The review to which you refer was critical, and did refer to Meat's voice negatively, but I don't believe the reviewer accused him of a half-hearted performance, nor of being dismissive of his fans; it said he gave one hell of a show.
Someone else who had attended the same show disagreed, and I would query anyone saying it was a great show but "your voice was ****", however halfhearted was not a term used by that particular reviewer.
Personally, when Meat feels he's been carved up I think it's great that so many people show support for him and that we tell him just how much we appreciate all he puts into a show, that we know his exacting demands on himself, that we know how much he cares for his fans, and that he never disappoints us.
I'm not sure that singling someone out as the perpetrator and opening the door to a war between the boards is useful. Smeg is imo hyper-critical, expresses himself bluntly, and I often disagree with him. But I don't remember him saying Meat didn't care for his fans, and he praised the overall performance at Las Vegas. Nor to my recollection did he complain about the set list not changing.
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