Sheffield United midfielder Oliver Norwood has hit out at today's keyboard warriors.
Norwood admits he's dropped social media given it's negativity.
He told the Sheffield Star: “I came off social media in the in the Covid season because it got too much.
“You don't even mean to read it. You're literally flicking through and then you see posts and comments: 'He you should be doing that, he shouldn't be getting paid this week, he should be doing extras' and you just think: 'I don't need to see this.'
“It's a hard one to say where that resilience does come from because it is hard. I've seen people, teammates, crumble. It's not nice, I tell you. It's not nice. But I always remember Chris [Wilder] saying: 'If you don't get on the ball, I'll take you off'. Simple as that. That's always something that stuck with me and I thought that whatever happened, he'd got my back. He was the manager, he was picking the team, so I must be doing something right.
“I always said to people, if we didn't make mistakes we wouldn't be playing for Sheffield United. We'd be playing for Man City or Man United, because those boys are at the top, top level and don't make mistakes. We're not at that level but we're trying to get there and we're going to make mistakes. It's part and parcel being a human being.
“Would I go and sit in somebody's office if he's typed an email wrong and scream at him, effing this and effing that? It wouldn't go down well would it? I don't think it would. think there's a respect element as well. I've took the brunt of it but I've got broad shoulders.
“I split opinion. I know that, I understand that. You probably have, out of 10 people, five saying: 'Oh yeah, we really like him' and five might say: 'Get him out the team' or whatever. You're never going to please everybody, are you? But I try to do the best job I can do, that I'm asked to do, and work hard every day, to be the best version of myself and give myself the best opportunity to be the best I can be.
“That's life, isn't it? You can't please everybody and I think the quicker you realise that, the thicker your skin becomes and you just learn to ride with it. You can't shrink, you can't let them win. That's the thing. My mentality is that you can't let them win."
