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OohBaldyBally said:
He’s just a bairn. It’s not his fault. The club should have regular ball boys and have them trained / briefed properly.

There were blokes around me f***ing screaming at that kid. Nee need.
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Yes it's quite ridiculous to take out frustration on kids. It's as if they are doing it on purpose!! Some people need to get a life and put the game in context.
 

Not a patch on the Premier League ball boys we used to have. We didn't realise how lucky we were. I blame the parents.
 
VoxPop said:
Can someone have a word with our Ball boys and get them a bit more switched on to what is happening in the game. When teams like Blackpool last night are wasting time at every goal kick, throw in and corner it is so frustrating to see our Ball Boys ambling after the ball and rolling it back to them half arsed!. Get it back to them quickly and get the game started again. One incident in the second half, the ball was rolling down the side of the advertising hoardings on the pitch side - the ball boy stood up looked at it and sat down again and let Reece James chase after it.
Can't we have this multi ball scenario where every time the ball goes out they throw a spare one on straightaway.
I'm not having a go at the lads as such, they are only young and probably haven't been told what to do in these cases, but someone should spend a bit of time telling them how important it is to be alert and keep the game moving.
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Sack the fuckin lot of them :cool:
 
the moans and groans at the ballboy last night were f***ing ridiculous. It's one thing whinging after ten minutes when league 1 Sunderland aren't playing like Premier League Man City but to turn them groans onto the 12 year old ball boy just sums our support up. Desperate for someone to blame so the self entitled knackers can turn to their mates and say "see! told you so! Wa shit" and if that means we've got to stand up & wave our arms about at a bairn then so be it.
 
Doberman said:
the moans and groans at the ballboy last night were f***ing ridiculous. It's one thing whinging after ten minutes when league 1 Sunderland aren't playing like Premier League Man City but to turn them groans onto the 12 year old ball boy just sums our support up. Desperate for someone to blame so the self entitled knackers can turn to their mates and say "see! told you so! Wa shit" and if that means we've got to stand up & wave our arms about at a bairn then so be it.
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It’s unbelievable really. Grown blokes having a go at kids helping out for nowt.

jubblies said:
I reckon sorting the 11 dickheads on the pitch is probably more important
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Nail on head
 
The Butcher said:
ha ha ha well, my son was one of the ball boys last night. great experience for the lads, letting local teams take turns to do it. I cannot believe we are now blaming ball boys for our lack of quality on the pitch. fk off you morons. Yes there was one occasion when the lad took too long to get it and Reece James ended up getting but ffs for grown men to be snarling at ball boys when the whole team were slow as fk anyway! get a grip.
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I dont think anyone is blaming the ball boys for the quality on the pitch, just questioning the quality of those chosen to be ball boys....or girls
 
Ffs :lol:

It's been like that at every ground I've been to this season. It isn't exclusive to us. League one clubs don't have regular ball boys like the Premier League. I'd rather see the kid get a chance to have a memorable day out and the referee deal with the time wasting and shithousery like he's paid to do.
 
Doberman said:
the moans and groans at the ballboy last night were f***ing ridiculous. It's one thing whinging after ten minutes when league 1 Sunderland aren't playing like Premier League Man City but to turn them groans onto the 12 year old ball boy just sums our support up. Desperate for someone to blame so the self entitled knackers can turn to their mates and say "see! told you so! Wa shit" and if that means we've got to stand up & wave our arms about at a bairn then so be it.
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They are there to do a job and they are not very good at it - probably because they haven't been told what is required of them. And as has been mentioned they are changed every match so they never get chance to improve.

It's an area that could be improved and if you can improve lots of things by 1% - it can make a difference. I repeat, I'm not having a go at the kids - but it's an area that needs looking at. It can't be that difficult
 
Difference the ball boys abilities make is negligible, if any.
Seems we are getting ever closer to clutching the last straw - whatever that proves to be.
 
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