Twitter (and all that is wrong about footballers)

[leithsansiro]

Was a wee bit bored tonight and spent a wee while leafing through posts on Twitter that various Hibs players have made. One thing that struck me was that none of those posting made particular mention of the new manager or wanting to impress - I would have expected that any player with anything about him who uses such sites (and let's face it, loads of folk put any old rubbish on Twitter) would be looking to publicly stake his claim.

What also struck me was the number of players close to (but, crucially, not in the first eleven) who seem to already think that they've "made it". Not sure if they're really like that or not, but guys like Sean Welsh and Adam Mitter don't particularly come across as sounding anything close to professional and seem more concerned with banter and having a laugh than knuckling down. If I had the talent to be anywhere near a professional club and was a young guy knocking on the door of the first team, you can bet i'd want to be giving as good an impression as possible to the new manager in every respect.

Anyway, maybe I'm reading too much into it...

[Diclonius]

Our players are most likely instructed not to talk about the club on social networking sites.

[GhostofBolivar]

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Was a wee bit bored tonight and spent a wee while leafing through posts on Twitter that various Hibs players have made. One thing that struck me was that none of those posting made particular mention of the new manager or wanting to impress - I would have expected that any player with anything about him who uses such sites (and let's face it, loads of folk put any old rubbish on Twitter) would be looking to publicly stake his claim.

What also struck me was the number of players close to (but, crucially, not in the first eleven) who seem to already think that they've "made it". Not sure if they're really like that or not, but guys like Sean Welsh and Adam Mitter don't particularly come across as sounding anything close to professional and seem more concerned with banter and having a laugh than knuckling down. If I had the talent to be anywhere near a professional club and was a young guy knocking on the door of the first team, you can bet i'd want to be giving as good an impression as possible to the new manager in every respect.

Anyway, maybe I'm reading too much into it...

Since you are clearly unfamiliar with the work of @BizNasty2point0 I'd say you're reading far too much into this.

[frazeHFC]

They still need a social life though. Adam Mitter often tweets to his friends down South he never sees, and they are likely to be interested on what he is up to, so i don't see why they can't tweet when not training?

Spoony always sounds motivated and talks about impressing the manager, just to add.

[MrRobot]

Jesus ****.

Can you please no longer post anything pn here that is not work related. Young guys having banter, shoot them, terrible to have fun.

What is the obsession that if you are a player and havr twitter you must post your every club move. Personally I never mention work on any social networking site, why should they ?

[pentlando]

The only problem with twitter and the likes are the folk who sit and psycho-analyse every single tweet and get all upset about something that shouldn't really bother them.

[Andy74]

I do kind of get the point though.

The players all I think list themeselves as Hibs players. Most us a picture of themsleves in the Hibs kit.

As players I'd expect they only really get a few followers, over and above their mates, because they are players.

When you look at other players, maybe Rooney or Ferdinand being some of the most folowed on Twitter, they talk a lot about playing, working hard, wanting to win, welcoming players or coaches to the club when they arrive.

Our guys largely send messages to models and talk about nights out and how much fun they have in the afternoons.

[Sir David Gray]

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Jesus ****.

Can you please no longer post anything pn here that is not work related. Young guys having banter, shoot them, terrible to have fun.

What is the obsession that if you are a player and havr twitter you must post your every club move. Personally I never mention work on any social networking site, why should they ?

Main difference;

I'm guessing, unless you're not telling us something, that your job doesn't make you a well known person and that you don't have thousands of people who turn up at your place of work every week or so to support you and who are passionate about the organisation that you work for.

For many people, their football club is the biggest thing in their life and I don't think it takes too much for the players to tell the people who idolise them, a wee bit about the club and how they're getting on.

I wouldn't expect them to disclose anything personal but I don't think there's any harm in giving a little insight into how things are going for them at the club.

For me, Twitter is mainly geared up for people to "follow" celebrities and well known people. You see other sports people giving updates on matches that they've played and how training's gone etc.

[Hibs90]

What's their twitter usernames? and can anyone confirm is this is really deek https://twitter.com/#!/derek_riordan83

[The_Todd]

I don't think I could care less. We complain when players publicly announce how hard they'll try ("do your talking on the pitch!" Is what we all shout on hibs.net after such a statement) and then we complain more when they leave it out.

The players responsibilities are to train hard and play hard, not to entertain us on Twitter. Its their personal Twitter account to do with as they please. Some people just go looking for an excuse to berate our players.

[frazeHFC]

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What's their twitter usernames? and can anyone confirm is this is really deek https://twitter.com/#!/derek_riordan83

Pretty sure that is him.

Wotherspoon = 24Spoony
Welsh = Welshdogg4
Palsson = VictorPalsson
Galbraith = Galbraith22
Stephens = 25DavidStephens

[wearethehibs]

What annoys me most is how does Adam Mitter have so many tidy mates lol.

[frazeHFC]

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What annoys me most is how does Adam Mitter have so many tidy mates lol.

[Andy74]

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Pretty sure that is him.

Wotherspoon = 24Spoony
Welsh = Welshdogg4
Palsson = VictorPalsson
Galbraith = Galbraith22
Stephens = 25DavidStephens

WelshDOGG?

Tells me all I need to know about him!

[SRHibs]

David Crawford's latest tweet: 'Love the Hibs.net debate about twitter! Mits getting abused haha!'

[1875HFC]

First post on hibs.net, happy days.

This is similar to the post last week about Victor Palsson going go-karting with the Jambo. Wotherspoons last tweet he praised the lads for the only half of Fridays game, just need to lift motivation of the entire club then the players might respond better on twitter and the likes

[duffers]

Im not a professional footballer, but I've never tweeted about my work once! Why should they? I actually quite enjoy reading there stuff though, just don't enjoy tweeting them saying boothy Is a hero when out on the sauce.

[Andy74]

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Im not a professional footballer, but I've never tweeted about my work once! Why should they? I actually quite enjoy reading there stuff though, just don't enjoy tweeting them saying boothy Is a hero when out on the sauce.

Hmm, heard a couple of tales now about Boothy and the drink, one at a player of the year event. Young guys are young guys but he has an awful lot of talent and he could really change his life, or he could miss his chance.

You would think now that that these young guys can see wall to wall football from the EPL and Spain and think that with a wee bit dedication and putting some hours in on the afternoons they could make something of themselves.

I don't see a single Hibs player just now I'd trust to put a free kick on target from 20 yeards and that's something that repetition can bring.

I think this is the point of some of the chat about twitter. It's quite obvious the afternoon priorities are elsewhere for most of our guys and when we are not doing ewll on the park it is interesting to put it together with what they are all up to, or not, in the sense of trying to put it right.

[R'Albin]

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David Crawford's latest tweet: 'Love the Hibs.net debate about twitter! Mits getting abused haha!'

Wonder how many of our players actually read stuff on here, some of the are probably better avoiding it

Oh and hiya David

[Wotherspiniesta]

Adam mitter: so tired after training today workinghard i feel like nando's big time..

Nandos? What a disgrace. Everyone knows that Jimmy Chungs is the only place footballer's should be eating.

[muzzhfc]

are we saying the players arent allowed a social life?? i tend to have some pretty big rants on Facebook and Twitter but as long as I dont do anything that brings my work into disrepute then its fine. same with footballers. if they said something then yeah they should be disciplined accordingly (privately within our fine establishment of a club). if they find it as an escape from the abuse they get from the stands and use it to socialise then fair play to them. it gives us an insight into how the players are. we should not be holding everything against them.

Chins up boys:pfgwa

[Future17]

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Adam mitter: so tired after training today workinghard i feel like nando's big time..

Nandos? What a disgrace. Everyone knows that Jimmy Chungs is the only place footballer's should be eating.

Nando's is Under-19s. Chungs is first team.

[Danderhall Hibs]

If I was one of the players and could be arsed tweetering or whatever I'd post a couple of messages a day rotating stuff like "worked hard today - going home to rest the muscles", "looking forward to training tomorrow", "big day tomorrow, early night for me" just to keep folk happy.

But then if I had my time again and was in the same position as them I'd know how lucky I was and I would be more dedicated and not hitting the bevvy and fast food as much.

[TheEastTerrace]

I working in media and comms for a sports organisation.

What we did with our players for implementing a social media policy was actually let them decide what was acceptable and not acceptable for athletes to post on Twitter or Facebook. We gave them a presentation on the advantages and disadvantages, high profile cases of social media gone wrong, periods in and around matches when tweeting etc would be allowed, the kinds of activities that fans are interested in, and how they could increase their appeal to sponsors. Thankfully, most were sensible and during international season, the 'banter' is actually pretty decent. I've never had to reprimand any player so far.

I think a big positive was letting the squads create their code of conduct.

Not sure how this is being addressed at Hibs so far but judging by the banter being tweeted by some of the players currently using it, they'll eventually get bored and move onto something else soon.

[dp00]

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Pretty sure that is him.

Wotherspoon = 24Spoony
Welsh = Welshdogg4
Palsson = VictorPalsson
Galbraith = Galbraith22
Stephens = 25DavidStephens

Mattie123456789 = matt thornhill
Danny_galbraith = Danny Galbraith

[frazeHFC]

#DavidCrawford #TwitterArmy !!!

[TheBall'sRound]

Just to dispel a little myth in the original post, I asked DW if he was nervous about playing St J's in front of the new manager and he replied that he was eager to do well rather than nervous but was looking forward to it.

It's not all Nando's and go-karting for these boys. You can understand them not making too many comments about the football side, especially considering how mince we've been.

[Hibercelona]

And I suppose while you're getting huffy about the players un-professional tweets, you're sitting they're producing master class tweets about your own job and how dedicated you are to your own manager...



Give the lads a break. Tweetings supposed to be a bit of fun.

[blueisthecolour]

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Our players are most likely instructed not to talk about the club on social networking sites.

This is true.

[AgentDaleCooper]

nothing on this thread means anything, at all, whatsoever.