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    Virgil van Dijk: Liverpool captain says pundits have duty of responsibility to new generation of players with their criticism
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    Virgil van Dijk: Liverpool captain says pundits have duty of responsibility to new generation of players with their criticism

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    1. Suspicious-Word-7589 on

      Not while the media and fans reward their shit takes with clicks and views and more opportunities to spew garbage.

    2. Right_Impact_5836 on

      These new gen players are SOFT AF, getting paid millions for their hobby and can’t take a bit of criticism.

    3. CampaignOld5379 on

      First season he’s ever been criticized and now he’s a spokesperson for the harm it causes

    4. Hyperion262 on

      What does that even mean? Who is deciding what’s ‘clickbait’

      Also Virgil clearly can’t take it, we saw that after Rooneys fair criticism and he cries about it still.

    5. Fuzzy_Kangaroo7566 on

      Will he ask Sly Spurts to stop ‘analysing’ games altogether? Stop having fans on thd Forum programmes to protect the poor players?? FO Shiny hair.

    6. Queasy_Ad_4804 on

      The current generation of pundits were the most ruthlessly self serving footballers ever, good luck trying to get them to understand empathy or responsibility

    7. IntelligentKoala9599 on

      Says the guy brushing off his own mistakes under the carpet, laughing it off, while barking at his own players like a rabid dog and blaming others.

    8. cheesyvoetjes on

      >”Criticism is absolutely normal and part of the game, and I think it should stay that way. But sometimes criticism also goes into being clickbait, saying things to provoke things, and without thinking about the repercussions for a mental side of players, and especially the younger generation, who are constantly on social media.

      There is truth in this but players do it themselves too. Garnacho for example wearing a Rashford Aston Villa jersey while being a Man utd player to rile people up, Lamine Yamal has had some social media controversy and there are many more examples. And let’s also be honest. If a player scores a hattrick and everybody is talking about how amazing they are, they’re scrolling social media while wanking themselves. But when they play shit and get criticism, it’s abuse and people don’t understand the pressure.

    9. bwoah07_gp2 on

      The new generation can’t handle criticism. And in the case of the news media and social media, they haven’t been trained to tune out the noise.

    10. Blurny on

      It’s true. Pundits have a tendency to say weird and over critical things about players and coaches, and moron’s in social media tend to lap it up and regurgitate it to the point it just becomes pure abuse.

      I’m not saying they’re responsible for the actions of those morons but people like Gary Neville are the match that ignites the fire.

    11. ExtensionPort on

      He and the rest of the Liverpool team rightly deserve the criticisms they’re receiving right now after what’s been spent. He’s been glazed over by pundits for years, but now he’s dipped significantly in form, right after accepting a £400k per week contract (coincidentally?) we must be more considerate of his feelings.

      Cry me a fucking river – it’s warranted and he doesn’t even get it that bad. Not like Martinez who ended up having 2 legends of the club knocking him down before derby day – but you don’t see him crying to the media.

    13. 2_years_ago on

      I agree, because you can make a comment on Reddit and some young bed wetting fans gets upset if you disagree or correct with their comment

    14. Petethejakey_ on

      Soft cunt 😂 United players getting absolutely blasted by their own legends and still perform with some bollocks

    15. Invhinsical on

      The old generation did not have to deal with brain-dead, jobless morons from around the world anonymously abusing them on social media. And keeping the players away from it is not the answer either, it’s simply impossible in this day and age.

      So yeah, being at least fair and controlled in your critique is absolutely needed from those fossils who don’t want to understand the needs of today’s generation without thumping their own backs for ‘not being sissies’.

    16. Turbulent_Proposal79 on

      Idiot. Getting paid hundreds of thousands of pounds a week to play football and he thinks they are above criticism. We all get criticised if we underperform in our jobs. What an absolute moany c*nt.

      Take the good with the bad of being at the top level in the public eye.

    17. dennis3282 on

      People becoming professional footballers know what they are getting themselves in for and what comes with it, and they also know they will earn a ton of money doing it.

      If you are terrified about pundit criticism, do something else.

      For fans, we want discussion. That includes the good and the bad (which inevitably brings criticisms). Have you ever watched coverage which only talks things up, even the bad, like the olympics? It becomes insufferable pretty fast. Give me honest debate any day of the week.

    18. jake_folleydavey on

      He’s right.

      Yeah I get it, they get paid loads of money, that doesn’t mean it’s right for grown men to slag off kids to an audience of millions across the world.

      Criticism is fine, but more often than not it goes beyond that.

      We forget that footballers are just people like the rest of us.