I wouldnt read to much into the players not coming over, in 2007 buddha and Hodgson didnt even come over when it was their last game

I have never once booed the players this season despite some abject
performances. If I don't like what I've seen then I just keep quiet and I don't applaud. As far as I'm concerned no player goes out to play poorly
deliberately and if they do it is either because they are either not good enough or that the tactics they've been asked to adopt are clearly not the right ones. As far as I'm concerned the few 'fans' who have berated the team with a torrent of abuse are in the minority and as such should not have even been a passing consideration to the players last night who should really should acknowledged the majority of true fans who have remained supportive of the team throughout the season.

I'm not sure where this has happened but I don't think that the wives and children stand in the Shed.

Iain, I have witnessed these people abuse the players, their families, directors at various places IE From within the shed, at away matches,Perpignan during Karl Harrisons last season with us, in the variety centre, granted they are from a minority.

Many of the wives and children, friends and families now sit in the stands.

Absolutely spot-on. It's important that people realise that the behaviour of some feck-witted morons in the shed is a very small percentage of the whole stand. To tar everyone with the same brush is both lazy & pathetic.

Ain't it just. A few idiots spout off and suddenly, according to the holier-than-thou element on here, the entire Shed are a disgrace to the club. Unbelievable, but on the other hand I guess it's no surprise, really.

And by the way, a few of us don't stand in the Shed, nor at the Club End. I take it we're not worthy of a lap of honour, either, then?

A very small percentage they may be, ut a very obvious presence they are also.

Fron other parts of the ground the 'obvious' reaction of the Shed on a large number of occasions this season has not been good, nor acceptable.

I stand by my original point that it's no wonder the team don't want to parade in front of a stand where they have often seen the 'very small percentage' as the face of the Shed. There have been plenty of comments from players recently about how good the fans acn be, or how they feel when they have to face abuse.

I am in no way suggesting that all of the shed are guilty of anything, but that the very vocal minority are costing the rest of the fans.

Who actually said "the entire shed are a disgrace"?


Apologies if I'm asking you to put facts before a whiney, self-indulgent rant while you've so obviously not got your dummy in, but just occasionally it's nice to debate an issue on here with grown-ups.

Cringeful?? I sometimes wonder....

Isn't this how apartheid started?

By suggesting that the players should not acknowledge the shed due to the minority of idiots, you are placing the entire stand in the same bracket.

And it's not a self-indulgent rant, nor is it dummy spitting. I don't stand in the shed so why would I be that bothered? I've seen the shed react badly a few times, but there's no way I'd label everyone in there the same. That should go for the players as well.

Fair point.

It was the "lazy and pathetic" comment that had annoyed me which, having re-read the thread, I realise wasn't yours.

Apologies.

A great performence by the team on Friday night they worked for each other and defended the line well.

I thought the atmospere in the shed was great.

In a recent post I believe R. Paul stated that younger players were put off bhe acions/comments of some fans presumably in the shed.
Now we have players leaving without waving goodbye.

Have we lost the players?

Before we get the comments on professionalism, we pay for xxxx, etc ... we do not accept it in our working lives.

Stopped standing in the shed when i started bringing the young uns and now sit in the AT stand. Was delighted to see the 4 kids i take along shake EVERY players hand and had loads of photos taken. Sat in front of Willie T and his kids and saw him today at my kids game, he made a point about feeling very positive about Fri nights game - his comment was "more to come."

After the kids shook hands we walked round to the shed massive cheer for Ratchford and a few before him however not even a clap for Smith and you wonder why they didn't rush over. Notwithstanding i am one of Smiths biggest crtitics I can underatand why not ALL players want to run a live public vote on accolade or humilaition.

By the way when i got out of the taxi after paying my money this afternoon he did'nt clap me!!!!

True, but how may of us have people pay to watch us work?




To suggest that Smith walked off to silence is simply untrue. He was actually cheered off, albeit slightly less enthusiastically than the players either side of him, but to say he wasn't even clapped is way off the mark.