It's all about Eb BOO ué it seems today...
Sunday, 07 December 08, 10:56 AM · Comments(3)
From comments on 606 (podcast) to Arseblogger via MOTD it has all been about the rights and wrongs of booing Eboué yesterday and very little has been said about the actual game itself. I can only comment from what I saw on MOTD so I've no real idea of how bad he played or how hard he tried (certainly Arseblogger was not impressed by his attitude).
Firstly I think there have always been fans who boo or get on the backs of their own players/managers/board or anyone else connected with their club and there are others who don't. I will moan about players in the pub or on this blog but I wouldn't boo them during a game, it's a personal thing and I'm not saying it's the moral "right thing to do". However, the effect of the booing on players as far as I've ever seen is vary rarely likely to include a massive transformation in his performance. The other aspect is the effect on the other Arsenal players because as much as us supporters might dislike a player or his performance if he's popular in the dressing room (and apparently Eboué is the "joker" in that arena) then the abuse of one player can have a rather bad effect on the rest. Whether it should is another matter but many of these players live in a world beyond our comprehension and feel they are beyond reproach.
It will be interesting to see how many stories come out from Adebayor and Toure (in particular) that show support for their fellow African and professional. That's not to say we can't or shouldn't criticise but the fall out from yesterday could prove harmful for some good and some wrong reasons.
Ho Hum..
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I think this has been coming for a while. It ocurred to me yesterday when I heard about it that it was a public no confidence vote in the ivorian. Personally I think he's crap, but I have never and will never boo him- I just don't clap when he's substituted. If Arsene, as he said, didn't want him to play for as long as he did, surely he should have put Jack Wilshere on instead. It's difficult to think that a) Wilshere would have played as poorly, b) that Wilshere would have folded so dramatically and c)the crowd would have been so unsympathetic towards him.
Absolutely agree. You could just imagine what Ade was saying to Eboue as he helped him off the pitch, perhaps something like this?: "Don't listen to those c***s, they're acting like idiots". And what was he thinking as he walked back to the rest of the players? Probably remembering how Arsenal fans also booed him at the start of the season, and probably wondering how much longer he'll have to put up us. Ok, so Ade and Eboue may not be at the top of everyone's "keep list"...but imagine what Cesc thought of the booing?
I have to agree that we should never boo our own. I was there and didn't boo him but he really didn't even seem to try. He was like a headless chicken. I am astounded with some of the managers decisions at the moment. As a captain of a few teams in my day I know that to get the best out of a player you must encourage them and we needed somebody to do that during the game but we don't have a natural leader of men.