First game tonight in about 2 years (2 young kid and a wife who works weekends)
I had forgotten how much abuse folk shouted at the players.
I was near the back of the West, and there was at least four guys who looked like they might burst with anger.
It's like folk forget there is actually another team on the park who are, surprisingly, not just going to allow Hibs to roll the ball into the net.
I get that it can get very frustrating at games but shouting abuse at the top of your lungs when you are at the back of the stand us just peeing off everyone around you. The players can't even hear you!
We should make the first 2 rows around the pitch designated abuse rows for folk who want the players to really hear them!
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20-01-2022 09:47 PM #1
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20-01-2022 09:48 PM #2
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20-01-2022 09:57 PM #3
It's widely accepted as part of the game, but that really needs to change.
We so often talk about professional players and staff needing 'thick skin', rather than focusing on those that shout abuse, write horrible things online, and generally overreact when they think a footballer isn't good enough. It's truly bizzare that it's just considered part and parcel of professional sport.
In most other industries, the kind of behaviours that happen on a daily basis in our treatment of footballers would be considered scandalous. And rightly so.
I genuinely believe it's one of those things we'll look back on in 10/15 years and think 'wow, we were so out of touch'.
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20-01-2022 09:59 PM #4
The abuse and booing was embarassing.
If Cove never had luck on their side and we had semi capable refs we would have been at least 1-0 up through Doidge and potentially 2 when he was through on goal. Wrong offsides saved them and would have made it a lot more comfortable.
It was always going to be a tough game, I don’t know why people think differently.
I mentioned on the match day thread that fans always moan about players and say they need to show composure, how about the fans show some too?
It was like spoilt brats the amount they were booing or if the players never launched it forward.
You could actually see a period in the game the players were starting to go away from what Maloney wanted because of the fans and funnily enough that’s when Cove had their best spell.
Maloney was seen telling Newell to ignore them and it will work and it did.
It took far longer than what I should of but we missed some amount of chances.
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20-01-2022 10:02 PM #6
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Some of our fans are a bit pathetic likes
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20-01-2022 10:02 PM #7
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Just angry folk who can't see the effect of their behaviour of all the folk around them.
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20-01-2022 10:04 PM #8
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20-01-2022 10:04 PM #9madhatterLeft by mutual consent!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I genuinely only see it getting worse in the future. I wouldn't shout abuse but if I supported PSG and saw Messi lose the ball and not look bothered I'd be raging inside knowing that he'd be earning €500,000 that week.
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20-01-2022 10:07 PM #10
Worst and least warranted I've heard for a long time. I wonder what these clowns would have done had we lumped the ball aimlessly up the park like they seemed to want.
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20-01-2022 10:10 PM #11
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20-01-2022 10:10 PM #12
I noticed as well during that spell
When the players started listening to the ‘noise’
Maloney I’m sure he said something along lines of keep the ball ignore the noise.
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It’s the fact you know that some of them start within seconds of the game starting - they know they’re going to do it, they get their kicks from doing it and yet they stand there with a Hibs scarve on.
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20-01-2022 10:22 PM #15
It was obvious to me that there was no lack of effort from the players tonight. Don't really know what good these so called supporters think booing and shouting abuse is going to achieve. Well done to the team for being professional and getting the job done.
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20-01-2022 10:25 PM #16
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I've always found it odd that folk shout abuse at players for making mistakes, when not a single one of them would last 2 minutes playing on a pitch.
Why shout abuse at someone for not doing something perfectly, that you can't even do at all? Nout weird as folk...
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20-01-2022 10:28 PM #18
There have been threads in the past where topic of abuse has arisen and term was clarified - was justified by a small number over the years.
To those abusing Hibs players I suggest you watch a dyed in the wool Hibee (one of our own) Joe Tortolano talk of his experience - it was available via St Pats at one stage not sure if it’s still online. It’s one of the worst cases of abuse in my mind. I distinctly recall (at an away game at EEP or St Johnstone where Callum Milne was so disgusted he slammed the ball against the hoardings in frustration at a section of our own support. Shocking.
if you can watch that and still stand up for your actions when you see the impact it had, then you probably need to take a long hard look at yourself.Last edited by Viva_Palmeiras; 20-01-2022 at 10:32 PM.
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20-01-2022 10:47 PM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
One I’ll never forget was literally 5 seconds after the 1st game of the season(Stirling Albion away) started 3/4 years back and a guy launched into a huge tirade of abuse at the top of his voice on Steven Whittaker who hadn’t even touched the ball yet. A League Cup winner.
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20-01-2022 11:06 PM #20This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The crowd shouting and getting worked up is part of the game at all levels and it has been since the game was invented, it’s called atmosphere.
If we ever get to the stage that fans are told exactly what they can and can’t say at a game we might as well call it a day.
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20-01-2022 11:09 PM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Yes but that doesn’t apply at our club does it?
Some of our ‘supporters’ need to have a serious word with themselves. The abuse both at ER and on the socials is absolutely pathetic.
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Abusing players and staff isn't atmosphere, it's the opposite.Last edited by Vault Boy; 21-01-2022 at 12:04 AM.
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20-01-2022 11:16 PM #24
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We had different seats tonight nearer the half way line and there was a woman behind us who basically just screamed constantly. She just sounded really unhappy to be there for the majority of the game.
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20-01-2022 11:57 PM #25
Helps nobody and given the fact fans haven't been able to attend matches recently you'd think some would have more of an appreciation of being able to watch Hibs. Booing your own team and players doesn't make them play better.
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21-01-2022 12:05 AM #26
Cowards with no bottle. You wouldn’t want any of those soft lads behind you in a fight.
It’s been our reputation for years. Keep it even for half an hour and the Hibs fans will get on their players backs. Hartley said as much in his interview.
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21-01-2022 12:11 AM #27
It was pretty embarrassing tonight. I bet these people salivate over their favourite champions league team who's main objective is to keep the ball until they can find a way through their opponents instead of losing it by lumping it forward. Yet when it's Hibs it's the exact opposite, just lump it and stop messing about!
It was a bit slow tonight and we played like we'd just been flung together (which is kind of true) but you can see the general direction we're heading in.
People will always moan though, and hopefully once we have a settled team who are all on board, the moaning will once again be a minor issue
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21-01-2022 12:59 AM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
United we stand here....
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