Players, coaches - are you "Tweet", "Plurk" enough?

The general mindset of most local clubs' officials and players is to keep "things within four walls", and it's not very often we see war-of-words trading across feuding parties to ensure the mood of solidarity in the local football fraternity (because of the "Code of Conduct", I guess).

Personally, nothing wrong with that, as nobody would want to see a WWE-styled reality show since the main product is the game itself.

How often do you wonder who the players on the field are?

However, the lack of hype in the local scene is also not in favour of itself, as fans may find it a bit "routine-like" to turn out at games.

So that was why I suggested earlier to get players to tell us more about themselves, nothing to extend to do some damage to one's reputation, but some snippets behind the scenes should start some interesting topics to discuss.

Unfortunately, no one has taken up the idea (maybe they are not aware of it?) or would they rather stay out of the limelight to avoid unnecessary attention (like what happened to Australian cricketer Philip Hughes)?

Aussie cricketer Philip Hughes "tweeted" his way to trouble - Picture credit Wikipedia

This situation is in contrast to those Western sportsmen (I have to use them as a yardstick at this juncture, sorry) who, a number of them, embraced microblogging based on what I gathered from this site, "Twitter-Athletes", a website introduced by a friend of mine after he read what I blogged earlier.

This site is a compilation of Twitter accounts from pro athletes in the States who simply "tweet" it away. Some well-known athletes using Twitter include Shaquille O'Neal and Lance Armstrong.

(PrtScr) The entrance page of "Twitter-Athletes"

Just in case you wonder if those mentioned individuals' tweets are bogus, please be assured that before these "tweet" pages were listed under the directory, the site operators verified the identity before putting them on the list.

Or if "Twitter" is not your preferred choice, there's also another similar micro-blogging site, but in a rather different interface - "Plurk" (depicted below)

This is how "Plurk" looks - each update floats on the board in chronological format.

I must admit that I'm rather new to "plurk", but the whole idea of it is similar to "Twitter", except I'm not sure if this micro-blogging site also provides third-party access that allows users to update their "plurk" via mobile device, like "tweets".

So what are you waiting for? Just start "tweet" or "plurk" around and make your presence felt by being proactive and not waiting to be discovered by others (and heaven knows when), or retire as nobody.