02-01-2024, 04:33 PM
I think Bishop has overreacted a bit. Cupping his ears to the Fratton end was daft as the vast majority of the dinlos questioning his value to the team are most likely armchair fan keyboard warriors who rarely if ever go to games. I do feel he has a point though. There is an unpleasant vocal minority who absolutely love getting on our own players backs. That was apparantly Enda Stevens observation about Pompey fans and I'm sure Adam Webster would concur.
I would though say this isn't just a Pompey problem, it's the impatient and reactive modern armchair football fan. It's a generation who've played a bit of Football Manager and think they know it all and have seen a bit too much of clowns like the AFTV lot and Mark Goldbridge ranting about players. Players of course should expect criticism if they underperform, but when we are talking about one of the very best players in the division, fans talking about cashing in on him or questioning if he's any good is absolutely ridiculous when you look at his record.
It is though a tiny minority and it does annoy me that his teammates have pointed these trolls posts out to him.
I would though say this isn't just a Pompey problem, it's the impatient and reactive modern armchair football fan. It's a generation who've played a bit of Football Manager and think they know it all and have seen a bit too much of clowns like the AFTV lot and Mark Goldbridge ranting about players. Players of course should expect criticism if they underperform, but when we are talking about one of the very best players in the division, fans talking about cashing in on him or questioning if he's any good is absolutely ridiculous when you look at his record.
It is though a tiny minority and it does annoy me that his teammates have pointed these trolls posts out to him.