Reacting to your own fans booing

Yet again this is in the news.  2010 had a fair few noteworthy incidents ...

WAYNE ROONEY - ENGLAND PLAYER
Wayne Rooney walking off the pitch after the dire nil-nil World Cup game in June against Algeria.  "Nice to see your {own/home?} fans booing you - you football 'supporters'. 
This was Algeria, it's not as if England were facing Brazil or Germany.   Still, England fans will continue to support the team, and Rooney's rant was symptomatic of a Premier League player reduced to playing with a team of lesser standard than his club side, a manager who doesn't know how to manage English players, let alone communicate with them.

GUS POYET - BRIGHTON MANAGER
27 November 2010, after Brighton had drawn 1-1 at home in the FA Cup with FC United of Manchester.  At the time Brighton were top of League 1 (old division three), whereas FCUM play in the Northern Premier division, which is sat the step in the non-league Pyramid below Conference North, four divisions below Brighton, who went on to win the replay 4-0.  

"I am very disappointed with the fans. I invite every single one of them who is going to boo to stay at home, because I don't want them and I don't accept that. At the end of the season they can give their verdict to the team. I won't have a problem if we do our lap at the end and they give boos. It means we didn't do well... The problem is that they are not realistic. They think it is too easy to play football. The proper supporters are the ones who support the team every single minute of the season. ..."

Does Poyet not realise that it is the fans who turn up week after week, buying season tickets, match day tickets, programmes, pies and refreshments, which help fund his own salary and keep the club going?  These are the paying customers and criticism like this is something that he should keep to himself.   

ROY HODGSON - LIVERPOOL MANAGER

Following Liverpool's1-0 defeat against Wolves at Anfield on 29 December 2010, Hodgson was furious after sections of the Liverpool support showed their displeasure at his reign with a sarcastic chant of "Hodgson for England" before calling for Kenny Dalglish to be installed as manager.  The much travelled manager said after the game he had never had the "famous Anfield support" in his six months in charge. That was seen as a clear attack on his critics in the crowd but, with his fans said to be angry at his comments.  

If there is one thing bound to annoy and club's fans, it is to suggest that there is support is not really as good as they like to imagine it is, especially if it is true.  This sort of outrage is normally reserved by self-proclaimed Best Fans in the Country, Newcastle United.  At least Roy Keane at Manchester United realised that selling more and more corporate boxes leaves the club with the prawn sandwich brigade who quietly munch away from their seats. 

MARVIN MORGAN - ALDERSHOT PLAYER
After supporters booed him during the Shot's 2-1 home defeat to then bottom of the league side Hereford on Monday (New Year's Day 2011).

Morgan responded to the crowd's reaction by posting a message on Twitter which read: "Like to thank the fans who booed me off the pitch. Where's that going to get you! I hope you all die.", apparently followed up by "To all the fans who have a problem with my comments I'll be at the ground Wednesday at 9!!!"

Marvin scored against Oxford earlier in the season, and just this last weekend was linked with a £50,000 move to Crawley of the Conference.  His comments in the League Paper were that he didn't want to go, and wanted to stay at Aldershot.  Now though, the striker has been suspended, fined two weeks' wages and placed on the transfer list. This should provide some welcome distraction to the Shots in anticipation of Oxford's visit this Saturday.