Weghorst Reception

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:28 pm

Absolutely stunned by the fans in Belgium singing “Weghorst is a W@nker” and then booing him onto the pitch.

Yes he’s been crap for us, yes you might have issues with how he left but bloody hell. If Kompany thinks he’s worth a chance (or, and more likely, we have nobody willing to take him so are stuck with him) then we all need to wipe the slate clean and judge him on the here and now in THIS system.

The thought of this happening at the Turf in a league game really worries me. The relationship between players and fans last season was incredible and possibly a key component of promotion.

Bosscat · Post by **Bosscat** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:31 pm

Embarrasing

ksrclaret · Post by **ksrclaret** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:31 pm

Won't happen on the Turf.

Some fans just showing him what they think of him in a nothing game.

4:20 · Post by **4:20** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:32 pm

He needs support, not that today, regardless how one feels about him. Won't do anything any good getting on his back like that. Very disappointed....and it weren't the odd boo either, quite a number making themselves heard.

warksclaret · Post by **warksclaret** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:32 pm

Fully agree Jedi, and as a rule, travelling fans seem to be the most sensible ones. Just as well it happened abroad and not the Turf and hopefully he will return from these friendlies with a couple of goals. It will also show how mentally strong he is

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:32 pm

Sounded like 5 ****** up lads, doubt it will happen on the turf

eastcoastclaret · Post by **eastcoastclaret** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:35 pm

Let's hope VK calls them out for it.

ClaretInLeeds · Post by **ClaretInLeeds** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:36 pm

Bellends

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:37 pm

You're over in Belgium on the beer on a Saturday evening in the middle of the summer and you're watching Burnley have a kick about. I think it's just drunk lads doing what drunk lads do: entertaining themselves. Not a chance that happens in a proper game, and if it does, it'll be shut down at once.

clarethomer · Post by **clarethomer** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:37 pm

ksrclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:31 pm
Won't happen on the Turf.

Some fans just showing him what they think of him in a nothing game.

Im telling you now that this is exactly what will happen. Its like the black lives matter division within the crowd.

123EasyasBFC · Post by **123EasyasBFC** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:37 pm

Roberts literally didn’t want to play for Burnley till after World Cup and is now some hero

ClaretInLeeds · Post by **ClaretInLeeds** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:38 pm

Spiral wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:37 pm
You're over in Belgium on the beer on a Saturday evening in the middle of the summer and you're watching Burnley have a kick about. I think it's just drunk lads doing what drunk lads do: entertaining themselves. Not a chance that happens in a proper game, and if it does, it'll be shut down at once.

Bullshit.

Told you time and time again, Burnley fans are bellends.

FeedTheArf · Post by **FeedTheArf** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:39 pm

I’m surprised that people are surprised at the reaction!

It was always going to happen. That’s not to say I agree with it.

brexit · Post by **brexit** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:40 pm

With a dutch colleague and her daughters trying to explain why his fans are booing a Dutch international plus trying to translate some of the words shouted. Really am embarrassed sometimes to be a Burnley fan

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:40 pm

Embarrassing from our fans but as others have said it’s what is going to happen. Some of our fans really are thick as pigshit

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:41 pm

And some people are surprised that we are playing friendlies in front of as few of our fans as possible.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:41 pm

123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:37 pm
Roberts literally didn’t want to play for Burnley till after World Cup and is now some hero

To be more accurate: he stated his concern about getting injured and (credit to him) admitted it was affecting his game.

ClaretInLeeds · Post by **ClaretInLeeds** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:42 pm

Imagine spending all that money as well as time to be a bellend.

Roosterbooster · Post by **Roosterbooster** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:42 pm

warksclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:32 pm
Travelling fans seem to be the most sensible ones

Not in my experience

daveisaclaret · Post by **daveisaclaret** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:45 pm

Keyboard warriors slagging off matchgoing fans.

Claretmisterg · Post by **Claretmisterg** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:46 pm

I’m not a fan of Wout but we need to get behind him and give him a chance. If we barrack him we will affect his performance and are shooting ourselves in the foot. If he proves to be Shoite I’m sure VK will drop him.

123EasyasBFC · Post by **123EasyasBFC** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:46 pm

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:41 pm
To be more accurate: he stated his concern about getting injured and (credit to him) admitted it was affecting his game.

Right and that makes it ok does it that he admitted he wasn’t giving it his all till after the World Cup? weghorst was interviewed and said he had an agreement with Pace that he could leave to help his World Cup hopes

Wembley09 · Post by **Wembley09** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:46 pm

Maybe these fans are just human, like Wout himself.

Like the tantrum he had at Watford away, or refusing to play for us in the English 2nd tier.. as it was 'beneath him'

Everybody can act inappropriate/get carried away.

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:46 pm

ClaretInLeeds wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:42 pm
Imagine spending all that money as well as time to be a bellend.

Honestly if you're at a dreary away day you've spent all that time and money on you work yourself up over absolutely anything just to feel something. Nothing more disappointing than an away day with nothing to get your blood pressure up over. Even the rage of a drubbing is something felt. When everything is flat, you find ways of entertaining yourself.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:46 pm

daveisaclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:45 pm
Keyboard warriors slagging off matchgoing fans.

Match going fans tend to support their team.

123EasyasBFC · Post by **123EasyasBFC** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:46 pm

daveisaclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:45 pm
Keyboard warriors slagging off matchgoing fans.

If a ‘match going fan’ spends their time booing their own players then they shouldn’t be going to matches

Stevie Morgan · Post by **Stevie Morgan** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:47 pm

daveisaclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:45 pm
Keyboard warriors slagging off matchgoing fans.

Match going bellend fans. Not sure you have to be at the game to identify bell ends in this case.

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:49 pm

daveisaclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:45 pm
Keyboard warriors slagging off matchgoing fans.

I don’t want to have to throw out my ‘true fan’ card but I’ve had a season ticket for 24 years and go to roughly a third of away games…I don’t need to have been in Belgium tonight to know that booing a Burnley player and calling him a ****** is very, very poor.

Strange take from a sensible poster.

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:49 pm

I hope I'm not overreacting, but my reaction is that there is a bit of an overreaction over a bit of an overreaction.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:50 pm

123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:46 pm
Right and that makes it ok does it that he admitted he wasn’t giving it his all till after the World Cup? weghorst was interviewed and said he had an agreement with Pace that he could leave to help his World Cup hopes

Did I say I thought it was OK?
Just saying that he was honest enough to admit being less than 100% committed a that time.
I don't think the average fan is particularly interested in an agreement made by a player with the chairman, I guess that was a pre-condition of his signing for us.

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:51 pm

I mean to be honest if anyone deserves it it's Wout. Not that anyone deserves it. But I'm just saying, if anyone did deserve it, it'd be him. But he doesn't deserve it, just to be clear. But if anyone did....

123EasyasBFC · Post by **123EasyasBFC** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:52 pm

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:50 pm
Did I say I thought it was OK?
Just saying that he was honest enough to admit being less than 100% committed a that time.
I don't think the average fan is particularly interested in an agreement made by a player with the chairman, I guess that was a pre-condition of his signing for us.

The average fan is best not to comment then if they don’t know what an agreement a player has. At the end of the day he’s back, for how long nobody knows, whilst he’s here the fans need to support the whole squad, he’s comfortably the best striker at the club right now so we will need him

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:53 pm

It'll be a test of his character id imagine. He either sulks or he thinks I'll show 'em

Let's hope it's the latter

taio · Post by **taio** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:53 pm

Spiral wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:49 pm
I hope I'm not overreacting, but my reaction is that there is a bit of an overreaction over a bit of an overreaction.

This will be it I imagine

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:53 pm

I just think the whole loan/bring him back was never going to work. Hopefully a lesson learned for Alan and the team.

I shan’t boo him but he’ll never be a player I can fully get behind now.

RVclaret · Post by **RVclaret** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:53 pm

Same fans were lobbing plastic beer cups down the stand and almost hitting others with them. Complete empty heads.

JohnMcGreal · Post by **JohnMcGreal** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:54 pm

I don't rate Weghorst and I hope we manage to move him on, but booing him onto the pitch and then abusing him is just shite.

Why go all that way, for a friendly, to boo and abuse one of your own players? Just bizarre.

Clovius Boofus · Post by **Clovius Boofus** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:55 pm

Booing one of our own players, regardless of what happened last season, is absolute shite.

Spiral · Post by **Spiral** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:56 pm

There's a video going around of Burnley fans in the away end stacking plastic cups about 2m high and cheering at it. That's the atmosphere we're dealing with here. Just let it go, honestly.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:56 pm

123EasyasBFC wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:52 pm
The average fan is best not to comment then if they don’t know what an agreement a player has. At the end of the day he’s back, for how long nobody knows, whilst he’s here the fans need to support the whole squad, he’s comfortably the best striker at the club right now so we will need him

Are you saying that you do know the arrangement, like you've seen it in writing ?

123EasyasBFC · Post by **123EasyasBFC** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:57 pm

RVclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:53 pm
Same fans were lobbing plastic beer cups down the stand and almost hitting others with them. Complete empty heads.

Saw this to, no wonder we play friendlies behind closed doors

Jamesy · Post by **Jamesy** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:57 pm

It’s just plain wrong barracking and abusing any player pulling on the claret and blue shirt. It also makes us look like thick knuckle dragging northerners.
If Vincent trusts a player enough to put him in the match day squad then he should get our full backing. Shame on these idiots who did this today. Obviously drink played a part but inexcusable.

Milltown1882 · Post by **Milltown1882** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:57 pm

Spiral wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:56 pm
There's a video going around of Burnley fans in the away end stacking plastic cups about 2m high and cheering at it. That's the atmosphere we're dealing with here. Just let it go, honestly.

Terrible effort compared to the Hollies.

ClaretInLeeds · Post by **ClaretInLeeds** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:57 pm

daveisaclaret wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:45 pm
Keyboard warriors slagging off matchgoing fans.

I bet i go to more games than you.

Clovius Boofus · Post by **Clovius Boofus** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:58 pm

We really do have some massive bellends. If you boo Weghort, then you are also booing KV. Pathetic.

123EasyasBFC · Post by **123EasyasBFC** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:58 pm

boatshed bill wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:56 pm
Are you saying that you do know the arrangement, like you've seen it in writing ?

What a strange comeback reply, just stating what was said in his interview which is all anyone can go off, what argument are you trying to have here? What are you trying to prove?

up_the_clarets_1989 · Post by **up_the_clarets_1989** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 8:04 pm

I think people saying it won’t happen on Turf will sadly be wrong. I was surrounded by people calling Muric a w***** till the end of the season so I can’t see Weghorst escaping it. Idiots.

nil_desperandum · Post by **nil_desperandum** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 8:04 pm

Just imagine signing for the club a matter of weeks /days ago, (as several of today's squad have), and then finding that our own supporters boo and abuse one of our own players. (One who might be integral to VK's plans).

taio · Post by **taio** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 8:06 pm

Total overreaction

spt_claret · Post by **spt_claret** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 8:06 pm

Spiral wrote: ↑
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:37 pm
You're over in Belgium on the beer on a Saturday evening in the middle of the summer and you're watching Burnley have a kick about. I think it's just drunk lads doing what drunk lads do: entertaining themselves. Not a chance that happens in a proper game, and if it does, it'll be shut down at once.

Nah sod that.
They're **** fans.
I've said it before and I'll say it again we do genuinely have a contingent of **** fans.
No matter what I may think of certain players I've never booed and never will. Always 100% back anyone wearing our shirt.
No matter what you may think of certain players, the manager, the board, whatever, you always back all the players during the game.