Social media at its finest
“I don’t want people to feel sorry for me because I’m a strong guy, I’m a big boy, and I’ll be fine, but you’ve asked, so I’ll explain.
“Last year, when we were almost going down, a lot of players were getting abuse. It was getting so personal that it made me feel aggressive.
“It didn’t feel right. An opinion is fine. I respect that — but one example of a message I received read:
‘I hope you die and never play for my club again’.
“When I looked on the profile and saw that it was from a season ticket holder of Aston Villa, I thought, ‘No way’. It made me really angry. Towards the end of the season, it happened again and then, after watching The Social Dilemma on Netflix, I just thought to myself, ‘Maybe I should just close down Twitter for a year’.
https://theathletic.com/2574226/202...ope-you-die-and-never-play-for-my-club-again/
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