Monday, October 13, 2008
Let's Boo Assley Cole
Pity poor Ashley Cole. Actually I don’t. but in the wake of his mistake that led to Kazakhstan’s goal in Saturday’s international at Wembley the Chelsea full back received the boos from the seats. And after the game his team mates, the manager, the FA and perhaps his next door neighbour all came out and said the people booing were ignorant morons.
Maybe not his next door neighbour. Cole probably lives on some gated community far from the riff raff that pay his salary.
But you wonder whether Rooney or Walcott would have received similar treatment had it been their mistake that led to a goal? Why do fans boo some players and not others? Obviously there is some herd like mentality here. A newspaper roasts someone and the fans pick up the baton and rain down the abuse.
But there is more to it than just abusing some players and not others. Cole and Lampard have both been on the receiving end over recent years and perhaps the Chelsea connection is just a coincidence? Or maybe these two players are seen to typify the modern greedy footballer.
Ashley Cole’s stock round the country fell sharply in the wake of his controversial move to Chelsea. Who can forget his comment on being told by his agent that Arsenal were only offering an extra five thousand pound a week? How many fans would be happy to earn an extra 5 grand a year?
There are times when it is easier to find stories about Cole in the sleazier tabloids or celebrity magazines than anything football related. This is what Cole has chosen for himself. He made the decision to live the glamour lifestyle. This may come as a surprise to him and his ilk but many fans resent him and his kind. How can any self respecting hard working fan who works their nuts off to feed their family, pay the mortgage and pay for the football find it in themselves to respect such a gold digger?
No doubt people will say but it’s the way it is. That’s the world today. Maybe it is. But the Wembley boos tell us that not everyone is happy about it.
Maybe not his next door neighbour. Cole probably lives on some gated community far from the riff raff that pay his salary.
But you wonder whether Rooney or Walcott would have received similar treatment had it been their mistake that led to a goal? Why do fans boo some players and not others? Obviously there is some herd like mentality here. A newspaper roasts someone and the fans pick up the baton and rain down the abuse.
But there is more to it than just abusing some players and not others. Cole and Lampard have both been on the receiving end over recent years and perhaps the Chelsea connection is just a coincidence? Or maybe these two players are seen to typify the modern greedy footballer.
Ashley Cole’s stock round the country fell sharply in the wake of his controversial move to Chelsea. Who can forget his comment on being told by his agent that Arsenal were only offering an extra five thousand pound a week? How many fans would be happy to earn an extra 5 grand a year?
There are times when it is easier to find stories about Cole in the sleazier tabloids or celebrity magazines than anything football related. This is what Cole has chosen for himself. He made the decision to live the glamour lifestyle. This may come as a surprise to him and his ilk but many fans resent him and his kind. How can any self respecting hard working fan who works their nuts off to feed their family, pay the mortgage and pay for the football find it in themselves to respect such a gold digger?
No doubt people will say but it’s the way it is. That’s the world today. Maybe it is. But the Wembley boos tell us that not everyone is happy about it.
# posted by Me @ 12:05 PM 
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