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Really?

A shit match yeah, but booing?

Should we applaud?

I think they were saying boo-urns

Errrrrr, no!

Should you boo?

Why not?

I'm indifferent either way but dont understand the outrage from the happy clap brigade when there is booing.

They were shit - a bit of a jeer as they walk off won't do anyone any harm

I don't ever boo, but completely understand it being some peoples reaction.

Doesn't really bother me.

Easier to shout "boo" than "I am dissatisfied with that performance Swindon"

Booing is justified when the club is in a bit of shit, the club is not on a bit of shit.

One crappy match out of all the good shit that is happening warrants booing?

What a difference a week makes !  

Booing is a bit harsh I think - winning and losing (occasionally) is better than lots of unbeaten DRAWS isn't it ?

A funny night results-wise, the last 8 League 1 games on the fixture list were all away wins & 12000-1 accumulator so not just our game which sprung a bit of a suprise tonight.  

There will be rainy days.

They were all utter utter wank tonight. Deservedly booed.

Players and Paolo were clapped as they left the field (after the booing).

Perhaps I should recant.

If it was that that bad I may have expressed approval myself.

The commentary doesn't convey how good/bad a match is. (But that's not the point)

When you pay hard earned money and are served up utter shite like that tonight you have every right to boo.

Some boo, some clap, some do nothing at all. It's the same for any team that loses.

Not that many people booed to be honest. Those that did you cant really blame them. It was easily the worst performance under Paolo.

I booed the booing and clapped the clapping then changed my mind and booed the clapping and clapped the booing.

Some boo, some sing and clap really fast.

That's football.

I'll happily boo. But I don't think one (OK two) bad performances merit booing, we are only 3 points from the autos.

Equally that was a frustrating game. I won't get too upset at those who did.

Totally agree, there were a few boos at half-time and a few more on the full-time whistle but I think that is more frustration than anything else.

You really are a prick mate

He may post a few things on the wind up from time to time but DMR is spot on there.

I never boo at half time, and if it's as bad as tonight, i'm never around to do it at the end...

Yeah heard the booing in the don tonight and its fucking pathetic

Apart from anything, the full time whistle gave the crowd one of the only opportunities to make some noise.

We have fans that expect the team to win every game. When they don't they boo. 8th in the league at the start of october is more than reasonable

I'm sure the team really appreciate it and will make sure they never have a bad game again.

Those fans might as well stay home mate as nothing productive comes from the booing and your right we are not in a bad position. I would like to say we will put it right on Saturday but can't see the game happening.

But the fans who boo are expressing their opinion on the season so far. They're expressing their opinion on the last 90 minutes  and tonight, it was utterly pathetic.

I don't expect us to win every game, far from it. But you do expect a bit of effort.

I'm the same. I don't expect us to win every game, but a bit of fight would be nice.

People pay their money, they have a right to voice their opinion.

£25 to watch that? Of course people will boo.

Yes it was a poor performance and i didn't go home very happy and was getting very frustrated during the match but the team was Booed at Half Time. You should get behind the team not on their backs as what will the booing achieve ?

Spot on , I am a season ticket holder so I won't boo but I can understand that if you paid £25 for that pile of shit you are well within your rights to boo them off

Its your fucking fault we lost!

I waited all game to see Rose smacked in the face with a burger and it never happened.  To rub salt into the wound he goes and scores what proved to be the winner.  I think thefore it is your fault we lost Tans.

a lack of effort is the only time booing is justified imo. With the manager we have that wouldn't be tolerated anyway. last night it just didn't happen for the side.it happens to every team.

Think I may have booed under Iffy, but that's about it. And that was because the bloke was clueless and there seemed to be no effort idea or urgency in our play that season.

There were only the odd boos, it wasn't that loud really. It was only audible because there was little clapping to start with and the only a handful of away fans there to celebrate.

I can understand fans who only attend home games over reacting, they have been spoilt over the last 12 months.

Surely if our manager is allowed to show his displeasure at a poor performance then we the fans have a right to do so when paying money to watch such a poor showing. Frustrating after we seem to have just got going this season.

Think the issue is fans never used to boo their team unless the team was under performing week in week out. Nowadays they boo after 1 defeat (which followed 3 wins in Swindon's case). This would never have happened years ago, so you have a generational difference going on here. Think some want to see a performance everytime they turn up, whereas most people realise this isn't going to happen in sport.

Agree with that Janaage. It's for similar reasons that managers are sacked without being given a fair chance when things are not going well. Fans power is a lot more influential than it used to be.

I don’t see why it’s acceptable to boo after 3 poor performances and not 1? Personally I think booing is an over-reaction but I couldn’t really care either way, it’s not like the whole ground was doing it.

If players react so strongly to crowd noise, why is there very little atmosphere inside the ground?

You’ll get people getting on their high horse about a few pockets of boos which lasted for less than 10 seconds and these very same people will probably just watch the game in entirety and perhaps muster a clap every now and then. These fans probably motivate the players as much as the boo boys.

I think the booing was just down to pure frustration at poor performance.

Heres one for you then, i cant say that i have shouted abuse at any of our players since that cunt Pru**on, but bessone is getting close. However there were two guys to the left of me in the town end last night who were constantly f'ing and blinding at our players throughout the second half but they didnt 'boo' at the end. Whats worse? I personally think that the abuse is worse. discuss.
FYI the two guys, well  :suicide:

After last night's performance and allowing that fistfuck Rose to score, burning down the stadium and dancing in the ashes whilst poking crude voodoo dolls of the players with rusty, AIDS-infested needles would not have been an over-reaction.

Nice to get some balance :)

Rose should of took the 1st free-kick in a similar postition, we would of been up to ten pages by now.

It was that shit i understand why they did boo,would rather they did at the end of the game rather than during it anyway. On the flipside the support last night deserved booing

I think we've been spoilt by success. The CG is a bit of a morgue unless we're battering teams, the townend is no longer the 12th man (unless the 12th man is a useless cripple).
We generated more atmosphere when we were battling relegation.
As for booing, I couldn't even summon up the energy after that performance.

Booing should be allowed in every work space, that should help the economy.

Is it also ok if I'm allowed to rant about employees performance even if it is actually half decent at the time?

I'm not too fussed about booing at the end of the game, doesn't impact the game and in a short burst at least you don't have to listen to it all fucking game.

I just booed my wife because tea is late.

That's the spirit.  I think restaurants would be a great place to get some booing going.

I didn't boo, but I certainly didn't clap either.  Nobody deserved a clap and I'm surprised that some people thought they did to be honest.

I know there wasn't a great deal to shout about last night, but at times it was so silent in the ground, you could clearly hear the conversations coming from the pitch.