Cashley Hole - More Boo’s Please
I’m probably in the minority, in fact judging by the media reaction to Saturdays bore-fest I definately am, but in my opinion Ashley Cole deserved every boo he received after helping Kazahkstan to a nice little consolation goal.
Forget the fact that the nasty little shit cheated on his wife in the very public eye. Forget the fact that he nearly crashed his car after being offered only £55k a week. His nochelence and total inability on the ball deserved mockery and I’m not surprised a frustrated element of the 89 thousand people at Wembley decided he was wasting their hard earned cash.
At best it was a ludicrous lapse of concentration, at worst it was negligence. Consider it an appraisal if you will - I face the sack if I make mistakes in the world of business, a comedian faces the hecklers if he doesn’t get the laughs in and a singer will be singing to no-one if they can’t hold the notes. So why should Cashley Hole be immune to his audience showing displeasure with his performance.
He clearly got a kick up the arse because he concentrated more after than and even went on to improve his play and silence the boo-ers. Which is exactly what he needed to do - notice the crowd didn’t turn it into a vendetta and he was applauded off the pitch?
Calling people ignorant for expressing their displeasure after paying £50 to see a mediocre performance is wrong. Ignorance is missing a drugs test to buy bedsheets Rio. Ignorance is racial discrimination or the sort of vile taunts Sol Campbell received by the Sp*rs fans. There is no room in football for that. But fans shoulb be allowed to express their emotions (without being offensive) and simply booing someone who’s playing like a headless chicken is fine.
Filed by Kieran at October 13th, 2008 under Football