StrangelyBrown
Vital Squad Member
I have just watched the Tayo Edun interview from Thursday and am pretty stunned.
This is a young player, on a 2 and 1/2 year deal, who has been here 5 weeks talking about how he is having to learn to deal with the negativity from the home fans at SB and how the more experienced players are having to support the younger players during a game. When asked about the crowd and atmosphere, he isn't extolling how great the crowd is, how we always have his back, how much he looks forward to playing in front of us......he is explaining how his mind is already aware of the negativity and thinking how to deal with it which means he isn't thinking about his play but how home fans will react to his play.
What the hell have we turned into? Of course, in football, players will experience crowd reaction and learn to deal with it but we are hardly Notts County from last season on a freefall into a lower league and we have a young team which needs support and encouragement.
I am simply gutted that we have managed to make a young player feel so unwelcome after 5 weeks- I can guarantee he will not be selling the virtues of Lincoln City to any of his colleagues and we are making it much harder to get the right players in post season.
Embarrassed and ashamed is how we should feel.