1 Swallow

[MeMeMe]

Boos annoyed him. Reaction annoyed u

Maybe try not being divs put it behind u and actually support our players

Radical I know

This...

Cue the ... We pay his wages comments next

You both miss the point, it's only small portion of fans that booed. All the fans support the players / club and all the fans received that response from Blackman. Immature and unless he does extremely well when next selected... the boo boys will be on him again in no time.

[One8Seven1]

Well, we weren't fantastic today but we did a very good job. And we still won... a very good sign.

Did you notice Blackmans non celebration after his goal, he just arrogantly stared at the fans as if to say "see that, up yours", at first I thought it was offside due to his reaction. However his goal had a very large slice of luck about it, and his only effort on goal in any form. 2 minutes after that he was muscled off the ball yet again. 1 swallow doesn't make a summer Blackman, or give you the right to act so arrogantly...O****rd off.

When will idiots like you realise Blackman is a winger and not a striker? At Sheffield United he was mainly used as a winger. He scored a few because he was their main penalty taker. BM stitched the poor bloke up by making him a striker here, and when we desperately needed goals. NA is trying to coach him into being a holding striker, but more out of having a lack of options than anything else. (not so much now Pog has stayed, hence him being used on the right of a front three, just behind the striker)

The guy is better out wide and did a decent job against Leeds and did OK today, breaking with pace and scoring! It's the uneducated twerps like you that put the guy under mountainous pressure, and unfairly so. why not try backing the lad? Push him on and give him some confidence, not oxf*rd yourself silly as soon as he does something wrong!

[Platypuss]

He scored - he made his point in the best way possible, Jeering Reading "fans" need the reality check. We don't need you.

The best way possible?

Yes - he scored. Was the point somehow beyond you?

[leicsRoyal]

He scored - he made his point in the best way possible, Jeering Reading "fans" need the reality check. We don't need you.

The best way possible?

Yes - he scored. Was the point somehow beyond you?

Nice use of selective quoting!

Shame we are not all talking about the goal as the point that he made.

[Y21]

The guy scored, just get off his back and give him a chance. He may yet come good. From what I've seen of him this season, he is getting better. A bit of time playing, a bit more confidence and he may well become a decent Championship player.

[bloody Volvo driver]

FFS, if Blackman gets all huffy because he gets the bird from a few Reading boo boys, fI hope he doesn't sign for Wolves / Villa / Newcastle / Sunderland etc.

[DaveBanana]

Initially thought "oooooh risky!" when he did it, but felt it was justified.. Now seeing people insisting the goal was shite and just a one off etcccc. fully vindicates it for me. Potentially celebrating for the fans who have stuck with him would have been for the best, but at the same time, can you really blame him? The haters reaction to it suggests they'd rather he just played badly so they can have a laugh at his expense. Get behind the lad!

[Croydon Royal]

As usual with Reading and HobNob, I see it being as somewhere in the middle of the debate. Some of the crowd reaction to Blackman's performances has been over the top and stupid - you should never boo your players, particularly when it's down to talent and not because of a lack of effort.

But Blackman's reaction was just as petulant. His performances haven't been good, he's not been booed by the majority (many have pointed out that he had as many claps as jeers when he came off on Wed) and I feel that his celebration was unnecessarily arrogant for a scuffed finish in the 90th minute of a game. I'm delighted he scored, and pleased for him personally, but his over the top 'look at me' stare was just as childish as the prats who boo him.

[Cureton's Volley]

Why should he celebrate if he doesn't feel compelled to give a shit about his employer or it's stakeholders?

Would you celebrate your company hitting its targets if you got consistently abused and bullied in your workplace? I didn't think so.

Before anyone trots out "for the amount of money they are being paid..." crap, people are motivated more by feeling like they are part of something, are good at their job, and have a role which they can make their own:
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

The way we treat Blackman and others makes it difficult for them to feel any of those things

[Westwood52]

Just a tad bit unprofessional, and it suggests he has a bit of an attitude-I agree however you should not boo your own players unless they really are taking the p**s-we seem to have been here before with Matt Mills-no doubt NA will have had a word with him.

[One8Seven1]

Just a tad bit unprofessional, and it suggests he has a bit of an attitude

No it doesn't. It suggests he hears the boos and jeers and it was his opportunity to choose to blank those fans rather than share his moment with them! He's been more than professional since he's been here. Perhaps the fans could try doing the fan in their support of the team!

[RoyalBlue]

Just a tad bit unprofessional, and it suggests he has a bit of an attitude

No it doesn't. It suggests he hears the boos and jeers and it was his opportunity to choose to blank those fans rather than share his moment with them!

Only those booing and jeering him are probably a minority and most wouldn't have been at the game today anyway. One surefire way of completely alienating yourself from a club's supporters is to blank them! But then we all know that quite a lot of professional footballers aren't amongst the sharpest knives in the drawer!

[Ian Royal]

Blackman was a bit of a panic buy and was, probably still is, nowhere near top of the Championship level. It's not his fault we bought him and shouldn't be jeered or booed at any time.
He has found himself alienated from the fans purely because he is not able to perform consistently at this level. I would suggest that when he does have that decent 10 minutes then it would be wise not to alienate himself even further and bite the hand that feeds him.

This is the problem. He's got something about him. But he also doesn't look much like a Championship goalscorer and he doesn't stand up against our wingers either. He was bought for too much, when we needed much better. He's been regularly picked and performed fairly mediocrely. It's not like he's terrible, far from it. If he'd dropped onto the bench or into the reserves for a month and then come back into the line up things would probably be better for him and he'd be more accepted.

But he's done very little of quality and displaced more popular and arguably better players. So he's on to a loser despite not being that bad.

We all hoped he'd kick on after the penalty at Bolton where he apparently seemed to grow as a player for the last 10 or 20 minutes. But certainly when I've seen him after, he's been back to mediocre to ok. Which isn't really enough to win people round. Hopefully this time he will kick on. But I wouldn't bet on it as I'm just not sure he's really good enough.

[joeroyal]

Just a tad bit unprofessional, and it suggests he has a bit of an attitude

No it doesn't. It suggests he hears the boos and jeers and it was his opportunity to choose to blank those fans rather than share his moment with them!

Only those booing and jeering him are probably a minority and most wouldn't have been at the game today anyway. One surefire way of completely alienating yourself from a club's supporters is to blank them! But then we all know that quite a lot of professional footballers aren't amongst the sharpest knives in the drawer!

And you think Football supporters are, when your walking around the grounds take a closer look rent boys, pretty boys, humans with all sorts of self induced rewards for there life style Blackman knows exactly what is going on, he probably was going to celebrate took one look and thought WHAT THE FCUK and serves all the Cnuts right they don't like it back

[joeroyal]

Blackman was a bit of a panic buy and was, probably still is, nowhere near top of the Championship level. It's not his fault we bought him and shouldn't be jeered or booed at any time.
He has found himself alienated from the fans purely because he is not able to perform consistently at this level. I would suggest that when he does have that decent 10 minutes then it would be wise not to alienate himself even further and bite the hand that feeds him.

This is the problem. He's got something about him. But he also doesn't look much like a Championship goalscorer and he doesn't stand up against our wingers either. He was bought for too much, when we needed much better. He's been regularly picked and performed fairly mediocrely. It's not like he's terrible, far from it. If he'd dropped onto the bench or into the reserves for a month and then come back into the line up things would probably be better for him and he'd be more accepted.

But he's done very little of quality and displaced more popular and arguably better players. So he's on to a loser despite not being that bad.

We all hoped he'd kick on after the penalty at Bolton where he apparently seemed to grow as a player for the last 10 or 20 minutes. But certainly when I've seen him after, he's been back to mediocre to ok. Which isn't really enough to win people round. Hopefully this time he will kick on. But I wouldn't bet on it as I'm just not sure he's really good enough.

Fcuk off stupid you would not know a footballer if you lived next door to one

[Snowball]

You laughed at Kebe.

You were wrong.




You were wrong about Shane. "Will never be a footballer"

Remember his goal at QPR? Remember his celebration?




Sad, thick, pot-bellied "fans" most in dead-end jobs, with the insight of turds

[RoyalBlue]

No it doesn't. It suggests he hears the boos and jeers and it was his opportunity to choose to blank those fans rather than share his moment with them!

Only those booing and jeering him are probably a minority and most wouldn't have been at the game today anyway. One surefire way of completely alienating yourself from a club's supporters is to blank them! But then we all know that quite a lot of professional footballers aren't amongst the sharpest knives in the drawer!

And you think Football supporters are, when your walking around the grounds take a closer look rent boys, pretty boys, humans with all sorts of self induced rewards for there life style Blackman knows exactly what is going on, he probably was going to celebrate took one look and thought WHAT THE FCUK and serves all the Cnuts right they don't like it back

In which case he (and you) proved his lack of intelligence and maturity.

Stupid reaction, which he may well live to regret.

One thing I will give you, based on your appalling grammar and spelling, is that some supporters aren't that bright either.

[Millsy]

You laughed at Kebe.

You were wrong.




You were wrong about Shane. "Will never be a footballer"

Remember his goal at QPR? Remember his celebration?




Sad, thick, pot-bellied "fans" most in dead-end jobs, with the insight of turds

As it happens I like Blackman and detest the booing, but out of interest do you want to share with us your insight as someone who presumably isn't sad thick or pot-bellied as I'd love to know ; will he become a legend for us like Kebe? Or a good player like Long? Thanks.

[joeroyal]

You laughed at Kebe.

You were wrong.




You were wrong about Shane. "Will never be a footballer"

Remember his goal at QPR? Remember his celebration?




Sad, thick, pot-bellied "fans" most in dead-end jobs, with the insight of turds

As it happens I like Blackman and detest the booing, but out of interest do you want to share with us your insight as someone who presumably isn't sad thick or pot-bellied as I'd love to know ; will he become a legend for us like Kebe? Or a good player like Long? Thanks.

The trouble with you Fcukers you live in the past grow old and get warped brains

[Millsy]

Just a tad bit unprofessional, and it suggests he has a bit of an attitude

No it doesn't. It suggests he hears the boos and jeers and it was his opportunity to choose to blank those fans rather than share his moment with them!

Only those booing and jeering him are probably a minority and most wouldn't have been at the game today anyway. One surefire way of completely alienating yourself from a club's supporters is to blank them! But then we all know that quite a lot of professional footballers aren't amongst the sharpest knives in the drawer!

Mate I'm with you on this generally, but those of us who dislike the booing who are as you say the majority, know full well who his stare was directed at so as we're not thick footballers we can't and don't take offence.

It was clearly directed at the minority.

The fact is its making us mass debate about a very important issue. Had he just generically celebrated we wouldn't be having this discussion.