I know majority of you on the board are supporters but what club out there holds the title for having the worst and over critical supporters. "waiting in the clubhouse for you after a defeat to tell you how crop the team are" when most of them never kicked a ball nor could they if they tried. When your playing you can hear them from the crowd "get that so and so of he's shite" and thats your team mate they are talking about or even yourself.
Somtimes you would love to jump the wire and batter the pricks >:(
gfc correnshego! gfc correnshego!
I dont know, every club has them but i've been to a few Keady matches and 1 fella sits in the crowd and just gives them dogs abuse football and hurling, players and management all game and when they win he just shruggs the shoulders and walks on. i'll name no names, Tack Joner ;)
Happens in our club too! I remember we won a reserve c'ship a few years back with half the team just out of minors and the other half of boys just out of seniors... first c'ship in a long time for the club and we had to listen to "Huh, if it wasn't for the old boys helping youse out you'd be nothing!!" WTF is that supposed to mean... it's like saying to a Kerry player "If it wasn't for that Gooch Cooper youse would win no All Ireland"
It kills some men to give credit where it's due. It makes me sick sometimes! A simple well done is hardly going to cause god to strike these men down with lightening!
I'll agree with you there SE. Most of the abuse at Screen games is more in jest than anything else, but there are a few men around the club that are just brute ignorant slabbers, and wouldn't know one end of a football from the other. They would rather complain than give any praise.
some people feel that as they've paid their £4 (or whatever it is) into the game they are entitled to shout what they want.
Quote from: Estimator on June 14, 2007, 01:45:21 PM
I'll agree with you there SE. Most of the abuse at Screen games is more in jest than anything else, but there are a few men around the club that are just brute ignorant slabbers, and wouldn't know one end of a football from the other. They would rather complain than give any praise.
Jesus Mary and St Joseph :D
Footballs have ends now... :D
deal with it, its as the saying goes, shit happens!
You get it in all walks of life and all aspects of the GAA. Often the people with the solutions for everything don't lift a finger to try and implement their great idea. As bad as people not voting and then complaining about the government.
95% of our club members are like that Seanie. Does my loaf in.
every club and county have those type of supporters illdecide, as you said they usually have never kicked a ball in their life, most head to a match after drinking for the afternoon and they decide to hurl abuse at the players. most of the time i try to ignore them unless they start shouting personal abuse at their own players nearly got involved in a few scraps but its not worth it.Most of fans are genuine but as the tayto add says "there is allways one".
Every club has boys like that - they are a pain in the hole and do no good for the development of confidence in young players or senior players who are maybe a bit frail on confidence.
I mind playing a junior game a few years ago and marking this old boy. I was round the 21 mark and he was to be honest about 40 odd. He won first three balls and never got a kick the rest of the game. So one of the negative sorts comes up to me at the end - "so you finally got the better of him then. sure he's nearly my age"! Closest to a compliment I've ever got from the boy, or anyone else for that matter, and he coached me from u10 to u21 inclusive!
And yes the women are the worst at our club, feckers should be home doing the dishes :D
and then there's the women supporters who bring their umbrellas and threaten the opposition players with them!
Illdecide, the womenfolk of Lurgan are certainly no ladies as evidenced by the language on Saturday night. By Christ there's some hard looking tickets from Francis Street alright.
Then again its not everyday they meet the mighty Tir Na Nog! ;D
These are the same gobshites who attend AGMs, critisize everyone and everything, then refuse to serve on any committee,as it might involve them actually having to do something. they are not worth discussing or even taking under or notice
Quote from: T Fearon on June 14, 2007, 05:21:46 PM
Illdecide, the womenfolk of Lurgan are certainly no ladies as evidenced by the language on Saturday night. By Christ there's some hard looking tickets from Francis Street alright.
Then again its not everyday they meet the mighty Tir Na Nog! ;D
You have a fair enough point, some of the women going to them matches are rough as a badgers arse :D. But someone from dorty Porty (or there abouts) to criticise our women when the women from Portadown are known as the "kn**ker Brigade" is a bit cheap :D :D
Went to the Clonoe - Donnaghmore Tyrone Senior Club C'ship a few weeks ago, & stood in the middle of the stand in Edendork, just behind the Clonoe Dug-out.
At one stage after half time John Morrison was approached by a Clonoe 'Supporter' & absolutely berated, in front of his own players/substitutes/fans & those of the opposition. Constructive criticism it was not! – A torrid of foul mouthed abuse came out of his mouth.
- Beating Carrickmore must have went to this man's head - or maybe he had under rated Donnaghmore (Who have been going very well for a couple of years & are in the league above Clonoe this year!!!!)
Have to say I felt sorry for the fellow Armagh native, a nice fella trying to do his best with the club & didn't deserve that sort of grief!
My dad could be considered one of these nowadays. Nobody's good enough anymore, nobody on the county team is any good in any position. It does my head trying to debate with him but he's gone to hell this year! :o
Pat Malloy, Ogs supporter extraordinaire once told a former all star that he shouldnt even start on the Ogs team ffs, that same day I drove him out the road home and he got stuck into Flea McCoy, a longtime Harps stalwart and excellent club player, Pat proceeds to tell him that he was grateful for the lift home but that 'you are shite at the football young McCoy" I nearly pished meself laughing.
We had a supporter once whose nickname was "the criticiser" cos that's all he did.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on November 17, 2009, 08:09:45 PM
My dad could be considered one of these nowadays. Nobody's good enough anymore, nobody on the county team is any good in any position. It does my head trying to debate with him but he's gone to hell this year! :o
sounds like my da! seems to know a whole load about something he doesn't watch, or listen to, or talk to anyone about!
the whole population of ulster when hurling is mentioned
Theres an arsehole in every club crowd. One time a couple years ago, during a seconds league game, our resident arsehole shouted on to the ref the usual shite when we conceded a free, which to be fair, was the right desicion. I went over to the ref and said, dont listen to him, he doesnt represent us. Then was so wound up, I looked up onto the hill and shouted at said arsehole, to keep your mouth shut, you're not helping. We won comfortably that day, but on a more competitive day, that kind of shite would sway a ref, they are only human after all.
Downman here tommy i remember a few years ago in Down where there were no prelims and the umbrella was wielded without warning!!.A couple of clubs were regular offenders(same ladies involve all he time) and it made no diference if the match was at home or away.
We had a lot of bad negative and abuse shouting sort of supporters in the past but they were put in their place and we dont have that problem now.
Some people in the club were approached by officers of the club and asked politely to keep their negative comments about the team or the ref to themselves.
It seems to have worked and now the whole club is pulling together to be more positive and its amazing the effect when that filters through. Even on the pitch, players never give out to each other and there is never any negative comments at training. Its all encouragement and positivity and its much more enjoyable.
Quote from: EagleLord on January 29, 2010, 02:56:54 PM
Theres an arsehole in every club crowd. One time a couple years ago, during a seconds league game, our resident arsehole shouted on to the ref the usual shite when we conceded a free, which to be fair, was the right desicion. I went over to the ref and said, dont listen to him, he doesnt represent us. Then was so wound up, I looked up onto the hill and shouted at said arsehole, to keep your mouth shut, you're not helping. We won comfortably that day, but on a more competitive day, that kind of shite would sway a ref, they are only human after all.
I was helping with water at half time of a game and as I passed the ref and offered him some and was going over for a friendly chat.
The same ref and said something along the lines of "Did ya hear that pr**k in the crowd taunting me? 'Arah ref if you were here in time you might see it' " etc...
The ref then began to describe the reason he was late was because he was rushing from one game to the current one, and hadnt even eaten all evening.
More so the reason he was late was because our underage team had arrived at the other venue late so the first games throw was delayed because of us. It was ironic that he was getting abuse from a club about being late for a game when it was our club that was at fault. I apologised but the ref had turned on us for the rest of the game.
just because ur shite dont take it out on da supporters >:(
anyway da supporters are usually right >:(
Its the old skool hardcore men that cracks me up !! 'GO THROUGH THAT MAN' 'EMPTY THAT DURTY HORE' and the belter 'QUIT YOUR FANCEY DAN'ING AND HAMMER AWAY'
every year at committe meetings we hear the club officials condemming verbal abuse of refs and players but the usual suspects forget about their preachings and are usually the main culprits
they are above the ordinary supporter who gets lynched if he steps out of line
I seen a county rather ex tyrone official getting thumped at a local derby for shouting he thought he was at his own club and had the standard immunity but " god look to his witt"
he got clashed for his abuse and arrogance..... he then had the ordassity to report the club and tryed to have their pitch closed
but his rantings fell on deaf ears for once and the county board didnt oblige
Quote from: The Hammer on February 21, 2010, 11:28:39 PM
Its the old skool hardcore men that cracks me up !! 'GO THROUGH THAT MAN' 'EMPTY THAT DURTY HORE' and the belter 'QUIT YOUR FANCEY DAN'ING AND HAMMER AWAY'
:D :D Cracks me up too!
One minute they are shouting 'Enough of that fanny'n about, handpassing the thing there! Will ye's stick your boot in it and clear yer lines!!' and then only a few minutes later they're shoutin 'Ach jaysus son you didnt even look! You just kicked it away straight to their man!' :D :D
I don't mind getting an ear bashing from certain guys who have been there and done it, my club has all-stars and guys who represented the county (many of them) and to hear them shouting is fine with me but what get's up my nose is the guy behind the fence who was pure f**king shite and couldn't get a game for the B team shouting on to me or any other team mate is so frustrating >:(
Quote from: Goats Do Shave on June 15, 2007, 08:44:25 AM
Went to the Clonoe - Donnaghmore Tyrone Senior Club C'ship a few weeks ago, & stood in the middle of the stand in Edendork, just behind the Clonoe Dug-out.
At one stage after half time John Morrison was approached by a Clonoe 'Supporter' & absolutely berated, in front of his own players/substitutes/fans & those of the opposition. Constructive criticism it was not! – A torrid of foul mouthed abuse came out of his mouth.
- Beating Carrickmore must have went to this man's head - or maybe he had under rated Donnaghmore (Who have been going very well for a couple of years & are in the league above Clonoe this year!!!!)
Have to say I felt sorry for the fellow Armagh native, a nice fella trying to do his best with the club & didn't deserve that sort of grief!
Nice fella surely. I've a fair idea of the incident your talkin about and to be fair it would have been totally out of character. That wouldn't excuse it though.
The subsequent success last year would bear testament to the feelin that so much more was possible of our players. Morrisons part in that subsequent success could not and would not be underestimated by anyone in our club tho. So a bit of a good news story for all concerned in the finish up
Quote from: qub la la la on June 14, 2007, 01:24:08 PM
gfc correnshego! gfc correnshego!
Sorry pal that wasnt a supporter shouting yous are shite it was jsut a man walking his dog who happened to bump into your game.