Willock

[Jammy89]

I know he's quite injury prone at the minute and massively ****ed up his shot today.

But nobody deserves the appalling abuse he is getting on social media - he's just released a load of DMs to him and it's some of the foulest racist abuse I've seen from a footballer in a while.

I'm not gona post it on here - but on pretty much all Toon fb groups have screenshots, condeming it.

Absolutely vile - I hope the pathetic creatures who are sending it to him are found and dealt with.

[toptoon]

Shocking. Hes not on form at the moment but when it returns all of these ars*holes will sing his praises. Fickle b*stards who understand f*ck all about football.

[Zippity]

Appalling stuff. Would not surprise me if that's it for him and he angles for a movie in the Summer.

I don't mean just because of that but it could be the straw which breaks the camel's back (albeit a pretty hefty straw).

Injuries haven't helped but I feel we're past 'peak Willock'.

[5under1and]

I haven’t seen any of these posts but it’s not acceptable for anything of this nature to be posted or passed around

[Sclox]

Aye, the abuse should stick to criticising shiite performances only - hate any kind of personal or rascist attacks

I think if we can get a reasonable fee we should take it however.

[ex_pat_magpie]

I think these nerds should look back to what the lad can do when he's injury free and on form as he was when he first came here and scored in every one of hid first seven games if I recall correctly.

Statement from the club.

"Newcastle United strongly condemns the appalling racist abuse received by Joe Willock on Instagram on Saturday evening.

"There is no room for racism anywhere. Joe has been given the club?s full support and we will continue to do all we can to ensure the welfare of our players, staff and supporters. The club has reported the abuse to Meta - the owners of Instagram, and urges all social media companies to do more to eradicate this behaviour from their platforms. The club has also reported the abuse to the police, and will support the strongest possible action against those responsible."