Do you not agree it really must grind the players down when the fans don't support them and only get on their backs. I don't care how hardened you are, if you're constantly put-down by your own support it will have an effect. F*ck, in any line of work if you've got people on your back you won't perform.
I mean when Duff came on there was total silence from the crowd. As a player, how must that make him feel? Is it too much to ask that we could applaud our players onto the pitch?
There just seems to be no patience to be honest.
I'm not saying the players are blameless but the support has to take responsibility sometimes as well. We're happy to take the plaudits when we sell-out games and get great results against so-called better teams by backing the team from the word go. Recent games against Copenhagen, Lokomotiv Moscow, Bayern Munich, Dnipro, Rangers and Celtic spring to mind.
When the opposite happens we should realise we do play a part.
This I agree with.