Instead of celebrating a good win against Watford, the focus since Tuesday has been on what divides rather than unites us, yet to try to understand the events of that evening requires looking at the last week as a whole.

There was plenty to increase stress levels last Saturday, but not all was about the football at QPR, as the rail companies made travelling a nightmare.

Virtually every City fan arriving by train had stories to tell of last-minute cancellations, delays and frantic car dashes along the line to find somewhere to actually get onto a working service, and trying to get home was even worse.

The game itself was frustrating, with David Wagner tinkering with the line-up that had done well against Coventry, resulting in an insipid first-half performance that was shaded by the hosts.

However, there was immediate improvement after half-time, and after 68 minutes, with City dominant, a win looked inevitable. However, not for the first time, Wagner’s innate conservatism kicked in, with Josh Sargent replaced by a deep-lying midfielder, leaving Ashley Barnes to battle it out alone with two big and very physical centre backs, rather than use Sydney van Hooijdonk and keep the same shape.

There were perfectly good reasons for taking Sargent and Jack Stacey off, but why change a system that was working effectively when a like-for-like replacement was available?

Rather than capitalise on City’s dominance and try to kill QPR off, Wagner’s decision handed the initiative back to them. It mystified fans in the ground and at home, and almost certainly cost City two valuable points, putting more pressure on the Watford game.

While the booing of the first substitutions on Tuesday was partly a reaction to the removal of two players largely responsible for City’s first-half dominance, the fact that they resulted in the same change of shape, the bigger factor was a genuine fear that it was going to lead to a repeat of what had happened at QPR.

The increasingly febrile atmosphere that enveloped Carrow Road for a short period thereafter was largely down to a perceived negativity of approach as City once again appeared to be retreating into their shells and inviting the opposition to get onto the front foot.

There were several occasions when players receiving the ball had space to drive into but stopped and went backwards and the concern in the stands was becoming increasingly palpable.

To be honest, I can’t remember such a bad atmosphere when the team was actually winning, and there is no doubt that it had an impact on the players. How could it not, they’re not robots?

While I understand people’s frustration, the booing undoubtedly helped the opposition, and it is to the credit of Wagner and the players that they were able to lift themselves after Watford’s equaliser.

However, it’s not a simple binary issue, where those who booed  on Tuesday can be simply dismissed as “not true supporters” who should stay away. There are concerns that run much deeper than unhappiness about substitutions surrounding the club.

Football is a game of passion and we all say and do things in the heat of the moment that we later regret, but I suspect that the people that Wagner’s comments were aimed at were cheering just as loudly at the final whistle as those to whom anything less than unquestioning devotion is a sin.

Wagner had every right to be critical, but I fear that the “stay away” line could, like Delia’s infamous 20pc comment, stoke resentment that could erupt again at the next downturn in form.

While there are issues that must be addressed in the summer, in the here and now City are in with a real chance of making the play-offs, and widening divisions within the fanbase will only work in favour of visiting teams.

It’s time to pull together, not apart.