I think his contention is that we are less knowledgeable and therefore hold our players to account over the wrong things or not at all.

I'm guessing he bases his views on my family who are mostly dees supporters.

There are a lot of threads on here that would prove his contention false, but the fact that he (and maybe lots of others) have this view of us may be something worth considering.

I'd argue the complete opposite. Most of us are too analytical and scarred that response to poor MFC play is often apathy.

Sounds like bullsh@t to me.

If I was weak or soft I would have given up in the early 80's

I think that you are confusing club and team culture with supporter/member views from the outside

I am not a stereotypical melbourne supporter "go number 9" and that cr@p

I am a man who is loyal to a club. That does not mean that I accept mediocrity

You may choose to call that stupid rather than soft hearted.

Im certainly not inbred or in decline

I'm not talking about you individually defuture15 or anyone individually. its the collective supporter theme that effects the players. from gameday thru the sounds of the supporters, (confident or attacking noise). to the backslappers & others in contact to players blowing warm air over them. this all effects our players moods, motives, security & output.

we are too warm & fuzzy & we are too desperate for the next white hope & we spoil them before they have arrived as footballers. we enable a culture of overly secure & lazy footballers, who think footy life is a summer breeze... just that winning big games & premierships is too hard... so they sit back & cruise.