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Offline bob

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2325 on: January 10, 2023, 10:00:55 PM »
we are a mid table team with a new manager only 1-0 to another Midlands rival, where games don't always go to script. That in my opinion didn't require our fans to boo the team off the pitch. The game wasn't over, and as we saw we played well in the second half to get the equalizer and should have won it. If fans are booing now, then what happens when as we all hope we are further up the table? Will any non winning scoreline create a negative environment? That would be very unfortunate if we created that atmosphere after years of the shit we've all had to witness. Losing at home to Stevenage, that's a whole other conversation. Boo the fuck away.

"The fans" voiced "their" opinion.


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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2326 on: January 10, 2023, 10:09:38 PM »
we are a mid table team with a new manager only 1-0 to another Midlands rival, where games don't always go to script. That in my opinion didn't require our fans to boo the team off the pitch. The game wasn't over, and as we saw we played well in the second half to get the equalizer and should have won it. If fans are booing now, then what happens when as we all hope we are further up the table? Will any non winning scoreline create a negative environment? That would be very unfortunate if we created that atmosphere after years of the shit we've all had to witness. Losing at home to Stevenage, that's a whole other conversation. Boo the fuck away.

"The fans" voiced "their" opinion.



Yeh and made us look small time. Nobody is saying you can’t be annoyed if we played really poorly or we are expected to win games and we are not. But some of our fans need to take a look at themselves. Booing a 1-0 HT scoreline in a PL game. Get a grip

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2327 on: January 10, 2023, 10:11:33 PM »
Who is "us", exactly?

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2328 on: January 10, 2023, 10:11:43 PM »
I have a bigger problem with the lack of noise they make when things are not going badly.

Offline bob

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2329 on: January 10, 2023, 10:13:12 PM »
I have a bigger problem with the lack of noise they make when things are not going badly.

Knew it

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2330 on: January 10, 2023, 10:33:12 PM »
I have a bigger problem with the lack of noise they make when things are not going badly.

Knew it
Eh?

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2331 on: January 10, 2023, 10:34:08 PM »
Grabs popcorn, takes a seat.

Offline tomd2103

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2332 on: January 10, 2023, 11:18:20 PM »
we are a mid table team with a new manager only 1-0 to another Midlands rival, where games don't always go to script. That in my opinion didn't require our fans to boo the team off the pitch. The game wasn't over, and as we saw we played well in the second half to get the equalizer and should have won it. If fans are booing now, then what happens when as we all hope we are further up the table? Will any non winning scoreline create a negative environment? That would be very unfortunate if we created that atmosphere after years of the shit we've all had to witness. Losing at home to Stevenage, that's a whole other conversation. Boo the fuck away.

In years gone by, booing your team off was reserved for especially bad times.  That's changed though and it's pretty commonplace at every ground when there are poor performances, even poor halves.  It's not something I agree with or partake in, but it happens at pretty much every club.

Offline Villan82

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2333 on: January 10, 2023, 11:41:44 PM »
Nobody can point the finger at our fans. That said, there hasn't really been a satisfactory explanation as to why the FA Cup is supposed to be the Holy grail for our supporters, the only one we are missing in the set so to speak hence the anger all over villa websites, yet the atmosphere wasn't there on Sunday. It was very flat.

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2334 on: January 11, 2023, 12:02:51 AM »
OK I accept the blame for the defeat on Sunday. I turned up, sat back and expected a performance. I now realise I should have made more of an effort to be not flat.

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2335 on: January 11, 2023, 12:25:04 AM »
The first half of the Wolves game came a few days after a really good win at Tottenham. Its almost as if those that booed forgot about that and also let's be honest, Wolves did play very well in that first half. Maybe we just have our very own impatient Tarquins, who knows?

Or maybe folk who spent over £50 for a ticket to see us entertain Wolverhampton bloody Wanderers have the right to vent their opinion when we've been played off the park for 45 minutes.

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2336 on: January 11, 2023, 12:52:25 AM »
Neutrals reading this thread must seriously have a laugh. The arrogance of some fans is astonishing. Delusional.

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2337 on: January 11, 2023, 07:23:36 AM »
I totally get the booing on Sunday after the final whistle, even from those that paid nothing to get in. Booing at half time when only 1-0 down? Nah, that was just Tarquin-esque, however much you'd paid.

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2338 on: January 11, 2023, 08:28:08 AM »
There were a few smattering of boos against Wolves, it was hardly widespread.

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Re: Unai Emery - our manager
« Reply #2339 on: January 11, 2023, 09:06:30 AM »
There were a few smattering of boos against Wolves, it was hardly widespread.
It was loud enough in the Holte.

 


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