Following two shocking results against West Brom and Leicester at the Riverside, the fans are starting to agree.
Gareth Southgate: "We're fourth and my team are thinking 'what's going on?'
"At the moment my players are saying, 'Great, we're away this weekend [at Reading], we're not at home.
"The relationship between players and fans has clearly changed.
“I don't think what the fans think about me matters. The players are totally behind what we're doing and that's the most important thing.
"I didn't like the stick, I don't think anyone would like to stand there taking abuse but it seems to be the way the game is now. It won't affect my feeling for this club or my desire to do well for it. It might affect the way I feel about a certain section of the group that follows us but I have to accept that.
"Clearly my relationship with some supporters has changed. I have my own feeling on that but I'll keep them to myself. The modern way seems to be that if you're drawing at half-time you get booed off and if you lose at full-time you're booed off."