Booing the opposition

[DrMike]

A Geelong supporter shoved a kid the other night. Far more noteworthy than ******* sooks having a whinge about booing.

Was this before or after Motlop grabbed Vlastuin's dick?

 

[Heisenberg_]

You are different! This isn't new, you have the most passionate fans at least in Victoria it seems and that usually results in more violence and unruly behaviour.
I see it in Adelaide and Perth, Collingwood and always trouble when Richmond is involved.
With that incident you're referring to I believe tiger fans were the instigators.
We get accused of being tame down at Simonds. Trouble arrives more frequently when the tigers are involved.
Would be great if our fans fired up as much as your lot do but just got to direct your anger better.
We barely booed Goodes when they played down there towards the end of his final season.
Cats fans seem to have standards in general unlike the tiger army but that takes away the intimidation.

Right, so some feral creature spat on and assaulted Richmond supporters and fellow Geelong supporters stood in and stopped the campaigner of a thing who did it and you still try and blame the victim for being spat on.
You're a special kind of stupid.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

We'd have have turned up if it were in Geelong.

It makes it difficult to get to a game when the majority of your supporter base is located in a different city.

Where the **** do all live Haro? London or something?

 

[DrMike]

Where the **** do all live Haro? London or something?

Melbourne

 

[tigs2010]

Or your clubs fault for encouraging their fans to take up our allocation of tickets.

How did you find out about Penny O'Neal email to members?

 

[Heisenberg_]

We'd have have turned up if it were in Geelong.

It makes it difficult to get to a game when the majority of your supporter base is located in a different city.

It's about 10 minutes longer on a train as it is for many people who live out in Lilydale, Cranbourne, Belgrave etc and the V Line is far better then then metro trains to get out there.
Weak pathetic non excuse.

 

[Makeshft_Mauler]

Maybe because it was at your home ground in your city?

Simply delusional, another classic example of the deluded Richmond fanbase.

i dunno if someone who thinks only home side fans should be allowed to boo should be going around calling other people delusional

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Melbourne

It's just up the bloody road. Half the blokes I work with in Melbourne live in the Bellarine Peninsula and do it on their ear every day.

 

[Makeshft_Mauler]

It's about 10 minutes longer on a train as it is for many people who live out in Lilydale, Cranbourne, Belgrave etc and the V Line is far better then then metro trains to get out there.
Weak pathetic non excuse.

I sometimes wonder if People realise not all richmond supporters actually live in richmond........

 

[JVseven]

Were they racist boos or just boos?

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

I sometimes wonder if People realise not all richmond supporters actually live in richmond........

Quite a lot actually live down Geelong way.
It was so brave of them to make the trek.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Years ago, you'd only hear booing at the footy for a despicable act, or an absolute howler of a decision from an umpire. People booed because they were genuinely angry about something that just happened. Now, they boo at anything. The siren to end a quarter of play seems to be enough to set people off these days. Free kicks are booed because they went against the team you support, not because it was an incorrect decision. Some players are booed because their crime is being good, nothing else. People boo so much now that it is ineffective, so why do it?

 

[Heisenberg_]

Classless act from a classless supporter base devoid of any success whatsoever for decades.

Respect that you are the away supporters.

So you expect the away supporters to just meekly sit and not make any noise.

For all the whining from sooks like you, Richmond ran on the ground first and you're classless supporters committed this classless act first.

I've never seen a bigger sook in my entire life as you and your hick mates from Geelong.
Happy to dish it out but as soon as somebody dares give it back you losers turn to water.
Can't wait to see you melt when you go out in straight sets.

 

[DrMike]

Were they racist boos or just boos?

Well they were booed based on the colour of their guernsey so probably racist.

 

[Makeshft_Mauler]

Years ago, you'd only hear booing at the footy for a despicable act, or an absolute howler of a decision from an umpire. People booed because they were genuinely angry about something that just happened. Now, they boo at anything. The siren to end a quarter of play seems to be enough to set people off these days. Free kicks are booed because they went against the team you support, not because it was an incorrect decision. Some players are booed because their crime is being good, nothing else. People boo so much now that it is ineffective, so why do it?

Catharsis

 

[DrMike]

Years ago, you'd only hear booing at the footy for a despicable act, or an absolute howler of a decision from an umpire. People booed because they were genuinely angry about something that just happened. Now, they boo at anything. The siren to end a quarter of play seems to be enough to set people off these days. Free kicks are booed because they went against the team you support, not because it was an incorrect decision. Some players are booed because their crime is being good, nothing else. People boo so much now that it is ineffective, so why do it?

If Friday night was anything to go by, it's far from ineffective.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Years ago, you'd only hear booing at the footy for a despicable act, or an absolute howler of a decision from an umpire. People booed because they were genuinely angry about something that just happened. Now, they boo at anything. The siren to end a quarter of play seems to be enough to set people off these days. Free kicks are booed because they went against the team you support, not because it was an incorrect decision. Some players are booed because their crime is being good, nothing else. People boo so much now that it is ineffective, so why do it?

Why? Have a listen to the sooking. That's why.
I've never done it and it wouldn't bother me if we were booed either but Geelongs fans have just pretty much brought themselves a guarantee that other teams fans will give them shit and boo like crazy from now on.

 

[gaelictiogar]

Booing is absolutely outrageous and should be discouraged......unless that is it is Richmond. When we boo it is simply adding to the rich experience of the night.

You may call it a double standard. It is not. It is a cultural exception.

 

[Nostradumbass]

They couldn't hear their bell

 

[HTT]

Were they racist boos or just boos?

Lol silly. All boos are racist

 

[Equus]

I propose replacing the booooo with the vuvuzelas

 

[ziad]

It's just up the bloody road. Half the blokes I work with in Melbourne live in the Bellarine Peninsula and do it on their ear every day.

I have to laugh about the 'another city' argument - how many cities are there in greater Melbourne? Having lived in Geelong and the peninsular it is a suburb of Melbourne

There are many in little old pert and as for Sydney!

 

[Ron The Bear]

We'd have have turned up if it were in Geelong.

It makes it difficult to get to a game when the majority of your supporter base is located in a different city.

This will be Geelong's eighth Friday night MCG final in a row. It's a wonder any of you have seen a final.

Seems a remarkable coincidence that venues and booing and bad experiences at the footy have become major issues at the same time Richmond suddenly, unexpectedly finds itself within reach of success.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Or your clubs fault for encouraging their fans to take up our allocation of tickets.

Your club returned most of the seats that were part of the sept 4 final sale. Even with tigs coding as cats, your allocation wasnt fully used

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Have never seen a team get booed like we did when we came on to the ground on Friday night, and the booing during the game was constant in an unusual way.
It's just how things are going. Would prefer it be a bit more civilised but no doubt I will pretty quickly come to see it as just part of the fun.

first time ive seen it like this in vic - it was more like a wce or crows game, where one fan base so dominates the other and uses that in full voice.

Fwiw i dont think it will happen again against the cats, i suspect cat numbers will be a lot higher next time around - making it a more evenly split crowd