Time for Sullivan Jr to give up Twitter?

Fresh controversy erupted last night over Jack Sullivan’s Twitter account; Jack is the 13-year-old son of West Ham United owner David Sullivan.

It’s not the first time the youngsters tweets have been scrutinised by the media and public, back in January he tweeted an apology to the fans for the loan signing of Chamakh from Arsenal, saying it was not his choice.

The fall out this time revolves around controversial striker Ilombe Mboyo.

Mboyo is a Belgium international, and scored 20 goals for Gent last season, however he comes with the baggage of being a convicted rapist, something I don’t even think the club should have even entertained.

Sullivan Jr though tweeted a question, asking how the fans would feel if we signed him, and if he could be forgiven of past crimes.

This drew a huge backlash from the fans with the majority outright against the signing of such a man.

The question is though, who is behind these tweets? Some are intimating that Sullivan Sr is pulling the strings behind some of his son’s tweets, knowing that the club will be able to distance themselves from a teenage boy’s tweets should the proverbial hit the fan.

I enjoy some of the information Jack tweets with early confirmation of players being signed etc, however it begs the question, does the bad outweigh the good?

It appears that every fleet street journalist is following Sullivan Jr now waiting for something inappropriate to be tweeted so they can jump all over it.

I think considering this is not the first time the club has attracted the wrong type of attention because of these tweets it may be time for Sullivan Sr to keep a tighter reign on the information coming out about our club from the thumbs of his son.

What do you guys think? To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question!

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