Manchester United get hammered for tweeting this well known Steven Gerrard quote

Social media is a tricky old business.

Often largely ignored by major brands in the early days when the Twitter account might be entrusted to an intern or work experience youngster, these days it's taken a bit more seriously and seen as a great way to interact with fans. But often - especially on Twitter - it is immediate and unedited. And that can lead to cock ups or posts that just... miss the mark. Manchester United suffered a 2-1 defeat at Fenerbahce in the Europa League on Thursday night. But keen to put that behind them and look ahead to the next match - a Premier League trip to Swansea City - their social media gurus sent out an upbeat, positive sounding tweet on Friday morning. The only thing was, the wording used sounded rather familiar, and perhaps somewhat ill-advised given its most recent associations...   https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/794461684333060096

Sunjay picked up on it straight away:

https://twitter.com/SVNJVY/status/794488292083453953

Yes. yes it is:

https://youtu.be/Fi-SdzOlef4 https://twitter.com/ThSaurabhMishra/status/794490625341018112

No. No it didn't:

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Safe to say, it did not go down well with the United fans...

https://twitter.com/MartioIogy/status/794461912402685952 https://twitter.com/LewisTux/status/794464050528878592 https://twitter.com/stephenackroyd/status/794471255118401537 https://twitter.com/NanaPinero89/status/794468288726241280

Is this next one the modern equivalent of 'you need to have a word with yourself'?

https://twitter.com/WalidSeifeddine/status/794495261703860224

Simple, but clear message:

https://twitter.com/Sumner7utd/status/794492358746370049

The classics:

https://twitter.com/abood_hamed/status/794461771994107904 https://twitter.com/Xidig_AFC/status/794499938805837824

Erm...

https://twitter.com/FinishedUtd/status/794463256559620096 https://twitter.com/devlinsharpe10/status/794463234191491072 https://twitter.com/Hed04/status/794470779891154944 https://twitter.com/Flesj/status/794467887138435073

Bit OTT:

https://twitter.com/Mish3lMz/status/794462150899200000 https://twitter.com/RealSwissGames/status/794507306499194881

And perhaps the most damning of all:

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