When a fan will drop £80 (or more) to own one album, you know they're going to be deaf to any kind of criticism, Patrick.
Personally I have nothing against Tool. I own Anima (a gift from the same friend who just paid all that money for Fear Inoculum) but it's not an album I listen to with any frequency. In fact I'm not sure it's been out of the case more than twice at most. But if I was a bigger fan of them I would be majorly pissed off after 13 years if they come along and said the only way I could own their long awaited new album was digital or drop £80 on the CD.