Sunday atmosphere

[Groucho]

How can you agree though? What are we supposed to be "angry" at from the start? Are we supposed to pretend Watford are an invading army or something?

The fans react to what the team they support show them on the pitch. The fans have absolutely no blame to bear for any performance whatsoever - it's up to the players to show some professional pride; the fans will react to that organically.

What next - a free pair of maracas to shake for 90 minutes on every seat to create "atmosphere"?

No not a carnival atmosphere obviously, that’d be silly.

But I reckon the players would respond better to encouragement than derision.

If the players are mentally fragile and low on confidence at the moment, a positive contribution from the crowd would help in my opinion.

 

[edge]

Two way street if they come out get at least stuck in,the crowd will get behind them, bit of an iffy decision off the ref and of will exploded.
Looking forward to it. More the likely be thinking what the f am I doing here after 15 minutes but here's hoping.

 

[Groucho]

Almost like it’s uncool to not slate everyone all the time eh?

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Not going, can't be arsed making the trip, they're killing me at the minute.

It'll be toxic if we go behind, and silent unless we take the lead #standard.

The place is a morgue.

 

[orly]

Two way street if they come out get at least stuck in,the crowd will get behind them, bit of an iffy decision off the ref and of will exploded.
Looking forward to it. More the likely be thinking what the f am I doing here after 15 minutes but here's hoping.

Exactly.

All it would take on Sunday is the lads to throw in some decent challenges in the first 15 mins, not those snidey trips that Davies does but proper tackling, show a bit of a fight and the crowd will respond. Not defend a corner and give away a free header from a cross and the reaction is understandable.

 

[BigDunc'sFod]

Almost like it’s uncool to not slate everyone all the time eh?

You're a crap mod with a bad 'tache and you're not funny either

 

[orly]

..lots of threads like this, if the players put in effort the fans will react. Given what has been served up, the fans have been incredibly patient.

Absolutely spot on Eggs. People talk about showing unconditional loyalty, we just sent 3,000 people over to Lyon and the 'manager' surrendered the match before we'd even began; yet you could here the signing at the 40 minute mark.

 

[Kenshin]

When Martina was injured last night the Lyon players had more concern than the Everton ones.

How can you expect fans to get behind the team no matter what when the players aren't even arsed about each other? There is a picture of Martina being treated and there is about 3 Lyon players around him, not a single blue shirt.

Or go back to the start of the year. Coleman breaks his leg, Ashley Williams arguing it shouldn't have been a red instead of being concerned his club team mate was hurt.

How can fans be so emotionally connected when the players aren't eith each other?

 

[Yarrgh]

Perhaps then, those peoples were not bells after all? Perhaps it was yourself that was being a bell by calling them a bell?

Talking of which anyone remember the fella in the Enclosure who used to ring the bell every time we attacked?

I bet he has a rusty bell in need of a polish right now.

 

[Yarrgh]

No not a carnival atmosphere obviously, that’d be silly.

But I reckon the players would respond better to encouragement than derision.

If the players are mentally fragile and low on confidence at the moment, a positive contribution from the crowd would help in my opinion.

C'mon Groucho. Surrender to Carnival!

 

[Groucho]

You're a crap mod with a bad 'tache and you're not funny either

Too cool for school there mate

 

[andydgg]

travelling london to goodison on sunday and straight to scotland after the game...COYB can't wait for to see watford taken apart by the blues!!!!!! Hope all the angry ones who left at the third goal arsenal got, and all the boo boys, stay away and let the REAL EVERTON shine through...we should just shout and harrass unsy, give the team some encouragment, stay to the end and applaud them off win or loose... and let's get stuck in.

 

[stanleypark]

The fans would react in exactly the same way to that situation now. Adversity often brings the best out of the Goodison crowd, and I can guarantee there would be massive support if - God forbid - we end up in that situation come May. It's different in November though - fans are just fed up rather than fired up, so the reaction you get is totally different.

We were bottom of the league or thereabouts in 1994 playing West Ham that was around October/November. The fans were fired up then.

 

[blue61]

Like it or not - you're an Evertonian and these are your players. It serves no-one to not support them when they're in the act of representing us on the pitch. Because, frankly, that's where it matters most.
Slam them on twitter, forums, in the pub all you want. But bottom line is we need them to win matches or we will be watching them on the channel 5 highlights show next season

Spot on this.

 

[Lanolin]

We were bottom of the league or thereabouts in 1994 playing West Ham that was around October/November. The fans were fired up then.

That's one game mate! It was also a night match which is always different. We played Coventry around the same time and the fans weren't up for it at all. Nothing's changed about the fans, they'll be mad for it if they want/need to be and not if they don't think that's the case - it's been like that ever since I first went.