After what happened to Gary Speed and the difficulties that Aaron Lennon had it boggles my mind that people still don’t think it can happen to anyone.
We live in a world where the majority of people no longer consider mental health issues a stigma.
This is true but as a mental unit myself you’re always gonna have questions asked of you that maybe aren’t asked of someone that hasn’t disclosed such problems, can be a double edged sword at times opening up but that’s the stigma/mindset I personally and a lot of other people have to change.
It would be lovely if this was true, but it isn't, sadly
This is the norm these days. Keyboard warriors sat in their bedrooms typing utterly vile rubbish about someone they know nothing about. Happens on every forum, every element of social media. We all have the right to question a performance, tactics, quality etc but too many are ready to utterly shoot down a player because they can. Modern footballers will look on social media. Some are probably on this very forum seeng the words that so-called fans use to batter them with every week. We can suggest they don’t look at it but try telling any young man or woman to not look at what’s being said about them. They can’t. Reign in the personal insults and stick to being fans and supporters. We can still ask for more from our manager and players but remember they are still young men and money doesn’t change that.
