As someone who likes to stay and applaud / sing the players off after a good performance, can we drop the heavily staged, showy 'lets all have a huddle on the centre circle to give the impression of team unity' nonsense.
By the time they've:
- done the lethargic removal of shin pads,
- shock hands with the opposition,
- gathered everyone in the circle,
- waited for someone from the Comms team to turn up with a camera so that it can be filmed,
- said the motivational b*llocks about being proud and winning as a team,
- finally come aware to be clapped by the crowd,
there are about 700 people left in the ground.
The players are left clapping empty sections of red seats and those 700 then have an additional 20 mins on their drive home being on the tail end of the traffic.
Final whistle, clap the crowd and do the tunnel jump while the crowd are still there. Then do the Band of Brothers nonsense back in the changing room.
Rant over
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If the match sponsors have to come out for a photo shoot why leave it so late
Bring them on a couple of minutes earlier and kick off at 3pm not 3.05.
Can you imagine Kinsella's fist waving at the Covered End fifteen minutes after the final whistle has been blown?
Couple of the players didn’t even look interested in the huddle, just stood with their arms crossed.
Scandalous.
Football's equivalent of the ultimate showman.
Mind you, wish he WAS Huge Ackman.....
Me & Golfie Jnr like to clap them off but having to wait around while thy do a staged huddle is a bit much. Also can't be good for the players to be clapped off by 3 men & a dog.
All line up holding hands and orchestrate cheering etc
That will give all you moaners something to complain about.
I blame CARD and the EU.
Might be different on an away day,esp if they’ve played their hearts out and/or achieved a monumental result.
More annoyed in situations when the game ends and music immediately pumps out rather than crowd noise/singing.