Neil Dawson
UTC Legend
There’s been many examples, from Connell, Fletch, Newson, Spackman, Robinson (who also gave it back to the fans ) in ancient history right through to Arter and Gosling in modern day who’ve had stick and worked hard to win fans around/prove them wrong.If you were at Burton in 2010 and saw Connell get abused by an idiot in the crowd while warming up and his reaction to it, I would suggest that it certainly does motivate some people. If you cannot remember then just watch the highlights and Alans response to scoring to see.
I have never booed a Bournemouth player but I am pretty sure abuse does motivate some players. Certainly always seems to motivate the opposition players to score against us...