Van Barneveld regrets reacting to abusive comments sent to him after Wright defeat
NewsSunday, 27 May 2018 at 08:36
Raymond van Barneveld apologized for his reaction to a frustrated fan who had abused Barney. The Dutch Legend, after his defeat against Peter Wright at the German Darts Masters, got the abuse sent to him.
On social media, however, there was also a screenshot with the reaction of Van Barneveld to these statements. The five-time world champion now regrets this reaction.
Yesterday I posted a tweet from the horrible things you sometimes get after a loss. In my anger at that moment I replied which I shouldn’t have done in a matter that is not worthy of a 5-time World Champion. I apologise for that ! Need to ignore those messages but not always easy'', Van Barneveld said on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Raybar180/status/1000349717098848256
Yesterday I posted a tweet from the horrible things you sometimes get after a loss. In my anger at that moment I replied which I shouldn’t have done in a matter that is not worthy of a 5-time World Champion. I apologise for that ! Need to ignore those messages but not always easy'', Van Barneveld said on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Raybar180/status/1000349717098848256
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- The pundits glossing over the other factor at play in that match. They appear to be somewhat constrained in what they can say publicly.
UndartedWaters16-11-2024 - So, you don't like Littler, then? I was cheering him on, being a fellow Englishman. Honestly, some of us get far too offended nowadays. If you want to see crowd passion... watch a match when German and Dutch players face off... that can be just as bad if not worse for crowd noises. It happens, I have watched and heard Littler being jeered - Dirk van Duijvenbode in Holland, January this year. Where was your outrage then? Yes, I can clearly see what is going on here.MrYnyslas197116-11-2024