Standidge wrote:All players get some stick when they fail to perform to the standard expected but for them to leave the club purely due to the abuse from the so called fans is very rare.
It should have been stamped out by other fans or the club before it got to a stage where the player felt he had to leave.
The fans responsible should hang their heads in shame.
Its the first case i can think where abuse on a web forum has led to a player leaving a club. Although there was also things said on the terraces.
We've been pretty nasty towards players in the past on this forum (Lawford for example) but the stuff posted was more about what he was doing on the pitch than personal insults.
Then their was the time when some planks were ringing up Jamie Bloem in the middle of the night to give him abuse.
I think at some point during most players careers they are likely to come in for some abuse, though you don't normally expect it from your own teams fans. Most rise above it though.