Twitter is great, isn’t it?
You can just tap away on a computer or a phone and press send and then millions of people can read what you’ve written. No proof reading, no double checking – it’s all so instant, so quick, so throwaway.
But while that instantaneous interaction is great, it does occasionally mean you can accidentally send something out into the world that you didn’t mean to.
We’ve all done it (let he who hath no sin cast the first stone and all that) but if you do it from the official account of a Premier League football club it is going to get noticed. And replied to. And screen grabbed. And mocked.
After all, this is the internet, this is Twitter, and this is 2016.
Yesterday the poor soul running the West Ham United account had a finger slip when they posted an update early in the second half. The unfortunate message read: “51 @Michailantonio shoots himself”.
It was quickly deleted, but not before fans posted their tributes at this difficult time:
https://twitter.com/CIassenal/status/777170554147176448
Some remembered his finest hour:
RIP Michail Antonio. Your winner vs Bournemouth will always be remembered as a highlight of this season. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/iaas5Niv2s
— Jamie🍋🗽 (@j_amier7) September 17, 2016
But some were less kind:
When you're the best player within a load of shit. https://t.co/ixMMXp2WfP
— West Ham (C)entral 🏆 (@WestHam_Central) September 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/wheaton_peter/status/777173572695580672
Anyway rest assured that Michail is alive and well. And still on the books at West Ham.
And this is what the tweet was meant to say:
51: @Michailantonio shoots himself this time after cutting inside, but Foster blocks with his body again [3-0] #WBAWHU #COYI
— West Ham United (@WestHam) September 17, 2016
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