Eagle » Mon Jul 26, 2021 2:37 pm wrote:James Pearce
@JamesPearceLFC
Wijnaldum, a class act until the day he left #LFC, was right to shame the trolls. The argument that players should be able to “take it” or that it “comes with the territory” is just grim. And he certainly wasn't claiming that online abuse was why he left.
Whatever used to be said in the pub twenty years ago is now posted online, it’s the way it is and will only accelerate. Players open social media accounts because they want the attention, and love all the positivity and love that comes their way, that to me is why it comes with the territory, not because he’s a football player making 50k per week (to be clear). If people choose to criticize then they have to thicken their skin or don’t have a social media account. I read some of those comments and they were hardly trolling, just one person’s opinion. If they abuse and cross the line that is one thing, but blaming him for a loss or saying “you did not run this season like you ran last season” which many have said on here and is a valid point of view whether correct or not. As they say, opinions are like @ssholes, everybody has one.
I don’t think Gini should have gone there, he left and he is making much more money, there is no problem with that, their careers are finite and I would do the same. I would have respected him more had he just kept quiet or said he wanted a new challenge, hell!! even blame the weather.
Some players are trolled heavily, he was never one of them, in any case let’s hope he doesn’t speak French.