Football FanCast columnist Rob Facey asks the all important question in the wake of Saturday's game - to boo or not to boo?

When Ashley Cole gifted Kazakhstan their goal on Saturday, half of Wembley decided to boo the Chelsea full-back for the remainder of the game. As England laboured to a flattering 5-1 victory, the boos for Chelsea began to get drowned out by the other half of the crowd who decided to cheer his every touch. The crowd's performance was almost as disjointed as the players.

But who was in the right? Fabio Capello, understandably, was confused at this current trend in English football that has now become part of the international scene.

"I don't understand why the crowd boo one player," the Italian said, as reported in the Guardian. "You have to help the players more when they make a mistake."

Rio Ferdinand, the stand-in Captain for the day, was equally bemused at the treatment his fellow defender received.

"You want to get behind him and gee him up, so he gets back into it. I hope the people who've done that will feel a bit ashamed when they get home think about it," Ferdinand said after the game. Following his remarks about FIFA's slack attitude towards racism, if Rio carries on like this he's in danger of turning into Captain Sensible.

The FA's director of communications Adrian Bevington offered his opinion too. "It's crazy and it's just bang out of order really. No player really should have to put up with that from his own fans. It's futile to try and motivate the team."

So was he simply the latest player to suffer at the hands of the latest craze? Was it just because it was Ashley Cole, in some people's eyes the best example of the modern footballer - supposedly greedy, selfish and only in it for himself? Is he the latest scapegoat for England's failings? Or was it a stupid mistake that deserved to be highlighted?

Is booing a fans right, or should we try and stamp it out now before it truly takes over? Does any player deserve to have 40,000 of his supposed fans on his back after a mistake? Or, after paying such high prices to watch the game, do the fans have the right to do whatever they feel inside the stadium? To boo, or not to boo, that is the question. But who has the answer?

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