Another low from the cesspit that is Twitter from...Twitter.
Name a better footballer than Phil Jones - Twitter UK
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It’s encouraging abuse, something Twitter is supposedly against. I don’t really care, but it’s clear hypocrisy.
What a weird thing for of the official accounts of the platform to do. We all know Twitter can be a cesspool of abuse. And it's pretty clear Twitter don't do a good enough job of preventing, but I wil acknowledge to would take a crazy amount of moderation. But having said that, posting a tweet like this which is a clear fishing attempt to get people to juno on the "haha Phil Jones bad" train is a very bad look for the company. Bad form.
You couldn't blame Phil Jones for turning his back on football, the online abuse the lad has got throughout his career is criminal.
The freeze-frame facial expressions could be any footballer if you actually took the time to go through all their last-ditch tackle photos. As someone else said on here, read the Luke Chadwick interview and then you will understand the long term effect this can have on someone's mental state and Luke didn't have social media being cruel to him in his day.
Could the abuse he's got be the reason for the decline in career?
It is a possibility.
The freeze-frame facial expressions could be any footballer if you actually took the time to go through all their last-ditch tackle photos. As someone else said on here, read the Luke Chadwick interview and then you will understand the long term effect this can have on someone's mental state and Luke didn't have social media being cruel to him in his day.
Could the abuse he's got be the reason for the decline in career?
It is a possibility.
Jesus.
Unironically, Phil Jones is a very good footballer.
He is extremely unlucky with the way his career turned out due to injuries and gaps in playing.
Pisses me off that people don't remember how good he was when he had a run of games. They only remember the injury prone and rusty player.
He is extremely unlucky with the way his career turned out due to injuries and gaps in playing.
Pisses me off that people don't remember how good he was when he had a run of games. They only remember the injury prone and rusty player.
Phil Jones has played over 200 games for Manchester United and 27 for England. What a mug, eh?
He's won more trophies than most English players as well.
This sort of targeted bullying and harassment is everything that's wrong with social media. Abusing the mob mentality for likes by using human beings as easy targets?
Forgetting that there are actual human beings involved is wildly idiotic and dangerous too. You'd expect better from an official account, mind you everyone should feel responsible for avoiding this exact sort of shit.
As I’ve said in a different post, it’s entirely plausible that it does have a negative impact on him. That much is true. Therefore, fundamentally, it shouldn’t have happened in the first place. I don’t condone the Tweet, or anything that is intended to incite hate or derogatory remarks. Not only is the Tweet in question irrelevant, it’s borderline bizarre. What I will say though is that I’m not sure Jones himself would be quite as outraged as some are on his behalf. We’ll never know for sure, as we’d have to know him personally to do so. I understand and take on board what you’re saying though and I appreciate that you’re not alone in your thinking.
I hate the banter style in the first place from most people on Twitter so that’s already annoying to me but yeah, this is nothing except targeting and encouraging abuse.
The part that I dislike the most is the insinuation that Jones is actually a terrible footballer. In the context of the very top of football, Phil Jones is a slightly below average player but in the context of the PL as a whole he is above average most CBs are worse than he is, it reminds me Evans last days at United where for some reason he was deemed to be lower league level when he is in fact a perfectly respectable PL player.
And yes Jones makes funny faces and sometimes has brainfarts, like the vast majority of players. The players that never make mistakes don't exist and the ones close to it are the very best players in the world.
And yes Jones makes funny faces and sometimes has brainfarts, like the vast majority of players. The players that never make mistakes don't exist and the ones close to it are the very best players in the world.
Scumbag post from a scumbag social media giant. The self-fellating dickheads won’t even see their hypocrisy such is the height their head is stuck up their own arse yet they’ll have no trouble influencing you in what way to think on other matters and silencing opinions they don’t agree with or what they deem abuse.
Absolutely disgraceful behaviour and I would say the same had the tweet been about any sportsperson, let alone a United player.
Absolutely disgraceful behaviour and I would say the same had the tweet been about any sportsperson, let alone a United player.
Disgraceful is right. I really hate this. It is bullying, plain and simple and anyone who joins in is nothing more than a bully themselves.
Jones is actually a decent defender and the injuries have really ruined him. You cant develop if you are not playing and elite football being what it is nowadays, any player needs a run of games to get back into it. The last time Jones had a run of games he was fine.
Dont care how much money he has accumulated from playing football, bullying is never ever right.
Jones is actually a decent defender and the injuries have really ruined him. You cant develop if you are not playing and elite football being what it is nowadays, any player needs a run of games to get back into it. The last time Jones had a run of games he was fine.
Dont care how much money he has accumulated from playing football, bullying is never ever right.
Yeah I've done this, really poor from them.
I did. Its literally what it is.
Bunch of shitheads.
So you are telling me a pro footballer isn't really good at football?
Abusive and out of order
Its worth remembering though that he has been targeted and ridiculed on this forum for years
Its worth remembering though that he has been targeted and ridiculed on this forum for years
And Katie Hopkins for years...
Jones is a decent Premier League defender whose career has been ruined by constant injuries and too high an expectation set on him when he was young. It's pathetic the way some players are targeted for abuse and ridicule because they've been given "meme" status, when they've still achieved far more in their lives than any of the people mocking them.
We need some perspective - he's a human being.
Imagine the mental impact every time he plays for us, he's probably terrified of injuring himself again. Imagine the frustration of spending so much of your career injured. Owen talked about playing with fear and how it ruined his game. Maybe Jones has that too. Despite that we see him diving face first to stop make clearances for us. It's fair enough to say he's not good enough to play for the club, but some of the abuse he's got for us has been ridiculous.
- Phil Jones is 28. He's been at our club for nearly 10 years. He was a 19 year old boy when he joined.
- In that time he's been out injured 674 days, over 19 seperate injuries, mostly related to his knees, ankles and hamstrings. This figure doesn't include time spent re-building to get match fit.
- SAF and Capello both thought he'd be a great defender - unfortunately injury has ruined his career
Imagine the mental impact every time he plays for us, he's probably terrified of injuring himself again. Imagine the frustration of spending so much of your career injured. Owen talked about playing with fear and how it ruined his game. Maybe Jones has that too. Despite that we see him diving face first to stop make clearances for us. It's fair enough to say he's not good enough to play for the club, but some of the abuse he's got for us has been ridiculous.
Phil Jones might not be great, but when fit, he is a decent defender.
And he's better than every single cnut associated with that tweet and responders.
And he's better than every single cnut associated with that tweet and responders.
Let's not forget Jones did a man marking job on peak Ronaldo at Real Madrid and kept him pretty quiet.
The guy got "meme'd" because of his funny faces but the abuse he gets is very unfair. The United difference.
If that was posted genuinelly by a twitter employee he should be suing the shite out of them.
The guy got "meme'd" because of his funny faces but the abuse he gets is very unfair. The United difference.
If that was posted genuinelly by a twitter employee he should be suing the shite out of them.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think it matters how good of a footballer he is or putting perspective on what he has won etc. He could be the shittest footballer to exist and it still wouldn’t be okay.
Tweet deleted? Bunch of fecking clowns over there.
Out of order. Totally unnecessary.
He already gets hammered online for ‘the many faces of Phil Jones’
He’s not the worst player about, just permanently injured.
He already gets hammered online for ‘the many faces of Phil Jones’
He’s not the worst player about, just permanently injured.
It's been deleted. Interestingly most of the retweets (they disabled responses) were rightly supportive of Phil Jones
Ah does anyone have a screenshot? What account did this?
The Official Twitter UK account.
Wait, what?!Always punch upwards is the fairly sensible rule. It reminds me of how Ricky Gervais used Twitter (and may still do, but I can’t be following that insufferable pissing dullard) where he’d reply to someone, often by searching his own name and then delete his Tweet once the pile on had occurred. It’s a cnut’s trick.
It's so silly that it's widely accepted that being a reserve and not making it at Manchester United means you've failed as a footballer. To even become a top 2-3 tier footballer is a major achievement, vast majority of young lads who train hard don't even get to be considered by teams like Derby County or West Brom let alone get a contract from Man United. This man has played 264 games for one of the biggest clubs in the world, is widely recognized and has played for England numerous times. In terms of 'making it' he has by all means made it as a footballer and been way more successful in his line of work than any random Twitter guy. He's basically top 1% footballer in the world or higher, in any other profession it's deemed huge success.
Removed I think. Anyone took a screenshot?
It reminds me of Nick Hornby discussing Gus Caesar in Gus Caesar.
http://remotestorage.blogspot.com/2011/01/hornby-on-excellences-long-tail.html?m=1
How the feck is the Official Twitter UK account tweeting half the shit it does? Whoever's in charge of it is a Scouser as well judging by the shit they post.
Honestly, it reads like it's being maintained by a 15 year old.
Weirdos.
Honestly, it reads like it's being maintained by a 15 year old.
Weirdos.
Come on man.
Yeah majority of the tweets are embarrassing.
Following on from the Luke Chadwick article, and my own personal experiences with mental health I cannot take this sort of thing lightly. Banter from fans is one thing, and is always going to happen, but from the official account of the platform to be openly mocking someone like this is unprofessional at best and outright dangerous at worst. The tweet was up for over 13 hours before it was reported enough to be taken down which is shocking.
I've sent screenshots and links to several media outlets. Hopefully they take up the story in some form.
I've sent screenshots and links to several media outlets. Hopefully they take up the story in some form.
