I agree with the gist of this, and ordinarily I agree with the 'need to be seen to be doing something' culture, but as anyone who's played, even Sunday league, will know that when you eff up, you will beat yourself up over it and it always helps when your teammates have a friendly word, even if...
To me, one of the most disappointing aspects of today was that not one single player came and put a comforting arm around Connor Goldson or had an encouraging word for him. Even Stockdale, who seems to pride himself on the unity aspect, went missing at that point.
We hear so much about this...