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<DIV class=headline>City fans turn on Todd</DIV><DIV style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px">By Simon Parker</DIV><DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-SIZE: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; TEXT-ALIGN: right">
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Bournemouth 0Colin Todd faced up to the boo boys calling for his head - and even offered to meet one in the tunnel.
An afternoon which began with Dean Windass totally taking leave of his senses ended with a section of the home crowd baying for the City boss.
Chants of "Todd out" and "Time to go" boomed from the Kop as the winless run continued against the relegation-threatened Cherries.
Holding on for 0-0 was an achievement in itself, given that City played all but the first 12 minutes with only ten men after Windass got sent off.<A name=mpubot></A><DIV id=midpagempu style="DISPLAY: none" align=center><DIV class=am id=midpagemputop style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FLOAT: left">Advertisment</SPAN> continued...</DIV><DIV class=am id=midpagempumpu><SCRIPT language=JavaScript></SCRIPT></DIV></DIV>
But the critics in the crowd thought otherwise and let Todd have it with both barrels.
The trigger point was his decision to take off Jermaine Johnson with six minutes to go.<TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-TOP: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=10 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
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The Jamaican, playing in a central role by that point, was not having his best afternoon but he still looked the only realistic chance of City breaking the deadlock.
Todd thought Johnson was out on his feet after all the running he'd done and threw on Joe Colbeck. The Valley Parade crowd - nearly 3,000 up on the last league gate because of the cheap-ticket offer - were not happy.
Todd was booed to the final whistle - and threatened afterwards by one angry supporter who ran to the front of the Sunwin Stand to confront him. Stewards got involved as the pair exchanged words.
It was similar to the incident at Gillingham last season and Todd was not prepared to back down, even asking the fan if he wanted a proper "chat" in the players' tunnel.
"I asked him if he wanted to talk to do it in the correct way but he looked and decided not to bother," Todd said. "He was swearing and using abusive language and if I did that, I'd get arrested.
"But fans can say what they want to me. As soon as you have a go back, you become the guilty party - I've
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Bournemouth 0Colin Todd faced up to the boo boys calling for his head - and even offered to meet one in the tunnel.
An afternoon which began with Dean Windass totally taking leave of his senses ended with a section of the home crowd baying for the City boss.
Chants of "Todd out" and "Time to go" boomed from the Kop as the winless run continued against the relegation-threatened Cherries.
Holding on for 0-0 was an achievement in itself, given that City played all but the first 12 minutes with only ten men after Windass got sent off.<A name=mpubot></A><DIV id=midpagempu style="DISPLAY: none" align=center><DIV class=am id=midpagemputop style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; FLOAT: left">Advertisment</SPAN> continued...</DIV><DIV class=am id=midpagempumpu><SCRIPT language=JavaScript></SCRIPT></DIV></DIV>
But the critics in the crowd thought otherwise and let Todd have it with both barrels.
The trigger point was his decision to take off Jermaine Johnson with six minutes to go.<TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-TOP: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=10 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=caption>Jermaine Johnson gives Matthew Connelly the runaround</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The Jamaican, playing in a central role by that point, was not having his best afternoon but he still looked the only realistic chance of City breaking the deadlock.
Todd thought Johnson was out on his feet after all the running he'd done and threw on Joe Colbeck. The Valley Parade crowd - nearly 3,000 up on the last league gate because of the cheap-ticket offer - were not happy.
Todd was booed to the final whistle - and threatened afterwards by one angry supporter who ran to the front of the Sunwin Stand to confront him. Stewards got involved as the pair exchanged words.
It was similar to the incident at Gillingham last season and Todd was not prepared to back down, even asking the fan if he wanted a proper "chat" in the players' tunnel.
"I asked him if he wanted to talk to do it in the correct way but he looked and decided not to bother," Todd said. "He was swearing and using abusive language and if I did that, I'd get arrested.
"But fans can say what they want to me. As soon as you have a go back, you become the guilty party - I've
