Opposition Camp Delusional Pearlers IV

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Donakebab

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Oh my oh my. Aren’t the * fans up and about. Wins over a couple of lowly, out-of -form teams and they are back to their cocky ‘best’.

Go to any forum on the main board and they are there; deriding other teams drafting, recruiting, history etc.

Go pies..

A reminder why we detest them..
Meanwhile, Carlton beat a woeful Bulldogs and their feral scumbags are up and about in an even worse fashion. Only last week they were crying for Bolton to be sacked and begging for a priority pick.

Reality is just around the corner with a swift kick to bring them back down with a thud.
 
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Essendon supporters booed their own players when walking off the ground after losing to St Kilda in round 2 this year.
I believe, as a supporter group, we have the right to boo our side if they under perform due to a lack of effort or not performing to a set standard. All players are susceptible to a bad game, but, with what they dished up early in the season, as a team, it was not to a standard we as supporters expect from them.

We fork out money for memberships, merchandise, away game entry and invest a lot emotionally into our team.

If they want us to cheer when playing well, then they need to accept the flip side of that as well.

I personally would not boo a player because he a good/great player. I enjoy watching the best run around performing at their peak, no matter who they play for.
 

Stopher

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Once it was widely discussed that the booing of Goodes could have racist overtones was it still OK for people to continue booing him knowing that it would be interpreted as racist crowd-bullying?
It's a fair point, but then you could also ask should Goodes have stopped acting like a snide as often as he did, which usually resulted in any other player getting booed, given his rather unique situation?

I recall him in a game vs North where he flopped in a contest, then kicked out at an opposition player. It looked very ordinary on his part. He was booed afterwards, yet Robbo naturally went with the more sinister angle, with zero benefit of the doubt given to those fans.
 

The Donners

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It's a fair point, but then you could also ask should Goodes have stopped acting like a snide as often as he did, which usually resulted in any other player getting booed, given his rather unique situation?

I recall him in a game vs North where he flopped in a contest, then kicked out at an opposition player. It looked very ordinary on his part. He was booed afterwards, yet Robbo naturally went with the more sinister angle, with zero benefit of the doubt given to those fans.
Robbo is a headline grabber.
 
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