

I left my seat early, I always do when i'm with kids. We always go to the Holte End foyer and watch on the screen with sneaky smokers and other guys with kids. We all went suitably mental when we scored.

[Jimmy Smash]

If you leave 2 minutes early to avoid the traffic, do you really care what people who don't know you might think? I sometimes leave a minute or two early if we're losing...but stay to the end if we're drawing or winning. And what about those who get to their seats two minutes late because they're drinking downstairs? Or those who go for a pee and miss two minutes? Do they come under the same umbrella.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Did this slagging happen here or at the game?