Clapping Naismith

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SCBlue said:
I find it really odd that this is such a big deal. He was a class act for us. It's not like we started singing battle hymns for his goal. It was just a brief congratulatory applause.
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Class act? Are you being serious?

He was a decent fella away from the pitch, on it he was an atrocious footballer than summed up the legacy that Keneright and Co will leave behind.
 
onlyme said:
And my point being that an act of charity in the hope that it saves a young boys life, a far more important and honourable deed, shouldn't be even considered to be of a similar ilk as applauding an opposition goal.
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It is a human reaction when everything else around the game is becoming more and more corporate. It is appreciative, in the case of the lad from sunderland, appreciative of his situation. If there are only a few things we can do to keep the game as a sport, retaining an emotional perspective of the human elements of it must be one of them.
 

magicjuan said:
It is a human reaction when everything else around the game is becoming more and more corporate. It is appreciative, in the case of the lad from sunderland, appreciative of his situation. If there are only a few things we can do to keep the game as a sport, retaining an emotional perspective of the human elements of it must be one of them.
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Only last week some things were more important than football, this week, it seems they aren't.
 
probably been mentioned, but didn't Naismith help some unemployed get tickets to games, plus he was unlucky towards the end of Martinez's reign by constantly being overlooked even when he was in form. we basically swapped Naismith for Niasse which has proved to be pointless.
 
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I always liked Naismith, its great he got shown appreciation, bit unusual to clap a goal against us I'll admit, but we are quality like that..... Always a group of fans to appreciate the lighter side of football as well as the serious.
 

GwladysBlue said:
Class act? Are you being serious?

He was a decent fella away from the pitch, on it he was an atrocious footballer than summed up the legacy that Keneright and Co will leave behind.
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He came here and cost nothing. We received a fee for him. He did loads of the local homeless. Always gave his best.

I think in all honesty everyone expected us to turn the game around from one nil at that point and therefore were willing to clap him. I like that side of our fans. Plenty of other clubs give a hostile reception to any ex player, regardless of the circumstances under which they left.
 
the difference between Naisy and most that have moved on is he loved the club, gave his all when he donned the blue jersey and didn't really want to leave but had to so he could get games and we 'needed' Niasse. If he had ran in front of the stand giving it large he wouldn't of got applauded and the fact he didnt was probably a big reason he did.
 
It's perhaps sad that something like this even merits debate.
Football is about enjoyment. It needs rivalry and drama. But it also needs perspective and, above all, a sense of humour.
We're always claiming we are special as a club. Let's make it clear, then, that one thing that makes us 'special' is that anyone who doesn't play for us, or has played for us and moved on is fu**ing [Poor language removed]. Never praise the opposition when you can slag them off, don't tolerate any views that don't arse lick our club and continue demanding that others with money subsidise our pleasure.
It's important we pass on a tangible legacy for the next generation.
 

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