| Is it ever acceptable to abuse players on social media 10:25 - Jan 14 with 294 views | saint901 |
I see that the Arsenal striker Havertz has been relentlessly trolled online following the match at the weekend.
I don't like what I see of his character on the pitch - he is a wind up merchant who in my opinion goes beyond the rules with his tackles, diving and generally winding up the opposition.
I think he is a limited player in the role that Arsenal play him in. He is not suited to be a lone striker or even the point of the forward line.
He did miss a couple of sitters against Man U and in the Newcastle game.
Is that however reason to post vile abuse about him and his family?
Here I suspect that I have run into a generational issue.
My generation (60+) finds it difficult or impossible to comprehend the hold that social media seems to have on younger generations and the weight that they attach to whatever process the platforms use to supply instant feedback. I use social media as a tool but frankly I regard it as little more than a convenient platform and attach no importance to "likes" or "dislikes". (I do often disagree with what a poster may say but that is the poster, not the platform).
I would certainly never see a social media platform as a conduit to express frustration about a player that shades into personal abuse or threats of violence.
I would go further and say that those who think that they are entitled to use a platform to seek to intimidate, scare or abuse another person, football player or not, are weak, pathetic and small people, lacking moral courage and seeking to bully others from the anonymity of the internet. To direct such abuse against a player from "your" team who you wish to perform well in the next match is cutting off your nose to spite your face.
I suspect however that younger fans will see social media as perfectly acceptable as a vehicle to display their own frustrations and that personal and threatening abuse is just "banter". |  | | |  |
| Is it ever acceptable to abuse players on social media on 10:36 - Jan 14 with 262 views | Wints76 |
No, it isn't acceptable. As long as they are doing their best (if I was a Brentford fan, I'd be livid at Wissa's effort to stop the Plymouth goal, but wouldn't abuse him), then no, it is unfair. Especially when their families see it.
Though I'll contradict myself and say I have no problem abusing politicians etc for what they do. Just don't let it get personal |  | | |
| Is it ever acceptable to abuse players on social media on 10:37 - Jan 14 with 261 views | SaintNick |
Totally agree with you, forums such as this are there to let fans let off steam, or to celebrate, it's fine to criticise a player, although personally I think it should be criticism and humour and not nasty personal abuse, this is a forum not a school playground.
I don't know what people feel they are getting when they troll players on their social media, at the top level players pay someone to run their accounts, it isnt a direct line to them in any way shape or form, so why bother. |  |
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| Is it ever acceptable to abuse players on social media on 10:56 - Jan 14 with 228 views | kingolaf |
By all means criticise a player for what he does on the pitch, that’s it though. Personal abuse and abusing families is totally unacceptable.
Like you say though, a generational thing. The internet seems to be a total cesspool with no regulations. | | | |
| Is it ever acceptable to abuse players on social media on 12:13 - Jan 14 with 170 views | kingslandstand1 |
It is definitely generational, and I'd guarantee if the poster had to put their own name to the written word they'd run a mile
A lot of them though I'd guess like to use it as a tool to get some sort of kudos amongst |  | | |
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