Don't condone the online abuse stuff at all... But football today, comes with a certain level of moronic fan/supporter that believes it is ok and they have the right to to step out of what is 'acceptable frustration' seen in the stands and take it to the next level...
Smith is old enough and been in the game long enough to have seen a big shift in how fans can voice their opinions... Yes, footballers are in a privileged position but that shouldn't be just cause for some to make the abuse personal...
Smith, and Kelly, both fell out with the fans last season... I have no idea why we, as fans would want to hurl so much sh*t at our own players that they wouldn't want to be wearing Bournemouth colours... Actually, why would we want to hurl any **************** at our own players...