No Respect

[LeeB]

Somebody on the radio stated that they also booed during the 19th?

Their 'hardcore' fans just remind me of a bunch of blokes who have never had a girlfriend whilst trying to mimick their 70s hoolies. Shame. And as for their 'songs' they just sound like a constant dirge. Scumbags the lot of them.

I can't quite put my finger on it, but their singing and celebrations at Villa Park always feels contrived.

It's like they're desperate for everyone to think they're the biggest and the best at everything but they're hopelessly insecure.

[silhillvilla]

i dont clap anymore, when questioned about it by my mate next to me in the holte i told him to clap for me for a minute everytime we meet as i am also in remission like stan!
give it a break now, it is getting ridiculous!

Fully agree, I'm not sure it was the right thing to do in the first place honestly. Stan knows how we feel.

[rob_bridge]

Must admit I'm starting to wish the 19th minute would wind down now. It's gone beyond what I wanted it to do when I first suggested it.

I said this a couple of months ago.Stan knows how we feel its time to drop it.

Agree I think we are starting to look like it defines our club which it shoudn't as we have more pressing matters on and off the pitch.

I wish Petrov all the best but it is likely he has had and will continue to have the very best treatment available for his illness. He knows he has the good wishes of all the Villa, Celtic, Bulgarian and most of other teams fans.

Time to move on

[MonsXI]

I think it should be dropped now, not because we shouldn't be showing our support but it's blatantly being used as a point scoring exercise by some so much so that some put more effort into singing no respect than they do applauding the skipper.

[silhillvilla]

So how do we get it stopped ?

[Virgil Caine]

Silhillvilla- good question and I think the answer would be a message from Stan himself saying he appreciates the gesture but better work would be done if all supporters gave a commitment of just a £1 to Leukaemia Support at the next home game. 

[dave.woodhall]

Somebody on the radio stated that they also booed during the 19th?

Their 'hardcore' fans just remind me of a bunch of blokes who have never had a girlfriend whilst trying to mimick their 70s hoolies. Shame. And as for their 'songs' they just sound like a constant dirge. Scumbags the lot of them.

I can't quite put my finger on it, but their singing and celebrations at Villa Park always feels contrived.

It's like they're desperate for everyone to think they're the biggest and the best at everything but they're hopelessly insecure.

That's just the thing about them. They're like Americans in that deep down they know they have no real history, their success is transient and one day they will return from whence they came so they have to hide their insecurities by boasting about the present.

[Legion]

An apology

[Apyadg]

That's just the thing about them. They're like Americans in that deep down they know they have no real history, their success is transient and one day they will return from whence they came so they have to hide their insecurities by boasting about the present.

Really?

Their first league championship was in 1908, they won the European cup 15 years or so before us...Sure, their most successful period has been from the 90s onward, but it's not like they never won a trophy before then.

It's a fair criticism of a club like Chelsea/Blue Mancs, doesn't really hold true with the red Mancs though.

[SoccerHQ]

United fans are WUM of the highest order, the 19 thing dosen't surprise me at all.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Sight tangent but still on the no respect theme.

James McLean refused to wear a shirt with a poppy on it on Saturday. His choice, of course.

[Richard E]

McLean comes from a Nationalist area of Northern Ireland so it may be he either genuinely feels no alleigance to British forces personnel or he was concerned about his family taking stick back home.

[saunders_heroes]

Sight tangent but still on the no respect theme.

James McLean refused to wear a shirt with a poppy on it on Saturday. His choice, of course.

He comes from Derry so it's hardly surprising his attitude to the British Army is a little different from the rest of us.
Also no one should be press ganged into wearing a poppy if you choose not to.

[MoetVillan]

The Apology was good.  The fans who booed someone suffering with Leukemia, or made noise through the minutes silence, or made a scene in our home stands when they scored are all tarred with the same brush for me.  Ignorant.

[Chico Hamilton III]

He comes from Derry so it's hardly surprising his attitude to the British Army is a little different from the rest of us.
Also no one should be press ganged into wearing a poppy if you choose not to.

I understand exactly why he did it. I also said he was free to choose whether or not to do it.

I'm not sure whether Remembrance Sunday is about the British Army or whether it's about spending 2 minutes each year remembering the ordinary blokes who have been killed in wars?