They blame the man who they believe has not gone deep enough with his investment in the squad, the lone constant from the past 24 years as managers of all profiles have come and gone with only one trophy delivered – the 2008 League Cup.
Four weeks earlier, with the team 10th, Ange Postecoglou had said there would be “a lot of scrutiny” on his position as the manager if they remained there at Christmas.
If previous actions have been underwhelming, it will be interesting to monitor this one because feelings are running high and the club have arguably never been lower in the Levy era.
The last time was before the Premier League game against Liverpool on 22 December and there were a couple of hundred there, along with the obligatory rubber-neckers, including the photographers who filed their pictures back to the news desks.
They blame the man who asked Postecoglou to manage for so many weeks with threadbare resources, especially throughout January when the transfer window was open.
