Booing our own players would you?

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After the booing of Maguire for England this week the irrational hating if Pogba and Rashford from some United fans and the ever growing toxic nature of our own fanbase I can this happening more and more.

Would you be happy with our own players being booed like this and would you even do it yourself?
 

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You can boo at half time or full time if you really need to if you feel the team is not giving 100%, but no idea what targeting and booing individual players is going to achieve.
 

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You can boo at half time or full time if you really need to if you feel the team is not giving 100%, but no idea what targeting and booing individual players is going to achieve.
Agreed!
 

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If you've got that mentality you shouldn't be going to the games imo. Part of the enjoyment is in supporting the team.
 

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There is only one situation where, imo, booing is allowed. When player on the pitch doesn't care. So, Maguire didn't deserved it. It is not his fault if he is shit/out of form.
But Rashford (in some games) did deserve booing. No caring (jogging around) is slap in the face to fans who travel and pay ticket for supporting a team
 

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If you are a player and there's lot of fans who bought the ticked then you deserve to be booed if you aren't doing things like running and fighting enough. And to be fair lots of our player were guilty of that.

But to be fair I don't see how that would help the players during the game, so it's still stupid to boo them when the result is open, it just can make the things worse.

If you are losing 3 or 4-0 and you couldn't give a feck then you definitely deserved to be booed.
 

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Why do people have an issue with booing yet, they'll write all sorts of trash on social media about the same player? If people want to boo, let them. Doesn't make them any less of a fan. The treatment Rooney got on here in his latter years was an absolute disgrace. I don't see that any differently to booing at the stadium. At least you're doing it to the person's face, so to speak.
 

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I'd boo and I have booed at half time and full time. I also wouldn't go out of my way to support the mediocrity holding the club back like Harry Maguire. The fans going out of their way to cheer his name today must of forgot the disgraceful performances he's been putting in this season.
 

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I'd boo and I have booed at half time and full time. I also wouldn't go out of my way to support the mediocrity holding the club back like Harry Maguire. The fans going out of their way to cheer his name today must of forgot the disgraceful performances he's been putting in this season.
Agreed! Fair enough them not wanting to boo him. But chanting his name really is taking the piss.
 

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No but I won't mind if others choose to do so , always wondered whether booing players like Madrid do is to their betterment or not.
 

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Also, should players boo fans if they don't feel sufficiently supported?
 

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Were the fanbase toxic when they booed Fellaini or is the toxicity only a new fad?
 

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It’s justified in certain cases. I watched us conceded 4 goals in the first half at home vs Liverpool, anyone who thinks I’m out of order for booing the team off can get fecked.
 

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What is up with this fans obsession how players feel? I don't give a feck about their feelings. They are not amateurs who have day job and then playing for club in their free time. They are payed for playing football and for this club. And payed a lot for it.
So feck them and their feelings. If they suck, they deserve criticsm. If they are good, they deserve praise.
Bloody hell, it is not like they are seriously ill or something. feck them.

Edit: 1:1 vs Leicester and they get applause. They have easy ride in Manchester. No pressure at all.
 

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There is only one situation where, imo, booing is allowed. When player on the pitch doesn't care. So, Maguire didn't deserved it. It is not his fault if he is shit/out of form.
But Rashford (in some games) did deserve booing. No caring (jogging around) is slap in the face to fans who travel and pay ticket for supporting a team
Too subjective for me. A bad performance/performances can lead to a lack of confidence which it’s clear to see many on here choose to see as ‘not trying/caring’. The case of players truly downing tools are of course the exception but take Rashford for instance, he looks devoid of ability at times, let alone effort. I’ve as much a problem with players who aren’t good techno yet run round collecting cards, it’s just as destabilising.

At this point in the season, I don’t see any point booing players. The season is gone & as a unit they’re not very good, we were lucky with VAR otherwise we’d have had another situation where Maguire loses out in miraculous fashion, if we’re not booing our leader after the sh*tshow he’s had since joining in all honesty then I can’t see how pinpointing others is productive.
 

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Too subjective for me. A bad performance/performances can lead to a lack of confidence which it’s clear to see many on here choose to see as ‘not trying/caring’. The case of players truly downing tools are of course the exception but take Rashford for instance, he looks devoid of ability at times, let alone effort. I’ve as much a problem with players who aren’t good techno yet run round collecting cards, it’s just as destabilising.

At this point in the season, I don’t see any point booing players. The season is gone & as a unit they’re not very good, we were lucky with VAR otherwise we’d have had another situation where Maguire loses out in miraculous fashion, if we’re not booing our leader after the sh*tshow he’s had since joining in all honesty then I can’t see how pinpointing others is productive.
Look at in other way. This was a game when our club lost last chance (more or less) for CL next year. And players got applause. For what?
I bet that players enjoy being here. No pressure at all.

Look at Barca, Real, Juve...their players are boooed all the time. And still, players are fighting to sign for them
 

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Why do people have an issue with booing yet, they'll write all sorts of trash on social media about the same player? If people want to boo, let them. Doesn't make them any less of a fan. The treatment Rooney got on here in his latter years was an absolute disgrace. I don't see that any differently to booing at the stadium. At least you're doing it to the person's face, so to speak.
Agree 100%
 

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Look at in other way. This was a game when our club lost last chance (more or less) for CL next year. And players got applause. For what?
I bet that players enjoy being here. No pressure at all.

Look at Barca, Real, Juve...their players are boooed all the time. And still, players are fighting to sign for them
I was actually going to agree with a post earlier about full & half-time venting, I don’t think the players shouldn’t be boo’d - I’ve done it. What I have an issue with is singling players out for ‘effort’ which isn’t particularly tangible. Berbatov would get pelted in this team, as his languid style would be perceived as something else.

That team deserves & has done to be boo’d this season. Singling out a Rashford while our captain has played against us all season seems to selective for me. If we’re booing players singularly then we’re booing the whole team.
 

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No but I won't mind if others choose to do so , always wondered whether booing players like Madrid do is to their betterment or not.
Madrid is an unforgivable place, but the truth is those boos help remind players that the fans careless the moment they can't do their job, most times the reaction from the players or player is good and if it's not fans make sure Perez knows such a player should never be seen in a Madrid shirt and that my friend is why we are one of the most successful clubs there is.
 

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wouldn't boo em unless they did something fecked up. Just cause they're not good enough doesn't mean I'm an asshole
 

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If the players are putting in shit performances and no effort what else can you do but boo them?

Applauding no effort is worse than booing in any circumstance.
 

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Booing players has been proven to demotivate them and make performances worse.

There are about 8-10 scientific studies on this.

So maybe some prats do it to make themselves feel good.

'Support' is such an easy concept to understand and yet...when things don't go your way many people turn to abuse.

Pretty sad really.
 

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I wouldn't do it. I don't see how that helps anything. The confidence of our players is clearly rock bottom. How is booing them going to help? At least don't do it during the game. I think it's fair to boo at full time if the performance has been terrible. During the game, you should get behind the lads. If you feel that strongly that the players don't deserve your support, you shouldn't go to the game.

Games like Liverpool where we're down 0-4, I think it's also fair to boo. That is clearly unacceptable.