Noses on the payroll

[Lizz]

My line manager has a couple of fake social media accounts which she uses to look at applicants' social media activity for some roles. If someone makes their anger about any topic clear on social media, ie, a quick Google search returns lots of hits, she's immediately anti them.

[PeterWithe]

This is the latest tweet from our Bluenose.
He must be loving this, getting paid to read all the responses to this tweet.

   Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial)
17/02/2017, 22:30
Injury news: @MicahRichards back in training.

💬️⚽️ Steve Bruce: “Micah is terrific around the place. I could do with him on the pitch.” pic.twitter.com/1WNqIlNOw9

I was pretty much on the fence but this has tipped me over the edge, who can tweet positively about Micah Richards and not be taking the piss?

To the stocks with him.

[dave.woodhall]

I would have thought answers to a few questions like, "what are your favourite Villa games/goals/players of the last 5/10 years", would have been enough to rule him out of a job that is supposed to connect with Villa supporters, and increase our fan base.

He doesn't have to be a Villa supporter, just the best candidate for the job.

This is all getting a bit childish now. He's been kicked up the arse so let's move on.

[Richard E]

We'd better not sign Messi or Ronaldo. Neither of them are lifelong Villa supporters.

[Tugby Villain]

We'd better not sign Messi or Ronaldo. Neither of them are lifelong Villa supporters.

But neither of them have posted anti-Villa stuff on their own twitter accounts.

[aldridgeboy]

Silly thing to do , but it's a bit of a non story for me. If hrs good at his job , that's all that really bothers me.
I was booked at the Sty for our match earlier in the season. I was very careful not to mention anything about my allegiance on my social media, but if someone looked hard enough historically, they'd have probably found something taking the piss out of that lot. If they'd have cancelled me on the basis of that I'd have been annoyed.

[Malandro]

Embarrassing thread.

[Richard E]

We'd better not sign Messi or Ronaldo. Neither of them are lifelong Villa supporters.

But neither of them have posted anti-Villa stuff on their own twitter accounts.

'Disappointing result against PSG tonight but we'll give it all we can in the second leg and anyway SOTV KRO.'

[Chris Jameson]

This is the latest tweet from our Bluenose.
He must be loving this, getting paid to read all the responses to this tweet.

   Aston Villa FC (@AVFCOfficial)
17/02/2017, 22:30
Injury news: @MicahRichards back in training.

💬️⚽️ Steve Bruce: “Micah is terrific around the place. I could do with him on the pitch.” pic.twitter.com/1WNqIlNOw9

Is that what we're getting angry about?

Who is this bloke?

Got him from Manchester City on a free transfer. Terrible player, you must remember him surely?

[The Edge]

My line manager has a couple of fake social media accounts which she uses to look at applicants' social media activity for some roles. If someone makes their anger about any topic clear on social media, ie, a quick Google search returns lots of hits, she's immediately anti them.

That's not right in my opinion. I would not want to work for her.

[Jimbo]

It gets worse:

@DorisOfficialTeaAVFC 13/2/15: "Tea is the Devils spunk!"

@DorisOfficialTeaAVFC 22/10/16: "Earl 'Gay' get it?"

@DorisOfficialTeaAVFC 2/11/16: "Lapsang souchong is Chinese 4 cat piss."

@DorisOfficialTeaAVFC 25/12/16: "Them cucumber sarnies with the edges cut off r 4 pufs."

[Tugby Villain]

We'd better not sign Messi or Ronaldo. Neither of them are lifelong Villa supporters.

But neither of them have posted anti-Villa stuff on their own twitter accounts.

'Disappointing result against PSG tonight but we'll give it all we can in the second leg and anyway SOTV KRO.'

I like to think some bluenose is reading this and getting excited at the prospect of Messi and Ronaldo being secret bluenoses.

[cdbearsfan]

I would have thought answers to a few questions like, "what are your favourite Villa games/goals/players of the last 5/10 years", would have been enough to rule him out of a job that is supposed to connect with Villa supporters, and increase our fan base.

He doesn't have to be a Villa supporter, just the best candidate for the job.

This is all getting a bit childish now. He's been kicked up the arse so let's move on.

I don't think he does, but he's supposed to be communicating with Villa fans who should at least assume he is vaguely supportive. He's clearly unable to provide that illusion now. I don't particularly want to think we are employing someone that positively hates us. Small Heath didn't hesitate to get rid of the celebrating ballboy, nor should they have.

If a Labour/Tory/Lib Dem candidate was found to have posted loads of Nazi propaganda he'd be sacked. If someone working an animal welfare had loads of pictures posing with slaughtered animals, he'd be sacked. In fact if anyone working for a major company had a record of publicly condemning said company and didn't even have the intelligence to remove the evidence prior to his employment with them, he'd be sacked.

Get him to fuck, the little gobshite.

[luke95]

Another 2 pages on this thread & he'll have is name installed in their legends lounge .

[PeterWithe]

It's quite a reflection on the age that when we next read a positive tweet from the Villa we absolutely know that the person making it doesn't believe it.