I'm sure we've all had a laugh at some amusing fake twitter accounts, but this is a real eye-opener into how seriously they are taken by clubs, and what damage they can unwittingly cause: http://duncanjenkins.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/such-little-thing-makes-such-big.html A really incredible story, and frankly Liverpool's media guy sounds like a lunatic! Makes you wonder what effect all the twitter speculation might have had on, for example, the Gaston Ramirez deal (although a fair amount of that did seem to be coming from Bologna...)
Firstly, I'd say the bloke was a bit of an attention seeking dick and you have always got to be able to "reap what you sow" when posting stuff anywhere online. None of the actions of Liverpool's PR guy surprise me in the least. It goes on everywhere in big business these days, just that its not widely reported. There are hosts of Investigation agencies who can find out all your real details (for a fee of course) using legal means and not. You only have to look at the phone hacking NOTW stuff... believe you me, thats just the tip of the iceberg, I am damn sure that Internet hacking by the media and agencies will make the phone stuff look like a drop in the ocean. Its just a matter of time before it hits the news. Big Brother isn't watching you... but a host of media & scumbag agencies ARE... whether you've done something wrong or not. Happy posting!
Just read this after seeing on another forum, wow. Fair play to him though for the Sahin and Borini transfers though!
tl;dr A liverpool FC media director tried to blackmail/bully a fan that had set up a fake twitter account and pretended to "break" transfer and team news early. They thought he had a mole in the club giving him information. What a crazy tale! I can understand where chang was coming from to some extent, but the lengths he went to are outrageous
If the company you were employed by, thought that confidential, commercially sensitive information was being leaked out, costing the company business advantage and possibly lots of money... wouldn't you want to know if the leak was real or could be plugged? Football is no different. People who work for football clubs see it differently than fans do. Its partly why, club owners/chief execs etc don't necessarily want football fans working at their clubs. Why fans still have this rose-tinted view of their clubs being all touchy touchy and nicey nicey and their friend, is simply not backed up anymore by the reality of the situation. In fact, football has NEVER been like that. Historically, clubs from the 1920's onwards, were on the whole, privately owned gentlemans clubs. They looked down on supporters just as much as today's corporate monsters do.
Agree with this. If you ever want to work at a club you support, don't tell them you are a supporter. If we are all honest with ourselves, we very rarely look at any situation to do with our club completely subjectively or in an unbiased manner; there will always be something in the subconcious working away.
