Quote:BobbyG
I wish the saints well but will not be attending any further games this season.
That's pretty much how I feel too. I'm definitely not going to the next one. As I said on another thread "I'll turn up again when the team do".
12 months ago my main complaint about match day was the relentless negativity of a certain cohort of fans who spent the whole game whinging about the mistakes rather than supporting the team. Also heard a few things shouted that have no place in a rugby stadium which made me rather ashamed to be a Saints supporter.
Now it really feels like the relationship between the team and the crowd is broken. We are getting a reputation amongst other teams as a pantomime villain crowd who are totally one-eyed and spend more time booing than cheering, and it is deserved to some extent.
I can cope with Saints losing or falling short if the heart, pride & passion is there but right now with a few exceptions, it isn't.
The Saracens game did immeasurable damage. Not the first one, but the second one. The team were probably hoping to inflict some revenge on Saracens for the defeat at Twickers but they were completely outplayed and out thought for 80 minutes rather than 40. Way way worse than Twickenham. The fans started to walk with 10 minutes on the clock and the team completely lost its mojo to the extent that only the "development" AW side have won a game since.
I don't know what happened but most of the side didn't look like they had turned up that night. It was about the worst night I've had at the Gardens.
I've gone to every game since and supported the team, and they haven't delivered. The final straw for me was watching the breakdown vs Falcons and seeing a total lack of intensity and commitment from a pack 50% of whom were capped England internationals.
To an extent I feel bad for the players, but on the other hand they are not doing the club or the shirt or in many cases, their large salaries paid for from our eye-watering ticket prices any justice at all. Low on confidence is one thing, low on effort is something else - as I said, watch the breakdowns.
I've seen enough and they will have to sort themselves out with my seat empty.