They are not professional athletes.

My point was about how much the fans care compared to the players.

They don't perform? So what, they still pick up 100k a week and have a champions league game to look forward to.

England players have admitted to considering the CL to be 'bigger'.

Posted By: Tim Westwood on October 13th 2008 at 12:22:03

Message Thread

Boooooing players, is it a new thing? (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:14:54
- No. Robert Rosario (n/m) (Other Football) - Small, Oct 13, 13:12:34
- There was a load of this on Five Live's phone-in last night (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 13, 12:26:42
  - I've only got this on friend of a friend basis (Other Football) - camcan, Oct 13, 13:10:48
  - There was an excellent article in When Saturday Comes this month (Other Football) - Brandonio, Oct 13, 12:32:29
    - He is superb... (Other Football) - Dr Baker, Oct 13, 13:03:23
      - Does he have a regular slot now, or just one-offs? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 13, 13:06:36
        
        every tuesday (Other Football) - Dave in France, Oct 13, 13:11:37
        
        bbc (n/m) (Other Football) - Dave in France, Oct 13, 13:11:43
  - Football phone ins always make shit radio though (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:31:06
    - Nonsense, no they don't. Chiles always did a good 606. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 13, 12:33:17
      - Correction - good presenters (eg Baker and Chiles) make phone-ins a LITTLE less shit (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 13, 12:41:09
        
        it's more like this at the beginning (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:50:40
        
        Do me a favour - don't ever listen to Canary Call, eh? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 13, 12:43:56
        
        They may be morons on Canary Call (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 13, 12:47:11
        
        potd (n/m) (Other Football) - samcd84, Oct 13, 12:52:07
        
        you've obviously never listened to danny baker then (n/m) (Other Football) - Dave in France, Oct 13, 12:43:30
        
        echo ... echo ... echo .... (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 13, 12:47:30
        
        ^^^hasn't listened to Danny Baker's 606 show^^^ (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Oct 13, 12:42:50
        
        Danny Baker is great (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 13, 12:43:56
        
        Yeh but I've barely heard a call like that on his show (Other Football) - Brandonio, Oct 13, 12:45:09
        
        I must be unlucky (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 13, 12:46:54
    - doesn't have to be that way...that's what makes Danny Baker's show so good (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Oct 13, 12:33:05
      - ok, never listened to him or Chiles (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:34:55
      - ^^^ That's the one. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Oct 13, 12:34:10
- and also booing the whole team at half time when you're not losing (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Oct 13, 12:20:43
  - Surely all booing represents is the fans saying (Other Football) - Tim Westwood, Oct 13, 12:25:27
  - They were sh*t and deserved to be booed off - that does no harm at all (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 13, 12:24:02
    - it's international football. Thrashings in Europe are becoming more rare (Other Football) - Brandonio, Oct 13, 12:34:50
      - Personally i thought we wre pretty awful until the last 20 minutes (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 13, 12:38:18
        
        Second half was all good I thought Jim (Other Football) - Old Git, Oct 13, 12:43:07
        
        Terry and Rio (Other Football) - Tim Westwood, Oct 13, 12:46:24
        
        I thought ITV's coverage was a disgrace (Other Football) - Brandonio, Oct 13, 12:41:48
        
        agree, Belarus are no mugs. I didn't think K'stan were, just not (Other Football) - pants, Oct 13, 12:54:03
        
        Yep cos Sky and the Beeb NEVER build England up... (n/m) (Other Football) - Rofl_Harris, Oct 13, 12:43:35
        
        errr...but the game was on ITV dearest (Other Football) - Brandonio, Oct 13, 12:47:44
        
        you said ITV built England up... (Other Football) - Rofl_Harris, Oct 13, 13:20:39
        
        I never said it was a new thing, I'm just saying ITV never learn any lessons (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Oct 13, 13:28:04
        
        Its definitely not easy and a draw would not be a disaster although (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 13, 12:43:21
    - yes, booing is widely known to improve a players confidence (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:26:25
      - What is does is convey to the manager and the team that what (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 13, 12:30:57
        
        The manager and players will be aware (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:33:18
        
        Cole's out injured for Wednesday now, gone back to Chelsea. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tim Westwood, Oct 13, 12:32:36
      - Give me strength describes today on here perfectly (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Oct 13, 12:28:17
    - aye, and look what good it does us (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Oct 13, 12:24:52
- I think its symptomatic of the gulf between (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 13, 12:17:09
  - You might be right (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:19:24
    - And the irony is, his wife is a Judge on the Xfactor. (n/m) (Other Football) - harry boulders, Oct 13, 12:25:43
    - Its not because they hate Cole personally more that Cole (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 13, 12:23:03
      - are you serious? (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:27:54
        
        He did not just mishit a back pass he was (Other Football) - Jim, Oct 13, 12:33:32
  - And that regardless of the result (Other Football) - Tim Westwood, Oct 13, 12:18:41
    - whereas the saint fans in the stadium (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:20:18
      - They are not professional athletes. (Other Football) - Tim Westwood, Oct 13, 12:22:03
        
        They may not care as much as fans (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:25:23
- Good point made on the subject by The Man (Other Football) - Tim Westwood, Oct 13, 12:16:13
  - The man (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:22:05
    - the bloke from the Barclay revealed at last (Other Football) - blindasabat, Oct 13, 12:25:42
      - lol but nope (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Oct 13, 12:42:31
      - lol (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:31:34
  - troll (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Oct 13, 12:20:51
  - agree with him about chuckling a little (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 13, 12:17:37
    - I dread the oppo going down to 10 men now. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tim Westwood, Oct 13, 12:19:39

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