Slippery. posted a discussion

 I totally understand the frustration and disappointment all us Eels fans are going through this season. I also understand it's the right of fans to speak there piece in regards to players and coaching staff at the club. In saying this, I ask fans to think twice before posting comments that are bagging / insulting players and staff. Sometimes, some players don't know how to handle constant criticism and insults. Sometimes, and it has happened in the past, players that are struggling with mental issues such as depression fail to handle the pressure placed on them from fans, sometimes the insults become to hard to live with. Just imagine if a player was suffering from depression and it was your comments that caused him to harm himself. Something that you said or posted caused this person to end there life.  I only really thought about stuff like this after a conversation I had with a former NRL player. We got into talking about how his best mate and fellow player took there own life and the only thing they can put it down to was that he was struggling with the pressure and the criticism he was receiving from the fans. Everybody handles insults and criticism differently. Some handle it better than others. My advice is, if a player has a bad game and you feel the need to post insulting comments, say your piece and then just leave it. Insults are not going to change the result or the poor performance of the player. I have seen some people on this site that started bagging 1 or more players from the 1st month of this years comp and they continue today.  I completely understand that we all have players we like and dislike. I'm just asking for people to think  twice before posting insulting comments. Maybe imagine the player your about to insult is a relative or family friend, would you still say the same if this was the case?See More