Villa fans should get behind Gabby Agbonlahor

I have seen most of the games and accept that Gabby may not have been at his best but will jeering or booing help the young England attacker rediscover his best form?

Getting behind him, while he is wearing the Villa shirt, just might give his confidence a big boost and help him get back to his best form.

It might seem hard to do but is without doubt most effective way to help the kid.

If you were making mistakes at work and things were not going well, would you want to be encouraged and helped through it or hammered by your boss and workmates in front of everyone else?

Surely, that would make you more nervous, lacking in confidence and more prone to mistakes.

The reality is that you would probably be looking for another job.

Frank Quedrue suffered similar treatment at Blues last season and also had the embarrassment of his club's owner branding him "rubbish".

This season the fans have changed their attitude to him and now cheer his name and that has brought out the best from the French defender.

Confidence is a very fragile thing and I believe the fans have the ability to influence that emotion - either positively or negatively.

Even those players with great mental strength need to hear positive encouragement from the terraces that will lift them to give an extra ten per cent. In addition, it also gives them the courage to want the ball in any situation.

Many fans tell me on my Friday night football phone in on 1152 am GOLD that they want the team to give them a lift and get them cheering by performing well on the pitch. I have always believed that it was the responsibility of supporters to create the atmosphere that affected their teams positively and the opposition negatively. Have I got that totally wrong? Let me know here!