There's absolutely no doubt that we lost fans durin' Stuart Pearces reign , but things were also beginnin' to go on a downward spiral towards the turbulent tail end of Keegans time here too ....... Pearce was merely seen as the easily available 'messiah' who could hopefully lift the club up , and also one expected to do it by spendin' peanuts too!
And it didn';t help when the club seemed to be askin' for season ticket money earlier each season , somethin' that i know pissed quite a few blues off judgin' by letters i've read in the last few years ......... but the nucleus of support is still there as we saw against United , Chelsea and Liverpool ....... we have fans just waiting for a reason to return , or come a bit more ...... we just have to give them one!
But it hardly helps that almost every time we see COMS full , we capitualte on the pitch!