David Moyes has deplored the existence of social media yet again after Sunderland striker Victor Anichebe's twitter gaffe went viral on Sunday.
The Black Cats boss said he did not believe that sites such as Facebook and Twitter had benefitted any industry, including football, in quotes published by the The Sunnewspaper.
Moyes was speaking in the wake of Anichebe copying and pasting a full message from his social media adviser - a move that has gone someway to back a theory that some footballers do not control their own accounts online.
Victor Anichebe tweeting a message probably from his PR. Just copied and pasted it. 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/cVUeSIEGt9
The forward had posted: Can you tweet something like “ 'Unbelievable support yesterday and great effort by the lads! Hard result to take! But we go again!'�
Anichebe deleted the tweet after realising his mistake, but not before his post had gone viral and given football fans something funny to read.
And, despite finding the whole affair rather amusing himself, Moyes stated that he saw no positive side to social media in general for anyone associated with the beautiful game.
He said: I don't do Twitter. I actually think it's not been a good thing for football managers.
I don't know what industries Twitter has helped or not helped, but I don't think you'd say management is one it's helped. There you go.�
However, the Scot added that Anichebe was right to try and lift Sunderland supporters after another terrible start to the season that has seen the Wearsiders yet to pick up a win in the Premier League.
Moyes has come in for sustained criticism from fans and media alike for his inability to secure a much needed three points since taking charge at the Stadium of Light, with Sunderland finding themselves rooted to the foot of the league standings as a result.
The Black Cats suffered a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat away to West Ham United on Saturday, but Moyes insisted that he and his players needed the backing of the Sunderland faithful if they were to start climbing the table - and said any rallying cry from his charges was a good thing.
He said: He was bang on about the supporters, and if he was putting out a message about the players fighting really hard, I'd have to say he was right about that as well.�
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