Pathetic fans booing Maguire

Never understood booing your own players. It’s literally trying to make the team play worse. Complaining in the pub afters, fine. Groaning out of frustration, fine, we all do that. But targeting a player and booing them during a game? Feck right off.
 
I doubt it really bothered him, he has nothing to prove.

We are trying to sell him, he's not fit for purpose, he's cost us the sevilla game.

I'd Boo the sh*t out of him,
 
It's one thing booing the entire team at half time/full time after a stinker, but to me targeting individual players of your own team is grim and never alright. Properly embarrassing behaviour. It's the sort of thing Arsenal fans do.
 
M16Red said:
I doubt it really bothered him, he has nothing to prove.

We are trying to sell him, he's not fit for purpose, he's cost us the sevilla game.

I'd Boo the sh*t out of him,
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And you’d be wrong to do it as well.

DDG was at fault for all three goals in the Sevilla game. Did you boo him too?
 
Shouldn’t be booing someone for just not being at the level required to play for this club. It wasn’t his fault we spent 80m on him. Wasn’t his fault Ole made him captain. We just need to end his misery and sell him to the first team that bids enough money.
 
Judas said:
It's genuinely pathetic, but a lot of the foreign fanbase really do live in an online bubble, so the toxicity doesn't shock me.
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What’s the point of divisive nonsense like this? There’s loads of foreign fans on here and they’re no worse than the UK fans. Some people just love to blame the foreigner.
 
M16Red said:
I doubt it really bothered him, he has nothing to prove.

We are trying to sell him, he's not fit for purpose, he's cost us the sevilla game.

I'd Boo the sh*t out of him,
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I’d say DDG single handedly lost us that game.
 
OL29 said:
What’s the point of divisive nonsense like this? There’s loads of foreign fans on here and they’re no worse than the UK fans. Some people just love to blame the foreigner.
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To be fair, it literally happened in America. I wouldn't have said it otherwise. There's terrible fans all over the world, including here.
 
M16Red said:
I doubt it really bothered him, he has nothing to prove.

We are trying to sell him, he's not fit for purpose, he's cost us the sevilla game.

I'd Boo the sh*t out of him,
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Why stop at booing? Proper fans would be posting hate mail and targeting him in the streets
 
'Fans' whose football opinions are based on online memes and youtubers.
 
DJ_21 said:
I’d say DDG single handedly lost us that game.
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I don't really want to talk about a game we lost because we've lost it.

But Maguire did ask for the ball in the second game, also in the first game did the ball come off Harry big fecking head?
 
Eh, anything that acts as a countervailing force to his inflated contract and self-perception of his abilities, so that we have a chance to shifting him if and when an offer arrives is good (within reason, obviously - not suggesting people start chants about his family or something). We need the money, he doesn't offer enough in terms of capacity to play the style ETH wants - plus the infamous oil-tanker turning abilities - but has seemingly briefed that he's happy to sit out his contract under the pretext of fighting for his place - so I don't have an issue with a few boos to move the needle.
 
M16Red said:
I don't really want to talk about a game we lost because we've lost it.

But Maguire did ask for the ball in the second game, also in the first game did the ball come off Harry big fecking head?
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Ye so they was both at fault for one goal but DDG could see what was behind Maguire, Maguire doesn’t have eyes at the back of his head. Also that was just very unlucky. It could have been anyone’s head that came off.
 
M16Red said:
No, because de gea had the class to know when moving was best for both parties.
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Well no, he moved on because we chose not to renew his contract. Nothing to do with having ‘class’. That’s completely irrelevant as well, because DDG has been making mistakes for years. The question is would you have booed DDG for making mistakes while he was still a United player? Or wouldn’t you, because the internet isn’t telling you to do that?
 
Zen86 said:
Why stop at booing? Proper fans would be posting hate mail and targeting him in the streets
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I'm a fan of Manchester United, not Maguire.

He knows he's not wanted otherwise he'd still be captain, playing and we wouldn't have a 35 johnny come back from flushing.

You think Maguire would have the balls to walk round old trafford/moss side?
 
M16Red said:
No, because de gea had the class to know when moving was best for both parties.
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He only moved on because we finally hired a manager who wasn't willing to tolerate such a limited keeper, and therefore his contract wasn't renewed. De Gea had an easy life here for years and probably would've happily stayed until retirement
 
DJ_21 said:
Ye so they was both at fault for one goal but DDG could see what was behind Maguire, Maguire doesn’t have eyes at the back of his head. Also that was just very unlucky. It could have been anyone’s head that came off.
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Nah, his head is huge.
 
AndySmith1990 said:
He only moved on because we finally hired a manager who wasn't willing to tolerate such a limited keeper, and therefore his contract wasn't renewed. De Gea had an easy life here for years and probably would've happily stayed until retirement
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No, he move because we offered him a lower contract and then we pulled it.

We'd do the same with Maguire if we could.
 
M16Red said:
I'm a fan of Manchester United, not Maguire.

He knows he's not wanted otherwise he'd still be captain, playing and we wouldn't have a 35 johnny come back from flushing.

You think Maguire would have the balls to walk round old trafford/moss side?
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If you met him you’d ask for his autograph.
 
Similar thing happened a few years back when Fellaini played for us. ‘Fans’ that like others have said will only go to a couple of matches in their lives booing players is and always will be stupid.
Half of the fans booing him probably begged for a picture with him after the match.
 
AndySmith1990 said:
He only moved on because we finally hired a manager who wasn't willing to tolerate such a limited keeper, and therefore his contract wasn't renewed. De Gea had an easy life here for years and probably would've happily stayed until retirement
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I wouldn’t bother engaging mate. This person is exactly the sort of internet-addled ‘fan’ this thread is about. They’re beyond reason.
 
AndySmith1990 said:
You'd think people ran onto the pitch and kicked the guy in the face given the reactions on here. It's harmless booing ffs. It's been used in theaters for centuries and as far as I'm aware no one has been seriously hurt as a result
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A theatre is a place of fiction and make believe. Also, I'm not sure what theatres you go to but outside of panto no, booing doesn't really go on.

Either way a little different from having 1000's booing your very existence. It's brain dead behaviour that could obviously affect a guy.
 
Dec9003 said:
Similar thing happened a few years back when Fellaini played for us. ‘Fans’ that like others have said will only go to a couple of matches in their lives booing players is and always will be stupid.
Half of the fans booing him probably begged for a picture with him after the match.
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Eric_the_Red99 said:
I wouldn’t bother engaging mate. This person is exactly the sort of internet-addled ‘fan’ this thread is about. They’re beyond reason.
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"Fans" who are you to judge, top red I bet.
 
M16Red said:
I'm a fan of Manchester United, not Maguire.

He knows he's not wanted otherwise he'd still be captain, playing and we wouldn't have a 35 johnny come back from flushing.

You think Maguire would have the balls to walk round old trafford/moss side?
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Fan of United yet boo's it's players. We need more fans like you, that's what this club really needs.
 
Marwood said:
A theatre is a place of fiction and make believe. Also, I'm not sure what theatres you go to but outside of panto no, booing doesn't really go on.

Either way a little different from having 1000's booing your very existence. It's brain dead behaviour that could obviously affect a guy.
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If booing affects him mentally then he's in the wrong job.

I don't really give a toss either way quite frankly. I wouldn't boo anyone as I'm not emotionally invested enough in any player. But I'm also bored of all this fake outrage and taking offence at what is such a trivial thing.

I've seen comments on this forum directed at rival players and refs (on a weekly basis), that insinuate they deserve be abused or worse. Yet you look at how some harmless booing invokes such strong reactions and you have to laugh at the hypocrisy of it all. Perspective is clearly lost when tribalism is at play
 
AndySmith1990 said:
If booing affects him mentally then he's in the wrong job.

I don't really give a toss either way quite frankly. I wouldn't boo anyone as I'm not emotionally invested enough in any player. But I'm also bored of all this fake outrage and taking offence at what is such a trivial thing.

I've seen comments on this forum directed at rival players and refs (on a weekly basis), that insinuate they deserve be abused or worse. Yet you look at how some harmless booing invokes such strong reactions and you have to laugh at the hypocrisy of it all. Perspective is clearly lost when tribalism is at play
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Yes but what has he actually done for him to get booed?
 
Looking back on the Sevilla game mentioned, ETH has tried to focus on sorting our fragility at the back. Replacing DDG has hopefully solved half of the issue, but Maguire unfortunately is the other part of the problem due to his sluggishness. I can’t condone the way some of the fans have singled him out entirely though.
 
AndySmith1990 said:
If booing affects him mentally then he's in the wrong job.

I don't really give a toss either way quite frankly. I wouldn't boo anyone as I'm not emotionally invested enough in any player. But I'm also bored of all this fake outrage and taking offence at what is such a trivial thing.

I've seen comments on this forum directed at rival players and refs (on a weekly basis), that insinuate they deserve be abused or worse. Yet you look at how some harmless booing invokes such strong reactions and you have to laugh at the hypocrisy of it all. Perspective is clearly lost when tribalism is at play
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There's booing from away fans. Whatever that happens. Can easily motivate.

But come on, booing from your own fans is a different thing. He wouldn't be human if he wasn't affected by that.
 
People getting high-handed about this ought to put things in perspective - firstly our fans are downright courteous, even meek, compared to supporters at large Italian and Spanish clubs (this also goes for acting against the Glazers tbh - they'd have been hiring ex secret service agents and spending millions on compound security years ago if they owned an Italian giant with 'Ultras' until they finally fecked off).

Secondly, ordinary people have real pressures in terms of making rent or mortgages, being compelled to take exploitative jobs and having limited autonomy at work, for which they receive next to nothing: footballers at the top level are paid millions a year to absorb pressure as well as investment of happiness and hopes -without that dimension, there wouldn't be anything like the same level of money in the game. I'm not implying there are no 'limits' or bounds of decency (and certainly not implying we shouldn't try and improve 'ordinary' working conditions), but without anger and disappointment as the flipsides to 'good' passion, they wouldn't have these kinds of lifestyles, and they undertaken to bear some of that pressure as part of the job.

You can call it scapegoating, but we've always had those kinds of mechanisms within society regulated through sports or war or other symbol systems (without getting too pseudo about it), and it's much safer to sublimate that through booing or heckling rather than burning people or classifying them as untouchables or whatever to relieve social tension, particularly when the booing goes hand in hand with a 'positive' communal identity which is (relatively) non-xenophobic (anyone can become a supporter or, as a player, can join the club and be 'supported' if they're good enough, regardless of ethnic background or, generally speaking, cultural beliefs).
 
Never boo your own players unless they are convicted murderers. No person can be perfect. Maguire has always conducted himself with dignity...Well, on the pitch. He hasn't been bitching like Ronaldo or Henderson. He might not fit in with ETH plans but to boo one of our own players is cretinous
 
Don't get the blaming of foreign fans, if I remember correctly Fellaini received massive booing at Old Trafford, and he was somewhat useful in his time at the club compared to Maguire.
 
People saying its ok to boo are the ones that don't get why a bit of racist slurs hurt anyone or taking the piss out of some kid at school. It's just a joke right? Banter. Having a laugh. They shouldn't be so touchy should they, especially if they earn so much.
 
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