StEely Matt
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I can't let this weekend go by without expressing my disappointment at the fans in Bay 45 on Friday night.
Don't get me wrong... I totally understand their frustration at the performances our team has put in in the first 4 games of this season, but the way they vent their frustration and anger is appalling.
I am just as frustrated, but yet I do not go on the way some of these so called "fans" do.
Such things as:
1. Accusing Kearney as being racist:
- "Burt got dropped to Wenty because he's too white!"
- "Freddy, you wouldn't even get a run because you're too white!" (Fittler was sitting in front of us on the sideline).
- "Kearney favours the islanders!"
etc...
2. Calling out to the players and telling them what they think of them as they come off the field for substitution (anyone that came off besides Fui, Hindy and Mannah), having a go at them if they make a mistake by telling them how s**t they thought the players were, and even giving it to the Panthers players using foul language, even with young kinds around (some of the supporters using this language even had kids right next to them!).
3. Booing the players off the field... every player except Hindy. As if the team doesn't feel s**t enough already! Hindy would not appreciate it... you boo one of the players, your basically booing them all... it doesn't make a difference.
4. Coming up with some of the WORST jeers I have ever heard... it's like they sit at home ALL WEEK and practice them just to use them at the game, hoping to get a reaction. They were SO LAME but yet kept on repeating them! I felt sorry for Freddy sitting on the sideline having to put up with it. He sometimes turned around and looked... I could tell he was thinking "What the F**k...". It was embarrassing to say the least.
As if the atmosphere at the game was rubbish to begin with from the poor performance our team dished out on Friday night, but having to put up with that sort of crowd behaviour made it ten times worse. I was embarrassed by the behaviour, the swearing, the booing, the calling out... and yet they sit their in their Eels jerseys, representing some of our fan base.
If you are a real Eels supporter, you stay behind the team no matter what. You keep the faith. You encourage them. You show them that no matter what, you are on their side through the tough times... and having been a supporter basically since I was born (Dad is a supporter, so I pretty much got no say in the matter!), I think this could be the toughest season yet. Fingers crossed we improve.
But no matter what, I will not degrade my team, and I will not stop believing that we will get through this. I will always be behind them 100%.
Sorry if I have offended some of you who sit in Bay 45... It is not everyone... it is only a select few.
Don't get me wrong... I totally understand their frustration at the performances our team has put in in the first 4 games of this season, but the way they vent their frustration and anger is appalling.
I am just as frustrated, but yet I do not go on the way some of these so called "fans" do.
Such things as:
1. Accusing Kearney as being racist:
- "Burt got dropped to Wenty because he's too white!"
- "Freddy, you wouldn't even get a run because you're too white!" (Fittler was sitting in front of us on the sideline).
- "Kearney favours the islanders!"
etc...
2. Calling out to the players and telling them what they think of them as they come off the field for substitution (anyone that came off besides Fui, Hindy and Mannah), having a go at them if they make a mistake by telling them how s**t they thought the players were, and even giving it to the Panthers players using foul language, even with young kinds around (some of the supporters using this language even had kids right next to them!).
3. Booing the players off the field... every player except Hindy. As if the team doesn't feel s**t enough already! Hindy would not appreciate it... you boo one of the players, your basically booing them all... it doesn't make a difference.
4. Coming up with some of the WORST jeers I have ever heard... it's like they sit at home ALL WEEK and practice them just to use them at the game, hoping to get a reaction. They were SO LAME but yet kept on repeating them! I felt sorry for Freddy sitting on the sideline having to put up with it. He sometimes turned around and looked... I could tell he was thinking "What the F**k...". It was embarrassing to say the least.
As if the atmosphere at the game was rubbish to begin with from the poor performance our team dished out on Friday night, but having to put up with that sort of crowd behaviour made it ten times worse. I was embarrassed by the behaviour, the swearing, the booing, the calling out... and yet they sit their in their Eels jerseys, representing some of our fan base.
If you are a real Eels supporter, you stay behind the team no matter what. You keep the faith. You encourage them. You show them that no matter what, you are on their side through the tough times... and having been a supporter basically since I was born (Dad is a supporter, so I pretty much got no say in the matter!), I think this could be the toughest season yet. Fingers crossed we improve.
But no matter what, I will not degrade my team, and I will not stop believing that we will get through this. I will always be behind them 100%.
Sorry if I have offended some of you who sit in Bay 45... It is not everyone... it is only a select few.
