Fighting spirit?
Maybe its just me but I have seen us play some pretty decent footy this season, attacking the oppositions goal all the time. Isn't that fighting spirit? Bellamy running his socks off on knackered knees, Skrtel and Agger forming a great partnership, Skrtel's sliding into goal and hurting himself to keep the ball out- no acknowledgement of their spirit?
How about the players all going out in Suarez t shirts and getting slated as supporters of racism, isn't that enough of a fighting spirit for you?
There is a danger that because the team played crap the other day people are throwing their hands up in horror and all of sudden all the players are crap, they don't care, won't fight for the club.
I don't know why they were so poor, maybe they are too focused on the next game, maybe the groans from some in the stands whenever a pass goes stray or maybe the fact there has been an orchestrated campaign in the media to pull the club to bits is having an effect.
Maybe losing Lucas, and Suarez in such controversial circumstances has affected some of them just as badly as it has se of us - who knows - but I don't think it helps to label them all as not having the fighting spirit.