CDX_EIRE
Vital Football Legend
This is exactly it. The disconnect between the players and the fans is still huge.
If you boo the players once in a while you'll get a reaction like once maybe twice in a season but for us its so consistent its no wonder many players dont care. Should they care? Maybe, but if you're going to work everyday and getting slated I think you'd take the foot off the pedal too. Its what annoyed me about Westwood he is a rare player, one who in the modern era gave as much as he could despite being essentially hated by a huge portion of fans. I said it time and again, how does it help? The weight on that kids shoulders to perform every week and even when he did okay he still got slated. I am not rewriting history here he was poor but he was nowhere near as poor as made out to be if he was he wouldnt have gotten a ticket back to the EPL.
Personally I am lost I am not sure what can be done. As Toast below is pointing out we need to draw a line somewhere. I think the only way this will end is if we have a full season without a bad run its that dire of a situation because when Bruce steadied the ship last season all logic and positivity was thrown out the window as soon as we lost one game. Then we had another couple of bad results and people said he should be sacked. That is not normal for any club.
