David Healy lets his feelings be known as frustration boils over among some fans

David Healy has hit back at some of the criticism his Linfield side faced during Sunday's win over Carrick Rangers saying it is "not needed".

Sections of the travelling support let their feelings be known at half-time as the Blues left the pitch at Taylors Avenue trailing to Joe Crowe's early goal for the hosts.

They were also greeted to a similar response as they re-emerged for the second half before they turned the game around with late goals from Kyle McClean, Joel Cooper and Chris Shields securing the win for the visitors.

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Whilst Healy admitted he understood the frustrations some fans felt he asked them to be more mindful of the negative effect it can have on the players.

"I'm the biggest advocate for this football club,” Healy told the club's YouTube channel. "I want from top to bottom the image to be the best it can be, I want the team to be the best it can be, I want the conduct to be the best it can be and of course, as a Linfield supporter, I get the frustration.

"But some of it is not needed...sometimes a little measure of where we are and where we're trying to get to. There's been a turnover of players, we have players out injured and we have some younger players stepping into this environment for the first time.

"Although we are not above a level of criticism, some of it is certainly not needed, some of it is unwarranted and sometimes there is a little gee-up needed and I get that. We have a huge, huge Linfield fanbase and I'm proud of the club that we are, the fanbase that we have and if we can add a little bit of satisfaction to them, that's my job done. We don't want to be going into the dressing room - albeit we're losing - beaten at half-time.”

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