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On the day Aston Villa were relegated, a claret and blue footballer had his head in hands.

More so than most he looked visibly drained, weighing up the enormity of Villa's passing from the Premier League.

That player was Ashley Westwood, always one of the players to applaud the fans and put in an honest and hardworking shift.

You can bet he wasn't one of the players ringing his agent up to engineer a move.

A steady player who gets a lot of stick for probably one too many sideways passes.

On paper he is consistently one of Villa's better performers.

'Mr Steady', doing the simple things but not the spectacular ones, his form hasn't been great, but neither has anyone's before Steve Bruce.

He has quickly become a scapegoat and needs to show he has a place in this Villa side.

You only have to look at the Mile Jedinak transformation to see how a player deemed a 'waste of money' by some fans, can suddenly look spot-on in a balanced confident midfield.

Steve Bruce will give Westwood his chance, he is fan of a decent player and an honest human being.

He also knows whether players can hack it or not, that's a decision that will take time.

One thing that is clearer than anything else is that the section of Villa supporters booing Westwood ONTO the pitch, should probably find something else to do on a Saturday afternoon.

In what world is that going to have a positive effect?

Support your players, even if you don't like them.

He hasn't shown mutinous tendencies, or a lack of desire and hard work.

Everyone pays their money to watch a game of football, and yes they are allowed to collectively boo their team when they under-perform.

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What shouldn't happen is the booing of one of their own players turning up for work and to do his best for the shirt.

If that's what attending Villa Park is all about for you, perhaps you would be better off at Primark on a Saturday afternoon.

Football isn't for you.

That just isn't the Villa way.