West Ham Fans

I was just flicking through the latest news section on Z-Man'spossible transfer to Fulham and read a post by Boogerscaravan - in it he stated that he remembered Z-Man had been given a fair amount of stick when he first arrived at UP but had since proved himself to be West Ham through and through; this got me thinking. I don't remember Z-Man getting any grief from the fans but then again i haven't been to UP (for various reasons) for years - what concerns me is a bit of a worrying trend that we seem to get on the backs of a lot of players who seem not to meet our expectations. If you look at the grief that CC, LBM, Neill, Ljungberg and even Deano have had to put up with over this season - what do these guys need to do to get the backing of the C&B faithful? You could say that these players (except Ashton) are crap but if i look back, i don't remember Ljungberg being crap at Arsenal, or Neill being crap at BlackBurn, or even LBM being crap at Fulham - they were all really good players for their respective teams. Did they turn crap overnight? I don't think so but you can only be motivated for so long with 30,000 people booing you or telling you how useless you are, regardless of the amount of money you are paid. I am no psychologist but having worked in 'Sales' virtually all my life, you go any amount of time without a positive result (personally speaking) you start doubting your own ability and within time either you try too hard or don't try at all becuase you believe what people are telling you. Whilst Curbishley is the manager, we as fans have more effect over how our team plays than he does and i feel that if we want them to play to their best, we have to do our part but have we done it enough? If we were getting on the case of Z-Man when he joined, what does a player of today have to do to prove he is worthy of wearing the C&B, and how long is it going to take him?