Seconded

Maybe I've gone selectively deaf, but I heard very little booing and a whole lot of cheering and chanting at Halifax.

Certainly from where I was (Main Stand) it was more a sense of resigned frustration than any outright booing at the final whistle. I stuck around as the team trudged off (I didn't boo, but I didn't clap them off) and heard almost no booing.

I've heard far worse back in the day. I remember Northern being quite literally booed off the field and then thoroughly abused all the way up to the old changing rooms. I think our team would need counselling if they had to put up with what the team did back in the 70s

I heard a bit of booing at the end but nothing that major. Certainly heard worse in the past too. Thankfully we don't have the long walk to the dressing rooms nowadays. The amount of numpties at games nowadays would mean they'd need a police escort every game.

The worst reception I remember in recent memory was after that 66 point stuffing at home to Saints in 2005. Obviously something was seriously wrong behind the scenes as every player looked well out of sorts. Funnily enough it ended up being a turning point - we hit rock bottom and came back to win the GF.

So is this proof that booing works?

You get my drift...

I was in the stand behind sticks and it seemed quite loud. Wasn't the whole stand. The fans were behind the team the whole game even after we dropped it from a drop out and Addy threw it in to touch

. But i would say it was 50/50 split between booing and clapping when the players sheepishly came over. But there is definite unrest and i think a lot of fans are fed up with Lowes.

Speaking of getting on the players' backs, I have re-read what was said after the Dewsbury game.


So, Ferres said that OUR ENTHUSIASM LEVELS were NOT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. Ferres thought they looked insufficiently bothered. And to the extent that he said so publicly!

That is an alarmingly damning public indictment from your MD. It means he thinks they weren't trying hard enough. Not bothered, Put it whatever way you want, that's the inside view.

Lowes said:

So, arguing in the camp, people blaming each other? "Unacceptable" stuff?

Isn't the booing from some fans just their way of making the same points?

If I go to a restaurant and my food comes out cold, I will complain.

If I buy a dvd from a shop and the disc fails to work, I will complain.

If I pay to have a utility company provide service to my home and that service is interrupted through nothing I have done, I will complain.

Why then should I not boo if the team I'm paying money to support performs at a less than adequate level?

You pay your money to get to the game, you can say what you want, clap if you want and boo if you want "Simples"

What is a supporter. According to my dictionary it refers to one who supports. Whilst I understand those who choose to boo the team are somewhat disappointed I wonder how they can equate booing with supporting. It seems to me that it is the complete opposite of supporting your team. there are clearly other ways of making your point - one of these is of course this forum or you could contact the powers that be yourself. I just feel that booing the team is self defeating and in the end will only make matters worse - which I'm sure none of us want.

Oh, absolutely, everyone should heartily cheer and sing them off the field and sing "For they're all jolly good fellows" however abject the performance0.


Thanks. I never thought of posting my views in this forum. I'm sure nobody else here thought of it either.

OK. Now you've cracked that one, I suggest you move on and get everybody to be nice to each other on Twitter.

Some people use their first post in a way that it makes an impact, and you do not disappoint here whatsoever.

Not in a good way however.

This, to me, is a result of the namby-pamby society we live in these days where kids are being encouraged in schools "not to win" in case the losing side gets upset. It is ridiculous.

I don't think that booing is self-defeating at all. If the product on display is crap, then people have a right to say so. It would be worse if they were clearly not trying yet people still lauded them and praised them for all their "hard" work. I have said it before on many occasions, players of all sports are more than happy to take all the kudos when they are playing well and winning, so therefore they should be able to take the stick when they are playing crap and losing.

You don't win any relevant silverware just for having nice happy supporters do you?