Funnily enough, while robbie was injured i predicted that there would be this reaction on his return...i said that he wouldnt be back to his best straight away and that during this time the fans would need to be patient but also said that some are incapable of it.....
all you are doing by not getting behind the player is ensuring that we lose a top quality player....ok he didnt have a good game today but playing in the system that mancini set up today did anyone realistically expect him to????.....upfront on his own practically either wide left or central, sometimes having to play with his back to goal and jumping for high balls...or having the defender right up against him when receiving the ball.....this is not how to get the best out of a player who is timy in comparrison to most players and who plays best with the ball at his feet facing goal.....
but at least he tried....i saw him numerous times at jump for balls he had no chance of winning in the air, and go for tackles he had no chance of winning, and yet idiots around me were still criticising him.
get behind the lad....he is a quality player and we need him....those fans that are booing/criticising him are just helping the media rake up negatives for our club when we should be celebrating a win. all that will happen is that if you dont support the player you will help push him out the door with the media will picking up on the negativve vibe (see SSN match report for evidence of this) and turn it into a witch humt against a player of genuine quality who will only help us progress.
there were other players who didnt play well today, petrov was one (beisdes the goal he did nothing) and again sylvinio was (lucky he was against poor opposition) but i dont ever hear anyone criticising those players (and rightly so)
get behind the player or support another club!!!!