What Do You Think Is A Player's Perception Of Fans

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How do you see a top professional football player's perception of his team's fans ?. Are we regarded as a necessary burden to be tolerated and appeased in order to keep the club's image intact or do you think they regard us with true appreciation and a genuine respect for what being a supporter entails ?.
 
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Depends on the player , i suppose.
Ledley king seems to appreciate the fans when i have met him(he's an ex player,i know)
Berbatov looked at me like i was the shit on his shoe,even after clocking my spurs tie pin.
I suspect we were more thought of in general by players years back than now.That said ,i have heard horror stories about Gary Lineker. My mate witnessed him refusing to give a kid an autograph in the west end years back.
 
How do you see a top professional football player's perception of his team's fans ?. Are we regarded as a necessary burden to be tolerated and appeased in order to keep the club's image intact or do you think they regard us with true appreciation and a genuine respect for what being a supporter entails ?.

Winks did say they read social media so can only imagine they all think Igula is a boring twat like the rest of us.
 
They like the fans as long as you tell them how amazing they are and sing their name.

The slightest bit of criticism and you are a clueless fool who should fuck off, at least that's how it works in 99 percent of the cases.
 
You think too hard, you'll hurt yourself. Duly edited. Happy ? now answer the question please.

I think the business side of sports very quickly makes the majority of players very cynical about the entire endeavor, and then they look at us silly idealists cheering for laundry and find us very peculiar.
 
I would assume they think we overthink, we under appreciate how difficult and competitive the game is and the quality of players that play it and the effort that is put in but who knows. I certainly wouldn’t read it if I was a footballer, must screw with your head.
 
Depends on the player, but I think mostly, we're regarded as a necessary evil. However, I do hope that our absence has made the heart go fonder. I also think we need them, more than they need us. I agree with the above remark about Lineker, wally of the highest order.
 
Sadly they're probably as fickle about us, as we are about them, due to the plethora of wankers on Twitter who abuse our own players when we lose, who probably haven't been to a game in their lives.

I'm sure there are exceptions. I think it is often the players who were fans themselves who appreciate and respect what it means to be a true supporter.
 
Depends on the player , i suppose.
Ledley king seems to appreciate the fans when i have met him(he's an ex player,i know)
Berbatov looked at me like i was the shit on his shoe,even after clocking my spurs tie pin.
I suspect we were more thought of in general by players years back than now.That said ,i have heard horror stories about Gary Lineker. My mate witnessed him refusing to give a kid an autograph in the west end years back.
A couple of friends of mine have had similar experiences with him.
 
Sadly they're probably as fickle about us, as we are about them, due to the plethora of wankers on Twitter who abuse our own players when we lose, who probably haven't been to a game in their lives.

I'm sure there are exceptions. I think it is often the players who were fans themselves who appreciate and respect what it means to be a true supporter.
Great post, agree 100%.
 
Depends on the player, but I think mostly, we're regarded as a necessary evil. However, I do hope that our absence has made the heart go fonder. I also think we need them, more than they need us. I agree with the above remark about Lineker, wally of the highest order.
Didn't Herrera of PSG say in a live post-CL interview that football was "shit" without fans?

My instinct is that scoring a goal, especially a late winner or after a piece of magical play, is much better if you can run to your supporters and celebrate as they go nuts.

Equally, if you're playing shit and some geezer in the crowd keeps on reminding you of this, then the Eric Dier Solution must come to mind.
 
Mostly don’t give 2 shites about us no matter what they say or how much they touch the crest.
maybe 50 years ago with local lads where their father took them to matches and the pub. Part for Winks I doubt any of them really cares for us here.
 
I don't see how there's a catch all answer to this question... Every player will have their own feelings on the matter based on their own experiences both before and since becoming pros.
 
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