KOCHI: 'We make every ground our home' - read a banner in the Kerala Blasters' fans stand during their final group match in the ISL-4 against

in Bengaluru. It was not merely a throwaway line given the fan group of Kerala Blasters travelled in large numbers to support their team for the away matches.

They filled Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi for every home game of Blasters winning the appreciation of the rival fans. But the team failed to rise to the expectation of their supporters with a disappointing finish failing to qualify for the knockouts.

A certain section of the fans showed their frustration by abusing the players on their social media platforms. Some of them even went to the limit of showering abuse on the players' family members. Players like

, CK Vineeth and Rino Anto have all faced the wrath of the fans at various stages of the league.

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has now come out openly to criticize the fans for their behaviour saying that what a section of fans are doing is completely wrong.

"This is a bad thing to do to players. We play every match to win. The biggest strength of a player is the fans. There is nothing equivalent to the encouragement we get from our supporters. If we don't have that support, it is frustrating and the player will feel negativity towards himself and towards his game which will affect his game," said Anas.

"Win and loss are two sides of a coin. Kerala fans should understand that after a rain there will be sunshine. What some of the Blasters' fans are doing is completely wrong. It's a bad thing to do," he added.

31-year-old Anas, who has played for

teams like Delhi Dynamos and Jamshedpur FC, is one of the highly rated centre-backs in the country. A player who has played alongside greats like Roberto Carlos and

said that he too have faced such situations in his life and didn't knew what he should do. "There were some incidents in my life when I felt to react but remained helpless as I didn't know to whom I should respond because most of the social media profiles are fake ids and there is no use in responding to them. It has happened to me and to several other players whom I know personally," said Anas.

But still the centre-back rates Blasters fans as the best in the world and has said that many players have expressed their desire to play for Blasters only because of their fan base. "Roberto Carlos once said to me that he felt as if he was playing for a Brazilian side seeing the gallery filled with yellow jerseys. Malouda and Marcelinho wanted to play for Blasters because of the strong fan base," he said.