Players apologising after games

[BusbyMalone]

What do people make of this?

Here's the latest one

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Got to say I HATE it when players come out after games they've just lost and give it the old "We go again" *insert fist emoji* It's boring, vacuous, and all a little bit sad. The fact that Bruno came out after the Villa game to apologize for missing the pen is madness. Obviously, most of these players have someone else managing their social media, but just stop.

What do you think? Do you like to see players come out after the game with this stuff? Would you rather them be more honest and actually speak for themselves instead of through a PR team?

 

[Ali Dia]

I don’t like this either. You’re following 10 accounts all saying the same thing. Surely the players watch the games back. The game didn’t hang on the peno. It hung on the fact we were all over the place and we pressed like we weren’t interested in actually getting the ball. Fix the bigger tactical mistakes and play a more conservative and solid lineup if we have to. Just fix it behind closed doors. Channel that disappointed energy into fixing the issues at hand. Social media and PR isn’t going to fix it for you.

 

[largelyworried]

Occasionally. When we got battered 3-1 at Maine Rd, ok, maybe an apology was needed.

But as irritating as the loss at home to Villa was, it was hardly historic.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

It is a bit mental. Where does it end? Should Pogba start tweeting his apologies for not tracking runners?

 

[Botim]

It's just standard PR practice. Your clients/fans are unhappy, so you let them know you are feeling their pain and aim to improve in the future.

It would be 100X more interesting to hear their actual opinions, but on the other hand, this would lead to an avalanche of controversies with players (who are often poorly educated, from different cultures, etc) posting racially insensitive, sexist, homophobic or just plain stupid shit.

 

[roonster09]

It's their account, they can post whatever they want to is my take on this.

If player feels like they want to apologize let them, if they do it for PR, it's fine. It doesn't matter.

 

[Nick7]

it's just pr. odd at times but nothing truly bad about it.

 

[LawCharltonBest]

United fans were great with him at full time, as matchgoing United fans tend to be.

I don't think he needed to apologise as such, but if I missed an injury time penalty and then the fans stayed behind to sing my song and applaud my efforts, I would want to put a message up thanking them at least.

 

[spiriticon]

I absolutely hate the 'we go again' stuff because the very next game I usually see the same shit as the game before. Nobody learnt anything from the previous game then eh?

Less work on social media, and more work on the pitch please.

 

[OleBoiii]

I don't care about the modern Twitter stuff. Let the players do what they want.

I personally see no need to apologise, though.

 

[BusbyMalone]

it's just pr. odd at times but nothing truly bad about it.

The "we go again" stuff is whatever. It's vacuous nonsense, but ultimately harmless I suppose. It's this trend of players coming out to apologize for missing a chance, maybe. Or missing a pen in this instance. That's what I find bad

 

[horsechoker]

I'm sorry players have to do this

 

[Okey]

Someone please make it stop! How did it even become a thing? Gets more cringeworthy with each next one. We don't need this (at least I certainly don't). I wish they'd just stop it and get on with the game, warts and all.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

I find fans complaining about everything more annoying, personally.

 

[Tom Cato]

Its part and parcel of a modern way of communicating where these players have large social media profiles.

If they said NOTHING a whole host of hundreds of thousands of fans would find cause to criticize the players for NOT saying something and staying quiet when they've had a poor performance.

You want more connectivity with the players? This is how it works.

Re: the Bruno post. It may have been posted by a PR guy with perfect English, but it was in Brunos own words. its a message he wanted to relay.

Personally I appreciate the "we go again" posts, beause that is excactly what you do: You go again. Anyone that says differently can please take a seat and continue to be underachievers.

As for apologising: Of course he shouldn't be apologising. It's a disappointment, nothing else. But if he wants to, let him, there's no problem here.

 

[horsechoker]

Penalties can't be miss

 

[Brophs]

This whole apologising or “Gutted about the result today. Support was amazing. We go again” thing needs to get in the bastard sea.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

It's just standard PR practice. Your clients/fans are unhappy, so you let them know you are feeling their pain and aim to improve in the future.

It would be 100X more interesting to hear their actual opinions, but on the other hand, this would lead to an avalanche of controversies with players (who are often poorly educated, from different cultures, etc) posting racially insensitive, sexist, homophobic or just plain stupid shit.

If so, the criticism should be aimed at the PR firms running their accounts, rather than the players themselves. The criticism is deserved, either way.

 

[Ali Dia]

It is a bit mental. Where does it end? Should Pogba start tweeting his apologies for not tracking runners?

Hahaha automaticity generated generic apologetic tweet after every game.


I’d rather see a few more Fred’s and Dan James leave it all on the pitch and come up short than that on Saturday. We’d have won that game easily with more guile and determination. I’ve been saying it for years. Fk your image and PR. Bust a gut. You earn the right the walk around a pitch when you’ve a 2 goal cushion. Outwork and outmuscle the opposition and that’s when the skills can really set you apart. That’s why we look like a team of names, too many passengers looking around at each other to do it when it comes to the ugly side of the game

 

[BusbyMalone]

It is a bit mental. Where does it end? Should Pogba start tweeting his apologies for not tracking runners?

Christ, he would need his own PR team working around the clock for that one.

Jokes aside, It is mad though. And I don't know who the hell it's for, either. The sort of people who would want this, I suppose, are the sort of people that would just give them shit in the comments anyway. The fact that it's just some PR team (not all of the time, but most) almost makes it worse. Not that the players SHOULD personally come out anyway. Just a little depressing I find it, to be honest.

 

[Plant0x84]

You can say for sure with Bruno it is genuine. If he publishes it he means it.
There again if they didn’t do it many would be pointing fingers saying the players don’t care about the club and just want a pay cheque. They can’t win.

 

[BusbyMalone]

Neville here on it

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[Nick7]

The "we go again" stuff is whatever. It's vacuous nonsense, but ultimately harmless I suppose. It's this trend of players coming out to apologize for missing a chance, maybe. Or missing a pen in this instance. That's what I find bad

To be honest, I find the "we go again" stuff worse haha. "We go again"? Of course you fecking do, you're paid to go again.

 

[horsechoker]

Neville here on it

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GERRONWIVIT!

 

[Tom Cato]

Neville here on it

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If Banter Bruno isn't real I don't want football to exist anymore

[Bruno Fernandes] "Dreams can't be buy"

Don't care if looks silly, I love this quote as it's writen.

 

[lex talionis]

Not bothered by official statements and tweets. The talking needs to get done on the pitch.

And it’s not even the missed pk that’s the problem. It happens. It’s the tumescent play that’s the problem most fans wish to see addressed.

 

[Utd heap]

It's proper cringe but you could always just not read it.

 

[Withnail]

Neville here on it

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I'm going to big on this?

By creating controversy out of feck all and putting yourself at the centre of it?

Good one Gary

 

[justsomebloke]

It's just standard PR practice. Your clients/fans are unhappy, so you let them know you are feeling their pain and aim to improve in the future.

It would be 100X more interesting to hear their actual opinions, but on the other hand, this would lead to an avalanche of controversies with players (who are often poorly educated, from different cultures, etc) posting racially insensitive, sexist, homophobic or just plain stupid shit.

agreed.

imagine what we'd be likely to read on vaccines, for instance.

bit pointless really to follow players on Twitter. Who cares what Brunos media rep wants to say.

 

[BusbyMalone]

I'm going to big on this?

By creating controversy out of feck all and putting yourself at the centre of it?

Good one Gary

That did make me laugh! The feck is he going to do. I can't wait!

 

[BusbyMalone]

To be honest, I find the "we go again" stuff worse haha. "We go again"? Of course you fecking do, you're paid to go again.

I know. it means absolutely feck all, doesn't it?

 

[BusbyMalone]

Can we have a sweepstake going on how many octaves Neville's voice is going to go up when he talks about this on MNF

 

[acnumber9]

Just don’t follow them on social media.

 

[AaronRedDevil]

A great man once said "Don't be sorry, be better".

 

[Bastian]

Would Bruno have apologised if the whole football world wasn't expecting Ronaldo to be on penalties?

 

[Ali Dia]

Can we have a sweepstake going on how many octaves Neville's voice is going to go up when he talks about this on MNF

 

[Someone]

I dread these kind of tweets after every mistake/bad performance. It's meaningless and never feels genuine anyway. The best apology for poor performance is following it with a great one. I unfollowed all of our players because of this PR nonsense but it still creeps on the timeline through retweets.

 

[Maxii]

I'm going to big on this?

By creating controversy out of feck all and putting yourself at the centre of it?

Good one Gary

A 30 minute weekly segment reviewing Tweets on Monday Night Football should do the trick Gary. Fighting the good fight

 

[DWelbz19]

I'm sorry players have to do this

 

[DWelbz19]

I'm going to big on this?

By creating controversy out of feck all and putting yourself at the centre of it?

Good one Gary

The Super League stuff has proper gone to his head now. He thinks he's like some sort of master reporter/journalist these days.