Footballers Are Manipulating Fans – Crouch

Ex Liverpool and England star, Peter Crouch has come out to blast public relations-managed social media accounts for deceiving fans. He recently revealed that players should learn to start speaking for themselves on their social platforms.

According to him, fans sometimes get manipulated in a sad way online, and this can be very frustrating for people who show the footballers nothing but love and loyalty.

Crouch added that pulling the wool over the fans’ eyes is simply not fair to club supporters.

His words, “I think sometimes fans may be getting manipulated in some way, because these players aren’t speaking for themselves and that does frustrate me, worry me.”

“I mean, the tagline of my podcast is back stronger because that all derives from the fact that we see the same things on a Saturday. When the players haven’t played well or something, a tweet will come out and it was always ‘the fans were terrific’, ‘sorry, we couldn’t perform today’, ‘back stronger next week’.”

“They’re the same three sorts of phrases that get churned out. And I think sometimes it pulls the wool over the fans’ eyes, because I remember being a player and I’d see that exact tweet and I’d think: this player hasn’t tried for the last three months.”

“You know, this player won’t be working hard in training and he won’t be doing extra work. You know, he’s the first to get off [home].”

“And then you’ll see him on Instagram, running up his stairs and having a personal trainer in his gym at home. I just think that kind of thing is pulling the wool over the fans’ eyes and then perhaps on the Saturday nights – I saw it first hand on a Saturday – the fans will be like, ‘well, why is this player not playing, you know, look how much work he’s put it in’. I can see that they’re just fooling people. And it is frustrating.”