Fans are becoming more and more impatient when comes to giving time for players to develop (and coaches to develop them).
Watching players develop over the course of a season is one of my favourite parts of supporting a team like ours. I shouldn't be surprised when fans complain about a new recruit after 2 or 3 games, but sometimes it feels like they have no idea about the game - even though we have countless examples of players that turned out to be good (or great) after months of good coaching and first team exposure.
There's always lots of chat about how we need to give youngsters a chance, yet guys like Bair and Slattery who were 22 and 23 when they joined us are expected to be at their peak, despite accepting Motherwell level wages.
Of course, there are times when it doesn't work out. Even players with bags of skill and potential can fail; especially when they aren't prepared to learn (looking at you Dom Thomas), but there's needs to be a bit more realism when it comes to recruitment.
It's different when we are signing a 27 year old, but when we are signing players with only a season (or less) behind them it's never going to be about instant success.
And having written all that, I know nothing will change and 2 or 3 of our summer recruits will be written off as useless by September.