Can't agree Aya. With crowds they are spurred on to be braver, more gung ho, more committed, more adventurous.
If they played like that we wouldn't be getting criticism so the boo boys wouldn't be heard and we'd just get a massive lift for having a go.
The ones suffering performance wise from a lack of pressure are the officials, those 50 50's that they now ignore would be given when the crowds on the ref's back repeatedly. There were numerous ones ( a few on Berge spring to mind) today that just slip by in the sterile atmosphere.
Bears fight best in bear pits - and that's what BDBL can be.Similarly hearing the minority getting behind you amongst the 40,50,60k gates at relatively quiet away grounds maakes a difference- and, for me, we miss that underdogs scrapping with the big boys mentality the SUFC supporters create