Leaving Early again


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You really think he 'chastises' people leaving?

Funnily enough when Arsenal got their fourth to go 1-4 up at Leicester last week a few people got up to leave,

Someone in the crowd shouted at them to "sit back down, this isn't f***ing Sunderland".

It made me laugh but leaving early is synonymous with Sunderland fans in English football.
 
It's a real problem. Shameful, embarrassing, pathetic. 2-2 and you're leaving?! Why? This seems to be a modern phenomenon. Do you leave 15 minutes before a film ends? Why then for something that you love more than any other.

Grow some balls you retarded fooks. Man up, show your support or fook off.

Anyone that sits near me when I'm at the game I make a point of chastising them. All other real supporters please do the same.
Annoys a lot of supporters when people get up 10 mins before half time to go for a pie or a pint?
 
Brilliant post and no coincidence we conceded on the stroke of half time again when the stadium was half empty.

Up to the 35th minute the stadium was 9/10'ths full, the players were playing well (first for a long time) the crowd was buzzing and then people evacuate, then again on 80 minutes, it's a compete mystery to me why people bother going.
 
It's a tough one, because people will always fall back on you pay your money, entitled to do what you like, shouldn't blame the fans etc. And it's hard to answer.

Isn't there an irony though, the one thing you hear again and again - I just want to see players give 100% - and supporters can't do the same?

There are 2 general truths that are hard to argue - players respond well to a positive atmosphere, and struggle in a negative or downcast one. People will say they get paid enough to perform whatever, but I just hate that argument. When will people see money means nothing, it can't override basic human reactions. I know exactly how I would feel if I saw half my own fans stream out on 80 mins - demotivated massively. All the money in the world couldn't change that natural reaction to the moment. Actually, money might enter my thoughts - I'd be thinking 'ah fuck it, if they don't care, why am I bothered? I've got a bunch of cash to go home to whatever.' It's a petty and selfish thought, but also a human one.

At the point where they are on the pitch, all that matters is their psychology and motivation - whether we like it or not, that is the only impact we fans can have on the game...I just wish supporters would suck it up and stick it out, instead of using every opportunity to show their (sometimes justified) contempt for the team.

To show how arbitrary it is, no one would leave in a crowd of 10. People feel they can do it because they can just hide in the masses.

I think the film analogy is a good one - you sometimes hear of people walking out of a film after 20 mins, deciding its crap...but you wouldn't think someone would sit through the whole thing, then leave at height of the third act, after all that build up.

and for people asking why does it bother you - it's directly and only because I believe it has a negative impact on the team. I don't personally judge anyone who does it, I'm just as lazy and feckless as anyone else.
 
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