I’m completely gobsmacked by what has happened this week and how sensitive some of our fan base are. Our manager passionately asked for supporters to get behind the team on Saturday as he believed they would need it after the exertions of midweek (which proved to be true). Somehow with the help of some poor media reporting and an element of our support with an apparent inferiority complex (including some clown from the USC) this has been interpreted as Pep offering criticism of our fans. Have I missed something? Do some of you really want to go to war with the club and our manager over this? The club haven’t done themselves any favours recently in some areas of supporter services and this weeks fiasco over the digital ticketing for seasoncard holders is one prime example, but surely people can’t be feeling this disillusioned even after a poor performance today? We are an elite club. We have a large fan base but not gigantic and we sell out our league games but rarely our cup games in the early rounds. It’s where we are, but we are still elite with one of the biggest fan bases in Europe. Please let’s chill out, get behind the team and the manager and save the criticism for when it’s really warranted.