Our support may make the difference on whether or not we stay up

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AFKABartram said:

Criticise players online is one thing, I’ve never understood getting on backs / being abusive during games. 

Just seems so counterproductive 

Yes, and No.

For instance, I wasn’t at the game on Boxing Day and only watched it on Sky but from that ‘vantage point’, ironically one that Nathan would have had but from the other side of the pitch, there were a couple of moments where a bit of instant verbal feedback would/should have brought about improvements.

Bree was clearly having one of those days where he couldn’t kick a dead ball. It happens. To continue to be the one/or let him be the one to let him to take the corners and free kicks in the forlorn hope he will eventually get one across was just plain daft. TBF, they eventually did try getting someone else to take a free kick but the ball still got passed to….Bree to ‘not’ get the ball across.

TC, imo is an underrated talent that should have had PL clubs queuing up for him by now but probably because he is a reactive player and not a proactive one he tends to get left in no man’s land at times. He definitely needs a gee up imo, ideally from someone on the pitch and not off it though but in the absence of anybody else taking the lead then it’s always going to be down to the fans and, as for the idea of bringing him on for Bell….thats up there with bringing Miles on for Bell at Coventry imo and that coinciding with quickly turning a 1-0 lead into a 2-1 deficit.

Personally, I thought we were having a good game on Boxing Day. It wasn’t pretty and our attacking play was non-existent or often borderline clueless yet again but I was thinking the gameplan was otherwise pretty solid and could have got us a 0-0 or even a late 1-0 win if it wasn’t for the misjudged substitution.

With that sort of match I think it’s as much incumbent upon the fans to gee up any player or Nathan for that matter as and where necessary as it is to get behind them as much as possible.