The phrase lazy journalism is way overused but that's pretty much what it is, not exclusive to us either.
The same types that look at results and make an assumption and those to moaned about Cooper being sacked just because we were 15th. Years ago I recall Weat Brom being vilified for sacking Pulis even though they were 14th in the league or something but they only won 2 in their last 20 so the trajectory obviously matters.