Elginer500

10 hours ago, Laurence said:

SWhat is the motivation of these fans ?   I realise they wish to show their disappointment and displeasure at performances.  Is it just a young male problem ? Is it a society problem ?. I say this because , I see very little respect in he media , for important members of society .  People these days  do not hold back in venting their frustration, in ways in my day would not have  been   tolerated. I have no answer ?

My Dad always said " treat other people as you would wish to be treated yourself, courtesy costs nothing".   If people do not enjoy their football, why go to the matches?

Imagine if these supporters were Notts County fans, the oldest club in football, founder member of the original football league, about to drop out of the EFL into obscurity. They  would really have something to moan about.

!!! Yes Johnjo   you will see them at Chorley next year, amazing !!!

Yep totally agree with you! I think it is a society problem, its a parenting problem and its an ignorant person's issue with low self confidence which is manifested through acts of verbal aggression. Sure i felt down and a bit bewildered at our game plan against Partick (and im no expert) but i would never shout the comments at Polworth or Mackay after they made a mistake. If its any conciliation, i wanted to applaud Storey when he came off. He was awesome for us in the premiership and he excelled up the wing on sat, bravo young man :)

19 hours ago, bdu98196 said:

Well the way I see it there's 3 options

1. Address the situation

2. Move seat (plenty options considering so many moaning about low crowds)

3. Ignore it and get on with life

Posting online isn't one that's worthwhile or will do anything positive and will in fact potentially make others not want to go to matches if they think this is rife.

Good! Im quite happy if they don't go to matches, go to aggression anonymous instead.

19 hours ago, Alan Simpson said:

A bit like primary school tho ain't it grassing up your fellow fan for saying big Whites playing gash ffs where would it end grassing coz some1 eased ahead of u in the toilet line!

Ha ha! Lol, yeah totally! I don't want a steak pie thrown at me, too scrummy anyway and what a waste :) 

17 hours ago, AncientMariner said:

You've come on here and upset the clique. Rookie mistake 

Lol! I learn my lesson and wont identify myself to the fellow caley fan clan :):):)

19 hours ago, bdu98196 said:

Well now you've posted on CTO it'll make all the difference and I'm sure your matchday experience next time will be instantly better instead of having the issue addressed at the time and the culprit warned such that they understand what is acceptable and may modify future behaviour.

Lol :)

2 hours ago, Alan Simpson said:

My workplace is full of bullying! Not kwl abusing the players but tbh it gets way to much coverage on here iv seen more abuse shouted at my boys under 13 games! Can't see how some1 shouting your ***** would suddenly turn u ***** lol

Aye fair enough, guess it depends what kind of job one does and that. 

3 hours ago, bdu98196 said:

Both home & away players & management shouting & swearing at each other on field are as bad at times. Problem is with such a small stadium & fanbase its easily heard. Watch games on TV and see those on the park mouthing and yelling abuse at officials and opponents - no wonder some less educated fans think its acceptable behaviour at football (or even on the street).

We have stewards at the club and the management issued out an acceptable behaviour guide, if fans feel this is being broken then they need to approach the offending party and tell them to stop (if they feel comfortable) or get the stewards/authorities to do it. This what they are paid for and if this isn't happening then it should be highlighted to the club as they may be unaware that the service they pay for is not being conducted properly.

No point moaning about these things on CTO as nothing will change unless those who witness or feel victimised step forwards and demand action,

 

Take your point, but why should i approach a steward and vindicate myself to the aggressive element in our fan base. The stewards should be automatically intervening. 

3 hours ago, Satan said:

Swearing isn't necessarily abuse, depends on context. 

I personally think it always constitutes abuse! What positive spin on shouting your playing s..t can you take?

4 hours ago, Alan Simpson said:

Never shout abuse at the players myself or managment but tbh never heard much abuse ever at caley games there big boys ffs should be able to take the flak when they're playing ***** surely!

I just think negativity breeds negativity and weakness. Would you take the equivalent of somebody shouting like that at you in your workplace?

4 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Jhesus - I think I actually may like somebody from Hellgin 

Thanks bud, that will be a first for me in here :):):)

5 hours ago, scorpio60 said:

And John Robertson swearing at a fan is OK?

To an aggressive, loud, offensive fan initiating proceedings - not a perfect  response, but yes justified in the circumstances.

14 hours ago, AncientMariner said:

Absolutely agree, some of the Inverness fans are an embarrassment. 

Yep thanks for that bud, totally agree with you. No matter what people say, it boils down to needless bullying and aggression. Some people really need to remember its just a game and get a grip.

Hi all, i'm going to bring up a touchy subject and stand shoulder to shoulder with John Robertson. Every week including the Partick game on Sat, there's a tiny pocket of Inverness fans who throw needless verbal, personal abuse at our players/management and the opposition. I was sitting at far right towards Partick end and had to listen to a grandad shout aggressive/offensive/derogatory remarks towards the pitch.  This comes from the mouth of a man who has his grandson and son with him, yeah nice pal, great role model for the youth of tomorrow. Thanks for partly spoiling my experience to when i just want to watch the game. If you want to conduct yourself like that, do it behind closed doors in your own house. The huge majority of fans are pure dedicated, brill and supportive. I looked over when john was  commenting to a fan who was clearly being offensive and gold star Robbo! In todays eera and our team and management being so highly professional, who would really  take kindly to a plonker shouting obscenities. I was guilty of not getting behind the team more; after a superb result against Ayr, i was expecting goals galore from us. Its impossible to sustain that level twice in a week, the boys were and are a credit to themselves and the city. Lets be more positive and get behind the team by starting with a verbal flurry of support; come on the Caley! - we should be proud and the 12th  man always and provide the support and encouragement to our boys.