Agreed , I’d add social media to their personal time enjoyments. It what annoyed me about Pogba. His social media stuff was clearly affecting his form and it was getting to him to the point where he commented on it.
Ive no issue with players doing social media stuff or other stuff they enjoy, when it’s not professionally impacting their performances, like zlatan who talked the talk and walked the walk. But the social media kids who get upset when some people give them crap about the social media stuff (and are surprised that courting more attention can bring unwanted negative attention) need to cop on.
Being a professional footballer is extremely hard and should be hard because it’s something very few people will get to do. They’ve a very very short career so having to suck it up for a decade or so isn’t much to ask for them to be setup for the rest of their lives.
So I don’t see “they are a child , they should be allowed to act like it and enjoy their lives” as an acceptable excuse. If you demand the big bucks, then more is demanded of you, that’s the simple economics of life and work for everyone. I can empathise with somebody struggling and at the same time see that their own actions are causing them problems.
I’m constantly saying to my son that there’s always a trade off. If he wants to be a good footballer , he needs to do all the simple things are beyond. The simple things are looking after yourself physically and mentally all the time , rest, food , sleep , extra training and avoiding stresses and stressful people.
Agree, that is how it is right. If you are in form or score a banger, you will love it, all the positive comments etc.. so when things are not going well, it is most likely going to be opposite. Most players know this and are told this too, they have safeguarding for these instances.
However; then if you want to keep using it, then cry, its not going to work. What I see it as, for example Garnacho... he might get a lot of hate online but in the last 3 games, Viva Garnacho is ringing in the stadium, which shows you the fans that actually coming to see the game, paying money are supporting you, so forget about those internet fans who sit behind the keyboard and concentrate on the football.
The money thing, if you are expecting to be paid 100k plus, you are expected to behave in a certain way, with expectations as well, I dont buy this notion of false expectation been put on you.
Like Rashford, if you demand 300k a week, I demand 110% effort every game, 20+ Goals a season.
Yes, with kids it is difficult as they still want to be with their friends and sometimes you have to sacrifice that to get to the top, this is where fomo kicks in as they usually dont look at the bigger picture.
