Who are the "un-booable" characters of the AFL?

[Tysio]

I guess it depends on whether or not you're a pest on the footy field. I feel like Gary Ablett couldn't be booed. Or at the very least he shouldn't be, being the champion player he is, and the way he goes about his professional career. You could name a lot of guns, Pendlebury comes to mind. I guess you can't really be booed unless you do something stupid on the field or make a fuss in the media

 

[spudmaster]

Stanton

 

[CasuallyDressed]

Guys like Tom Lonergan and Sam Rowe.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Nathan Jones
Harry Taylor
Rory Sloane
Nic nat
Pendles

 

[mike123]

Stratton

 

[LiquidCrow]

Scott Burns

 

[bradrowe#32]

Seedsman.

 

[KGBeast]

I doubt anybody would boo Adcock or Newman

 

[Donakebab]

Breust.

 

[1990crow]

Gary Ablett

 

[Procrastinator35]

What I don't understand is that if GOODES is booed the crowd is called racist, yet if any other player is booed nobody bats an eyelid about it.

EFA

 

[Bulldocker]

Pendles, Dale Morris and our own Pav.
But the most un-booable of all time must be Jonno Brown (1 vote), Paul Kelly (2 votes), Simon Black (3 votes)

 

[Kermit D]

Stanton

Actually you're right so far. He was bronx cheered.

 

[Kermit D]

From my club: Shaun Burgoyne
From another club: Nathan Jones, Andrew Carrazzo, Corey Enright, Dale Morris

Nope.

 

[MotleyLemon]

I doubt anybody would boo Adcock or Newman

I'd have no issue booing Newman.

 

[ExTasDeeMan]

Jed Bews

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Any honest, hard-working and usually quieter players are generally loved by all and seldom get booed (aside from maybe the odd set-shot on goal)

We have a lot of them out West

 

[jesterwester]

I remember Essendon fans booing lecras when he kicked 12 at Etihad in 2012. No... Wait, that was Knights they were booing that day. (they were actually cheering for him that day. Was terrific from an opposition crowd)

Lenny was unbooable, I would say bob murphy is largely unbooable also, apart from one or two who would feel that way inclined, as indicated in this thread prior.

Pendles i don't think anyone would have any reason to boo. He doesn't upset anyone, gets the ball, uses it so well, and always looks like he plays in slow motion. I don't see how you could boo a guy like him.

 

[justlookingaround]

I think Watson got booed to the max in the Round 4 2013 clash when they went over to Fremantle and ended up winning. Can't remember exactly, but something like that

Jobe was being mercilessly booed by the West Coast crowd at subi after he said he believed he'd been administered AOD-9604.
Essendon won by 7 points and Watson was in tears after the final siren.

Don't know about unbooable. Pavlich, Ablett, Kade Simpson, Fyfe... I think the vast majority of players shouldn't be booed.
On the other hand, Judd is the most booable, Ryan Griffen would be now, too. Pendles is an out and out campaigner, so he's pretty booable.

 

[GROTTO]

Eddie Betts and Rory Sloane?

 

[Docker Alyssa]

Ffs how soft have we become.

We've become so soft we can't even discuss on BF the booing of certain players* in case nuance and common sense are misconstrued as rampant racism.

*if their names are Adam Goodes

 

[Scotland]

Pav is easily the least booable of the 300 gamers.

Dal Santo is pretty likeable, Bartel too. Daniel Cross...

 

[Covertackle]

There has been a fair amount of discussion about why Adam Goodes is constantly booed by opposition supporters. Is it because he plays for frees? Because he has been outspoken? Or is it racially driven. The latter seems highly improbable.

3AW Sports Today posed an interesting lightweight question - in light of the booing of Goodes is it possible to come up with a list of players and coaches who have earned the right not to be booed because of their glorious service to the game, because they are downright nice guys, or because of some other reason?

At Geelong I thought Jimmy Bartel fell into that category. I still do, but he lost browny points in 2014 when he was accused of staging for a free. Harry Taylor and Corey Enright are IMO unbooable. Both are downright good guys who have served the game well.

The great Jimmy Stynes was unbooable. Of the current players, Bob Murphy has been described as "unbooable" and Jobe Watson probably fits into that category. On the other hand Stevie J, and Boomer Harvey don't.

Of the coaches I reckon Ken Hinkley is the only unbooable character

Over to you....

Eddie was.....on Tuesday..

 

[ydraw]

I Hardly ever hear Jack Riewoldt get booed, yet Port fans were booing Houli on the weekend (god knows why)

You sure they weren't just yelling Hoooooooooooli?

 

[ydraw]

Pav is easily the least booable of the 300 gamers.

Your mob have done a pretty sterling job of booing him in the past anyway.