Sentences with phrase «booed by football fans»

Pique was booed by football fans as the national team trained and said he was considering retiring from the team.

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Given that the England full back, or should that be former England full back, had represented the west London club and only left when he had no chance of getting regular first team football and had appeared to have represented Chelsea pretty damn well when he was picked, one would have expected that he would've gotten a better reception from everyone at Stamford Bridge, but he was consistently booed, albeit a minority, by some of the home fans.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

With that form has come some due criticism and the rumours that Fàbregas was one of the players responsible for Mourinho's exit from the west London club resulted in his tribute to the Portuguese manager on social media getting some of the worst abuse ever seen for a footballer and Cesc was himself widely booed by home fans when his name was announced before Saturday's crunch game with Sunderland, as well as when he was substituted.