Sunderland boss Gus Poyet has hit out at the boo-boys, reminding them of how they treated former manager Peter Reid in his final days.
On Saturday Poyet's side were booed off at half-time and at the end of a sour FA Cup stalemate with Fulham, in which Jermain Defoe made his home debut and Jack Rodwell was sent off.
The Uruguayan, though, has some harsh words for the club's followers.
"I understand the booing at the end and at half-time probably, but during the game when a team-mate passes the ball, I don't," he said.
"My message to them is patience. And I am sorry I can't bring Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips back. I think they (the fans) are still living in the past. You cannot live in the past.
"On top of that, you have to remember how Peter Reid left the club (sacked in 2002). They forgot very quickly about what Peter achieved, and that is very unfair."
