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The Role Of The Supporter: Your Team Needs You

 
It appears one of our topics of the week echoing about the pressure cooker world of football at the moment is the fiercely debated subject of supporters booing their own team and its players. Liverpool where subjected to a chorus of negativity at the final whistle after their goalless draw at home to West Ham—despite moving them in to first place in the league—and the more recent display of discontent coming from the Arsenal fans towards Emmanuel Eboue after a poor game for the Gunners against Wigan on Saturday. I have touched on the subject of the Liverpool supporter’s frustration at their teams display against West Ham in a previous article , but in this offering, I would like to discuss in more detail when a supporter is most needed by their team.   Support I’m pretty certain I do not have to provide a link to the meaning of the word support, as pretty much everyone who reads this will know what ... (link)

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