Wot no Mike Yardy's tweet thread?

[El Presidente]

Oh he's definitely entitled to. Just as Albion fans might feel entitled to think he's very silly to be snippy towards a large group of people, who might feel less well disposed towards Sussex CCC as a result (or who already pay his wages!). Which would make it a very silly thing to say IMHO.

No biggie but just a bit silly given his position.

Perhaps it was just a gag directed at his mates?

Any Sussex fan who goes Mavis Riley about it needs their bumps felt.

 

[Bozza]

Perhaps it was just a gag directed at his mates?

It wasn't, as his subsequent tweets clearly illustrated.

The subsequent deletion of the account also tells a tale.

 

[stripeyshark]

sorry to disappoint Mr Yardy's apologists but it is a genuine account - imbecilic in respect to this post but genuinely so

Still doesn't mean he posted it. It's not impossible to access someone's account.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

It wasn't, as his subsequent tweets clearly illustrated.

The subsequent deletion of the account also tells a tale.

It's a shame i missed all of this, i would have really enjoyed it. What did he subsequently say?

 

[chrisbha]

Mike yardy was sitting in front of us on the east lower at the watford game. Quite happily posed for a photo with a young lad as he was leaving. Please do not attack him because of his illness. My wife suffers from it and believe me it is not nice.

 

[Berty23]

He said something like "if they needed a bigger ground so much why did they not build it sooner?" Good digging that one

 

[severnside gull]

Still doesn't mean he posted it. It's not impossible to access someone's account.

desperation!!!!!

all the idiot needs to do is apologise.

when in a hole..........

 

[dougdeep]

I thought he was dead.

 

[SpidersLegs]

Then go on Lewis Hatchett@lewis_hatchett and check outhis tweet from Yesterday morning

At BattleCCtoday for Natwest Cricket Force with @Themooster20lLuke_wells07@ammykhan1980#Painters and Decorators
retweeted by SussexCCC

Dosn't sound fake

My sons girlfriends parents are good friends with Mike & his wife and they say he hasn't have a twitter account.

 

[Bozza]

My sons girlfriends parents are good friends with Mike & his wife and they say he hasn't have a twitter account.

It was a new account but was clearly his - long before he dug a massive hole about the Albion the account had been mentioned by Matt Prior, Luke Wright and Scott Styris to name but three.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

My sons girlfriends parents are good friends with Mike & his wife and they say he hasn't have a twitter account.

He doesn't. NOW.

Other players were promoting his account in recent days, which rather suggests a genuine one.

Matt Prior, 29th March:
[MENTION=26863]mattp[/MENTION]rior13: Hey guys pls give my good mate and [MENTION=23532]Sussexcc[/MENTION]C legend @Themooster20 a follow! Ignore the west ham chat and he's actually very funny! #enjoy

If it was a fake account, he'd call himself something like [MENTION=1494]mikey[/MENTION]ardy, surely, not using what is presumably a nickname. Personally I think it's a shame if he's ditched Twitter after only a couple of days, as it's not like he's said anything horrifically offensive (really). It was just a badly thought out bit of football chirping. He got his facts wrong, and wound plenty of people up, but there are worse things out there. I'd like him to have stayed on Twitter. And had the opportunity to be gently reminded of his faux pas every so often

 

[gripper stebson]

He's just bitter that he plays a sport that hardly anyone cares about once the football season starts!

 

[Springal]

He has apologised via Sussex CCC.

I must admit, I am sure I have seen him with mates at an away game before, so think this was just a joke that got taken a bit to seriously.

 

[Don Tmatter]

Here it is

 

[Barrel of Fun]

He shouldn't need to apologise. People are being just a little bit precious.

 

[Garage_Doors]

I guess I'm the onlybone who doesn't know who he is
Who is he ?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

No harm done. I'd like to think he'd come back to Twitter soon enough. I suspect it was little more than an ill-thought-out joke aimed at winding up his team mates, from someone who was a newcomer to Twitter & didn't quite appreciate the power it can have.

Prize to the first Albion fan who brings a banner reading "The 20k Prawn Sandwiches (Formerly Cromwell Road) End" to a Sussex game this season though

 

[Change at Barnham]

Nothing wrong with the supporter of another team having banter with his Albion mates. A decent thing to apologise but not really necessary.
At least he's seen the sense to bring his children up to support their local side. At least he'll see more passing at The Amex than at Upton Park.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I guess I'm the onlybone who doesn't know who he is
Who is he ?

He's the former captain of Sussex CCC.

You seem to ask that sort of question a lot for a whole variety of people/things. Do you not read anything other than Punk and BHAFC?

 

[blockhseagull]

That is an apology from the cricket club not Yardy.