cheering behinds

[daniel f]

Now i have to say i care less one way or another but found it interesting people on this forum where bagging Dockers supporters for giving loud cheers when our players missed shots at goal,and fair enough too imo,but on the other hand every time a lion kicked a point on sat night there was a huge roar,what do people think is it all in good fun or just plain bad sportsmanship?

[Damien]

The swans crowd can be quite unsportsmanlike when tensions are high. As I think most home crowds are.

I don't really care to be honest.

As long as I never hear a crowd cheer an injury or such, I can handle a bit of bad sportmanship.

[Barry Schneider]

Normally I don't but I did when Hart missed his.I was getting jack of all the frees in front of goal Bris were getting.I only cheer when the opposition gets a free in front of goal due to awful umpiring and they stuff it.It is more of a thank you to the footy gods.

[NMWBloods]

Re: cheering behinds

Originally posted by daniel f
Now i have to say i care less one way or another but found it interesting people on this forum where bagging Dockers supporters for giving loud cheers when our players missed shots at goal,and fair enough too imo,but on the other hand every time a lion kicked a point on sat night there was a huge roar,what do people think is it all in good fun or just plain bad sportsmanship?

I think cheering when the opposition misses a goal isn't the same as booing when they score a goal.

[Rizzo]

I only boo a goal from the opposition if it comes off a dodgy free.

[Destructive]

Originally posted by Damien
The swans crowd can be quite unsportsmanlike when tensions are high. As I think most home crowds are.

I don't really care to be honest.

As long as I never hear a crowd cheer an injury or such, I can handle a bit of bad sportmanship.

The only time I cheer when an opponent kicks a behind is when I've put them off, usually from a set shot.

[swansrule100]

i rest my voice when they shoot at goal..

i always cheer the swans

eg voss has the ball and is chased by maxfield id be cheering maxfield to catch him as oppossed to booing voss

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Rizzo
I only boo a goal from the opposition if it comes off a dodgy free.

I hope we all do that, but that is a case of booing the umpire!!

[BAM_BAM]

Re: Re: cheering behinds

Originally posted by NMWBloods
I think cheering when the opposition misses a goal isn't the same as booing when they score a goal.

I think this was the point we were discussing as a result of the West Coast and Port games. I don't remember any comment being made on behinds, it was mainly directed towards booing a legit goal ie; non umpire assisted. We don't get those so it would have been a mute argument.

[sharp9]

Cheering an oppo behind is (relatively) good sportsmanship...we are happy, why shouldn't we cheer. It's not as if we are booing a legitimate an opposition goal (a la Fremantle) .Same as cheering a free kick in our favour.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

I love it when our opponents miss their shots at goal. Especially when I've put them off by waving a flag.

We give them a big "EEEEEEEEOOOOORE! EEEEEEEOOOOORE!" a la Tottenham fans liking Tony Adams to a donkey after missing another shot on goal playing for the Arse. It would be awesome when 3000 people used to do it at Spirit matches.

That is not being unsportsmanlike at all. It is part of being a barracker, making your opponent feel worse for missing his shot at goal.

JF