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The Myth that protests have a negative impact

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,354
in General Charlton
Has been exposed.

One of our best home performances as well as plenty of protests.

We went 1 up with protests.

We walked out and we went 2 up.

QED

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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,861
    Henry Irving said:

    Has been exposed.

    One of our best home performances as well as plenty of protests.

    We went 1 up with protests.

    We walked out and we went 2 up.

    QED

    Could have been one down if the Boro player hadn't played to the whistle.
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    That was the first time I've ever walked out early in 40 years. Sad that it's come to this but today was a memorable day, and a top result to boot. Thought the crowd were superb throughout.

    Chatted to some Boro fans behind the West Stand after the game. They were very sympathetic and positive about what we were doing. They have their own mess right now, of course.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,105
    Henry Irving said:

    Has been exposed.

    One of our best home performances as well as plenty of protests.

    We went 1 up with protests.

    We walked out and we went 2 up.

    QED

    Indeed
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,743
    Protests only affect the team when we lose. FACT.
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    Henry Irving said:

    Has been exposed.

    One of our best home performances as well as plenty of protests.

    We went 1 up with protests.

    We walked out and we went 2 up.

    QED

    LargeAddick said:

    Protests only affect the team when we lose. FACT.

    Couldn't have put it better myself
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    edited March 2016
    The Charlton players seemed to have been freed of their inhibition and anxiety. The atmosphere may have liberated them. A good effort all round, both from the players and from the fans. Let's do it again.
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,753
    Its passion and fire from the supporters that supports the team, rather then drab silence, irony and sarcastic cheers.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,354
    Shrew said:

    Its passion and fire from the supporters that supports the team, rather then drab silence, irony and sarcastic cheers.

    True.

    The protest noise translated to support noise.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,197
    Too often I've felt that the protests have been the sole concentration from the fans (i.e. they've only been interested with the anti-Belgium chants)

    Today the fans were excellent in the sense that there was a good mix of protest chants but at the same time there were a good amount of chants supporting the team
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    as louis mendez just tweeted, biggest protests were against sheff wednesday and boro... we won both those games...

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  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    I'd say Boro being shite probably had a bigger influence.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,197
    colthe3rd said:

    I'd say Boro being shite probably had a bigger influence.

    Thought Boro were no different to Queens Park Rangers at the first game of the season, plenty of possession yet no puff.

    What we've struggled with over the last two seasons is the fact that when Rotherham / MK Dons come to town both sides play tight at the back using our counter-attacking style of passing, because of that we dont know how to break teams down... When the top sides come to the Valley, they're more confident of a win so attack us and leave gaps for our players to exploit...

    If our Defence works and if our Attack exploits those gaps then we stand a good chance of winning, sadly too often our Defence has been too leaky.

    Its because of the teams we've got to face that take this style that I've got hope we'll survive... Two clean sheets in two games with seven points... Something is working on the training ground
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,105
    Yup, very good points
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    edited March 2016
    ForeverAddickted said:

    colthe3rd said:

    I'd say Boro being shite probably had a bigger influence.

    Thought Boro were no different to Queens Park Rangers at the first game of the season, plenty of possession yet no puff.

    What we've struggled with over the last two seasons is the fact that when Rotherham / MK Dons come to town both sides play tight at the back using our counter-attacking style of passing, because of that we dont know how to break teams down... When the top sides come to the Valley, they're more confident of a win so attack us and leave gaps for our players to exploit...

    If our Defence works and if our Attack exploits those gaps then we stand a good chance of winning, sadly too often our Defence has been too leaky.

    Its because of the teams we've got to face that take this style that I've got hope we'll survive... Two clean sheets in two games with seven points... Something is working on the training ground
    Either that or the new 3.5 points for a win is kicking in for us..
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,869
    The protests made the atmosphere somewhat jovial rather than toxic like against MK Dons.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,108
    Henry Irving said:

    Has been exposed.

    One of our best home performances as well as plenty of protests.

    We went 1 up with protests.

    We walked out and we went 2 up.

    QED

    You beat me to it. I was going to say the same.

    Also, at Brentford, there were incessant vocal protests and we won there.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,920
    "we love the players we hate the owner" ...
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,803
    edited March 2016
    Had Boro scored with their chance at the end of the first half - I reckon they would have shut up shop and it would have been a different game. Just being honest. But at 0-0 we were always going to have a chance as the game was stretched, particularly in the second half. That is why having a competitive midfield and defence is important, and why it has been such a scandal that the issues were not addressed earlier.

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