Clapping Naismith

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Troubador said:
Definitely a case of the toys being lashed out of prams by some on here.

Had we gone on to win, no one would be arsed about a respectful round of applause.

But we lost, so there has to be a fume and an outrage.

I'm more bothered by the performance of the players than the performance of the fans, to be honest.

That said, i'm giggling away at how it's gone from a few people clapping, to a polite round of applause, to a standing ovation in a dozen pages. The longer this thread goes on, it'll be a fireworks display, online petition for a knighhood, an open top bus tour, a flyby from the Red Arrows and a free concert by The Who.

For me, it was a nice act of sportsmanship (as was the clapping of the second goal, which was a cracking strike) and a throwback to more corinthian times, something we, as fans and as a club, seem to get right more than we get wrong.

Anyone who has a problem with that is all the poorer for it.
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Couldn't believe it when we carried him off on our shoulders at the end :dance:
 
ToffeeTim said:
I'd prefer the fans to get behind the team rather than clap former players when they score against us at the street end.

I'm a miserable little sod of a U 25 here and I'll have plenty of moans meltdowns and gripes on here no doubt, but when I go the game I'm vocal in encouraging the side. Loads seemed to only open their mouth to cheer an opposing player last night.
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No one cheered, well, not in the Park End anyway, we're talking polite applause here. I take your point on getting behind the team, but I grew up watching us when older folk around me instilled a certain type of behaviour which recognised there was also a time to acknowledge ex-players and, more generally, other teams.

In years to come you'll probably come to understand that acknowledging Naismith's goal by putting your hands together is actually a decent thing to do.

Heh, maybe those days are ending and you won't do stuff like that, in which case a little bit of the soul which makes up our club, and many others will have disappeared. If that's the case, then I'm glad I won't be around to see it.
 
Woolly Blue said:
No one cheered, well, not in the Park End anyway, we're talking polite applause here. I take your point on getting behind the team, but I grew up watching us when older folk around me instilled a certain type of behaviour which recognised there was also a time to acknowledge ex-players and, more generally, other teams.

In years to come you'll probably come to understand that acknowledging Naismith's goal by putting your hands together is actually a decent thing to do.

Heh, maybe those days are ending and you won't do stuff like that, in which case a little bit of the soul which makes up our club, and many others will have disappeared. If that's the case, then I'm glad I won't be around to see it.
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It was an utter fluke lol

If he'd rifled one in from range fine but he couldn't do what he did if he tried!

I'm all for sportsmanship. In fact I go to a lot of rugby and it's the done thing to acknowledge good play from the opposition. But goodness it was so cringe last night. It was the first noise out of the street all match :oops:
 

Can't be bothered reading the whole thread. My opinion though , total kopite behaviour, end of. Support Everton, end of.
 
Maybe what we need is a designated "polite applause section", maybe in the back row of the main stand. Say about 50 to 100 people, who, at carefully chosen moments, offer a gentle "golf clap" to any ex-player scoring against us. Last night's weird moment was all down to too many "gentle clappers".
 

ToffeeTim said:
Most of them players that let us down last night have contributed nothing to our good league form. So since their only contributions to our season so far have been to lose at home to a lower league teams reserves, then yes they deserved boos.
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So if or when we start dropping points you will start booing the first team, as they will deserve it
So also in what you are saying is you only want to support a team that wins things, I think you may need to lower your expectations in what you are going to get from Everton.
All booing does is create a toxic atmosphere in the ground and causes players to become anxious and this then hampers performance.

I guess it is all down to people's opinions....
 
Woolly Blue said:
No one cheered, well, not in the Park End anyway, we're talking polite applause here. I take your point on getting behind the team, but I grew up watching us when older folk around me instilled a certain type of behaviour which recognised there was also a time to acknowledge ex-players and, more generally, other teams.
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I agree with this, I still do not like seeing the opposing goalkeeper not being applauded as he makes his way to the goal at KO and after half time.

Bit like clapping in a new batsman at cricket, it's just the right thing to do.
 

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