Him wrote:
They’ve lost a lot of friends in the last couple of years, people often used to support them as their “2nd team”.
I watched the game with my son, and we said exactly the same - used to really enjoy their off the cuff, unpredictable style of play, and would often support them as our second team; but something has happened - possibly born out of that season when they decided that they were unfairly treated by officials and made videos in support of that view - to change the attitude and culture at the *whole* club. It seems now that they can't shake off that chippy attitude, and despite having some real class - players like Mead, Bousquet and Casty, who haven't a grubby bone in their bodies - they've gone all Greg Bird, and are just awful to watch.
That incident with Bird by the way, was one of the most shameful things I've ever seen on a RL pitch; I don't blame the ref at all, because he was obviously unsighted, but Bird should be retrospectively banned for that.
It placed my team in significant jeopardy, but I'm still glad that London beat them; they deserved the win.