Perhaps it's a sense of expectation from the fans - nothing wrong with that.
I think sense of entitlement could more appropriately be directed towards some of our players performances this season. We needed the 3 points today, had a comfortable second half with some good individual second half performances. There's some praise in there but what do you expect us to say?
We could be overly fawning like some naive sycophantic boss, who's staff only achieve when under no pressure yet still expect rewards for merely turning up for work. Maybe some fans have seen too many poor performances this season that a comfortable win over a side that offers no challenge is some kind of benchmark for the future?
I'm sure we all get the idea that we can only beat those teams put in front of us, but many of us also know that the matches we have lost this season were the ones where we needed to work hard, especially when being pressed. We haven't yet been able to show that we can handle this, which is probably why there aren't pages and pages of praise-heaping comments that a few posters seem to be expecting. Despite the Villa win, the first half was all too typical of our frustrating reluctance to move up a gear when required. It was yet another tale of two halves.
The teams that work hard (yet often only have a half the talent our squad possesses) have found us out this season. I have no idea whether our problems are laziness, fatigue, mentality or a mixture of all three. There are undoubtedly problems though, and I'd be extremely surprised if a solution is found this season. I'm also absolutely certain that if our lads had at least grafted their arses off against the dippers on Wednesday, most fans would have been more than happy, irrespective of the outcome.
