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Ben the Gooner

Ben the Gooner

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Absolutely embarrassing.

Shameful, even.

I don't care how poorly someone is performing (even though Chook played well), to boo or Bronx cheer your own player is disgusting.

I'd be ashamed if it was me.:thumbsd:
 
I have a confession to make.
I have not booed the Chook but i am responsible for yelling out for ****s sake Stanton bblooooddddyyyyyy shepherd !! numerous times during a game.
 
When a player doesn't put in the required effort then they probably deserved to get booed.

If you put in the effort but make a mistake ala McPhee then you do not deserve a bronx cheer.

Laycock is a lucky man to be playing AFL at the moment.

A couple of non efforts today - Stanton all day, Nash in the first was non competitive but redeemed himself.
 
I have no problem whatsoever with criticising individual efforts which aren't up to scratch. Lovett-Murray gets mine.

However, to Bronx cheer a player who is playing a decent game with a sore back and blurred vision, when he takes a good mark running back with the flight is embarrassing.

At the end of the day, he is an Essendon player. Boo an Adelaide player, not our own.
 

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I went today and we were pathetic. Smashed all over the ground, especially the clearances. There was no forward or defensive pressure and we turned the ball over far too easily. McPhee was good early then kept on turning the ball over, I was happy with Dyson, Peverill Stanton and Nash. Good to see Lloyd kick 3(All at the end I was sitting :D).

And then 2 more injuries and pathetic umpiring.
 
People are booing because they are frustrated at the non competitiveness.


This isn't schoolyard footy were you can run past and take a few steps with your head in the air after missing the ball. You have to compete at every opportunity.

Laycock doesn't and I don't think he ever will.
 
Let's face it... I think we were getting ahead of ourselves when they won all those games!
I was there today and we looked undercooked. We all agree we have alot of talent out there. I think Lovett is a star and any talk of him leaving the club should be abandoned immediately!
Mal Michael was gallant and solid as ever, Pev is in great form and should definitely play on! Paddy almost took a few screamers but he had a patchy day.. Gus and Jetta were quiet. Gee we have really missed the drive of McVeigh and Reimers.

McPhee was awful today, I counted 5 mistakes that he made basic skill errors that directly resulted in Adelaide Goals. He just doesn't cut it. He plays hard and i like that, but for a player that is a senior and a role model... Well, he isn't getting any younger, nor is he gonna get any better. we should use him as a trade while we still can.
Laycock is digging himself a hole. I really hope for his sake these last 2 weeks without Hille in the team, that he can rise to the occasion or else i am not sure how he will be feeling after this, a really poor year for him.
The other two players with a Big cloud over them are Dyson and Lovett Murray
both of them disappoint me week after week.

I think these last 2 games are gonna be great in the sense that some kids like hooker and hocking and bellchambers and magin are gonna get a run, but they aren't gonna be pretty!
 
I would bronx cheer out of blatent jealousy of his salary and the amout of effort he puts into it. He is luckier than a government call centre worker.
 
bombers2011 said:
Gee we have really missed the drive of McVeigh and Reimers.
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You got it, those guys give us the punch in the midfield, without them its like we just don't have a clue what to do with it.

Other than usual stuff about injuries, I think we just came up against a better side that are fit, confident, and preparing for a strong under-the-radar September campaign. Knights will have got a good experience today :)
 
When was the bronx cheer? I left at the 20 minutes mark (People I was with wanted to "avoid the rush", I would've wanted to stay and clap off Lloyd, but I guess that didn't happen).

I hated having to sit with all the crows supporters. :(
 

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bipolarbeaR said:
It seems to me that we lose when we don't have Lucas. Even if he doesn't play well!
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my guess is that mcveigh is the new barometer for the side & to a lesser extent reimers, since theyve gone out the energy has disappeared

poor effort but to just beat melb & lose to wc & come up against the inform crows, is anyone honestly surprised at the result?

as for the booing, dont like it but understand the frustration
 
Yeah, I remember that. Didn't hear the bronx cheers though. I heard them for the umpires when they finally gave us a free kick. That's when I was bronx cheering. :)
 
Sean. said:
Yeah, I remember that. Didn't hear the bronx cheers though. I heard them for the umpires when they finally gave us a free kick.
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:D:D

That's how Bronx cheers should be used.
 
Thought they where a bit harsh on the chanel 10 tonight. Now i dont mind Luke Darcey having a crack at his form because it is obvious to all that Chook is struggling but they used the clip of him failing to jump for the ball and bagged him for that. The only trouble was he should not have been on the ground at that time because just before he had copped a wack in the eye and he could not see properly. He went straight to the bench after that and he could not read the scoreboard properly when they asked him to.
Im not sure how you are supposed to make a contest if you can not really see the ball coming in properly ?
 
At the after match press conference Knights was questioned about the fans booing Laycock during the game.

Knights pointedly stated that Laycock needs to play with more intensity and that he is a big boy who needs to take care of himself.

Lloyd in a post match interview with MMM stated that he sometimes wanted to shake Laycock up during the game.

It appears that laycock is under pressure from within the club.

I actually liken Laycock to Minson of the WB, although Minson has a bit more presence about him.
 

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Sean. said:
Yeah, I remember that. Didn't hear the bronx cheers though. I heard them for the umpires when they finally gave us a free kick. That's when I was bronx cheering. :)
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Allways been fascinate by that saying, Does anyone know it's origins? I assume it's a Yankees thing. I might go and look it up.
 
we will never win a flag with laycock.

we need to offlad him to richmond

he plays like a richmonder
 

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