The players should be concentrating on the game, not watching the crowd.
The atmosphere was excellent tonight. The fans more than did their bit to be the twelfth man.
It's not about watching them, it's about the complete destruction of the atmosphere, which has been shown in actual academic studies to affect standard of play.
That's a like if my boss had said to me yesterday (when there was a bloke in the office hammering together some new furniture) - it shouldn't affect you, you should be focused on your work.
In any case, this thread seems to have degenerated into another early leavers thread, which I don't think was the OP's point. Specifically regarding last night only, in a crucial game, the team needed us to be loud and passionate (like we were for the rest of the game), and we weren't.
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