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I like that - it does feel like the criticism of players is venomous at times. I know that everyone has their favourites but people treat them like shit if they have 4 or 5 bad games. Even Shearer went through lean spells - I am certain that the response on here from some would have been 'he's shit - get rid'. Don't get me wrong, of course players can be criticised - blind loyalty is ridiculous but the level of vitriol on the match day thread is ridiculous.Spot on.
The never-ending cyclical hate/love sagas are fucking exhausting and so predictable. All of last season Dier was getting mercilessly slagged off despite horrific injury luck, "too slow", "not skilled enough", "not a CM", blah blah blah.
Now, we have a few shaky games to start the season and guess who is showing back up in everyone's preferred XI? Eric Dier! Unfortunately, it's because they realized Dier is a very good player who has had a great tenure at the club but it's because Winks now isn't good enough!
Sadly, it often seems the best way to raise your profile with some supporters is to not play for awhile or try to fuck off.