Totally agree.

If you take the 7 jersey and salary then there comes a level of expectation.
Nobody is bagging him for a couple of off days. This has gone on for a long time.

Think people are unhappy with him to a degree and the coaching staff for
continuing to do the same limited things every week and expecting him to
suddenly turn into Cooper Cronk.

Yes i'm not saying that you shouldn't expect things of your scrum half, of course you should but i find what some people say on here completely and utterly disgusting. He's only a young lad, it's a god job he doesn't come on here. He's gonna end up scarred from all this.

Why are we culpable for a player's performance levels dropping? Is it because we said something on an internet forum which you say he probably doesn't visit?

You'd be surprised who reads these boards from time to time.

They all do I'd bet. Professional sportsmen on the whole love to read about their work, just as most people would.

It's why I personally would never criticise a player on here, only constructively analyse their performance levels. We don't want to be destroying their confidence.

Why are you giving this forum some influence and casting the blame on there performance. There are divided opinions here where the majority are saying Lomax is not a Scrum Half amd Makinson is not a Full Back. Yet the very people in majority come game time are behind Lomax and Makinson 100%, to imply that supporters on here effect their performances is just stupid, when in reality nearly all fans support the shirt and whoever wears it at the time.

I think they said 'blame the stubborn Saints fans who moan ...' rather than only fans on here. Very good point.

I do find us 'Saints Fans' to be the most pesimistic of any fans. On here or on Redvee or pretty much any forum. Even in the years of finals but no GF win we were pretty negative.

I'm not saying we should change, but it does takes a certain type of player to be able to play at Saints and it's not so much about skill it's about having a kind of arrogance that it does not matter what the fans think.

It's not a recent occurance, in the past we the fans have knocked the confidence of players like Sullivan. We also do it to opposition players too. But you need to be thick skinned to play for saints.

Most players read this board and if they don't a family member or friend will

The only player Saints fans can be accused of having a direct impact on for me is Eastmond. He was openly boo'd at matches. If the players come on here and see things they don't want to see.. Tough! They are grown men! if i'm performing poor at work im told about it!

I nearly choked on the glass of water I was drinking at the same time as reading this.

And a chuckle from me as well, I,m assuming Wellens is excluded from this statement.