With this Dele Ali stuff, it made me wonder how much the criticism and "abuse" we throw at players matters?
I'm not saying we need a root and branch review of the forum or anything, nor calling anyone out (I couldn't anyway as I've given tons of stick to our players over the year) but, as this is a public forum that anyone could read - including the players if they so wish (not that they would but I digress) what kind of criticism is valid? When does it go too far? - And on top of that, what about more public facing media, like the press or TalkSport etc, is there a different threshold for them?
I think if a player plays a shit game of football there is no issue in calling that out, but then what about calling out mental attributes? Is calling someone lazy or a coward (again things I've labelled at Sancho in the recent past) acceptable, when in reality we have no idea what is going on or what their mentality is?
Again, not trying to rewrite the rules of the forum - just curious to what people think, as it's making me reasses what sort of criticisms are fair to label at players going forward.
I'm not saying we need a root and branch review of the forum or anything, nor calling anyone out (I couldn't anyway as I've given tons of stick to our players over the year) but, as this is a public forum that anyone could read - including the players if they so wish (not that they would but I digress) what kind of criticism is valid? When does it go too far? - And on top of that, what about more public facing media, like the press or TalkSport etc, is there a different threshold for them?
I think if a player plays a shit game of football there is no issue in calling that out, but then what about calling out mental attributes? Is calling someone lazy or a coward (again things I've labelled at Sancho in the recent past) acceptable, when in reality we have no idea what is going on or what their mentality is?
Again, not trying to rewrite the rules of the forum - just curious to what people think, as it's making me reasses what sort of criticisms are fair to label at players going forward.