St George Illawarra representative forward Tariq Sims concedes fans are within their rights to boo players and even burn jerseys after his team's 38-0 flogging to Canterbury.
Dragons fans hung around Kogarah Oval until well after fulltime to abuse the finals-bound players as they walked up the tunnel on Sunday after slipping to a sixth loss in eight games.
One is believed to have thrown merchandise at a player, while social media footage later emerged of another burning his Dragons jersey at home in frustration.
And while Sims suggested throwing things at players was too far, he could understand their frustrations.
"We are in the top eight but I can see where they're coming from as a fan myself of the game," he said.
"Membership and tickets aren't cheap. For their hard-earned cash to hand it over and be let down like that, I'd be pretty filthy myself.
"Burning a jersey - they bought the jersey they can do whatever they want with it.
"Obviously it's disappointing to see such a proud jersey and something I'm so proud of get burnt, that's their decision to burn it."
Sims also welcomed fans to approach him amid the slump, provided they didn't cross a line.
"I don't want fans coming up and throwing stuff at me because I might retaliate," he said.
"But I love the passion that St George Illawarra fans have and they turn out in droves and they travel and pack out the hill and carry their banners.
"I'm pretty open with my social media channels, I like interacting with the fans.
"If they've got something they want to talk about, as long as I'm not around my young daughters they're more than welcome to come up to me and voice an opinion because I will give my opinion straight back or I'll back up their point."
Meanwhile fellow Blues State of Origin forward Jack de Belin admitted some players may be struggling to put the outside noise to the side as they look to revive their season.
"I'm fine there but for players who are on social media and stuff it's hard to escape," he said.
"It's forever in your face and you're always hearing and reading about it and it's difficult."
