‘Never do Twitter Q&As’ is the ‘Never work with children or animals’ of the internet era.
With Jack Wilshere returning to fitness ahead of Euro 2016, ESPN called on fans to ask the England midfielder anything they wanted, using the #AskWilshere hashtag.
Have a question for Arsenal's Jack Wilshere? Tweet them to us using the hashtag #AskJackWilshere pic.twitter.com/LUSOgi1VOI
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) May 11, 2016
On reflection, they may have been a little too broad with their remit.
@ESPNUK what is the point of you? #AskJackWilshere
— Mike Flynn (@Flynny403) May 11, 2016
There were questions about Wilshere’s injury record.
https://twitter.com/_Peter_1980/status/730393308959256577
https://twitter.com/Spursesque/status/730354514432299008
https://twitter.com/joshuathfc_/status/730355236800499712
His run-ins with the police.
https://twitter.com/Dierbolic/status/730354907111432192
And his love for the odd cigarette.
https://twitter.com/ThomasHember/status/730401660242169856
Of course Spurs fans got involved
https://twitter.com/Graeme_D_1985/status/730368960009515008
https://twitter.com/JellySmiff/status/730365220489678848
https://twitter.com/DemPele/status/730354891630194688
It’s a shame, as there were some interesting questions asked, but it looks like it’s all been knocked on the head.
https://twitter.com/sfkhann/status/730342995229315072
Probably because a lot of the input looked a little like this
https://twitter.com/DailyMesut/status/730408674376753153