Sunday was easily the most miserable day of the season so far.
We lost pretty handily to a decent Fulham side 3-1 on our own patch, several of our most important players went off injured (and, in the case of Nordi Mukiele, it looks pretty serious), fans streamed out in their thousands as the third goal went in, and then on Sunday night it was reported via a club statement that Romaine Mundle had been a victim of racist abuse online.
What a way to completely kill the good mood around the football club. Several Premier League players across the weekend found themselves victims of racist online abuse, and I quite liked Wolverhampton Wanderers' approach to the comments that Tolu Arokodare received - just name and shame these idiots and expose them for what they are.
I hope Sunderland follow suit, and I hope that Romaine gets the love and support he deserves from those around him and my fellow supporters. I also hope that these were not Sunderland supporters who gave him the abuse, because there's simply no place for it, and we have to drive these people out of our game. They're not supporters, or fans - they're just awful human beings.
The best thing that we can do as fans is to rally around Romaine and anyone else who has found themselves on the receiving end of abuse recently, and call it out when we see it. That isn't just restricted to racial abuse, by the way - that is all forms of abuse.
Some of the ridiculous things that I saw written online about Mundle and other Sunderland players, not just after the Fulham game but others recently, was absolutely rank. I just wish people would think twice before hitting 'post' and consider the implications of their words.
I'm not saying that you can't criticise a player's performance, because of course you can, but if it's not constructive, what is the point?
These are young men and they will only perform to the highest level if they're playing in an environment that enables it.
Slagging them off online or leaving your seat early because we're losing a match is not support, no matter how it's dressed up.
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