We
all love football. It’s watched by millions on TV around the world almost every
night of the week. Everyone has an affiliation to at least one team. We are
taunted and made fun off by our friends and rival teams when it’s not going our
way, and we are on cloud nine when things are.
Players
have received abuse since the start of the beautiful game. We hear it on the terraces;
we hear it in our living rooms, with fans showing their displeasure at players
for not playing to their best or for making a mistake.
Now
there’s a new type of abuse coming into play and it’s showing its ugly head
more and more. They are the Twitter trolls. Twitter used in the right way is a
great way to interact with the hero’s at your club, used in the wrong way
however can have a detrimental effect.
The police and Twitter themselves don’t seem to be able to control it
either or track down these ‘trolls’.
West
Brom midfielder Chris Brunt is the latest to feel the full force of these
stupid, trouble making idiots who on their computer or phone think its ok to
level threats at someone for having a bad game.
Brunt
received this tweet after his teams defeat to Everton.
‘@chrisbrunt11
I don't think you deserve the boo's your getting mate, I think you deserve a
bullet through your head #horrific #sougly #wba’
This
is a game of football, a game! Now some
idiots out there thing it’s ok to come out with comments like that, not only
that but they are also getting away with it. Brunt has now deleted his twitter
account as a way to stop the unnecessary and uncalled for abuse he has been
receiving.
Nobody
should have to receive those kinds of threats, and it sickens me that people
are doing this to players of the team they supposedly support.
He
isn’t alone either as Gareth Bale has also been on the receiving end of some
abuse this week. Not vile death threats from trolls like that of which poor
Brunt has had to deal with. Bale had his car kicked by angry fans as he left
Real Madrid’s training facility for not stopping to sign autographs.
Even
Mario Ballotelli this weekend suffered racist abuse on twitter after fans
reacted angrily to his comments about Manchester United’s loss to Leicester
City.
Arif Ahmed
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