AS Prime Minister David Cameron once said, “Too many tweets might make a twit” (or words to that effect!).
And doesn't football know it. A few misguided taps on a phone, one hit of the send button and a barrel of hot water to land in.
The explosion of social networking sites such as twitter and facebook has already got many a sportsman in trouble.
The ex-Liverpool forward Ryan Babel was the first professional footballer to be hit in the pocket for a twitter faux pas.
Babel posted a mocked up picture of referee Howard Webb in a Manchester United shirt. While most people had a good laugh, the Football Association didn't and promptly fined him 10,000 pounds.
Last week Farnborough captain Adam Bygrave was sacked after he admitted to making ?numerous disabled, racist and paedophile-based comments” on facebook.
It was swift and decisive action for which the Blue Square Bet South club should be applauded.
Ultimately Bygrave has made a grave mistake. Lots of people do.
When something is put out in the public domain you can be sure someone will jump on it if they find it inappropriate.
Thankfully most players at this level use their heads. But even the most innocent of tweets can be damaging to their team.
I was talking to a Blue Square Bet Premier manager a good 90 minutes before a midweek game last season.
He said that some of his players, sat at home on the couch that particular evening 200 miles away, would already know the team lineups – who was in, who had been dropped – of the game we were at.
Players talk. They always have and they always will. But it's when this information drips out into the public arena.
Sir Alex Ferguson lambasted the FA last week for revealing that Ashley Young hadn't been called up to the England squad because he was injured.
Ferguson was angry that their opponents Southampton now had a piece of knowledge he'd hoped to keep under wraps until he submitted his teamsheet.
Formula 1 racing star Lewis Hamilton has also been in trouble for posting a picture of the qualifying laps data from his and his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button.
While Hamilton swiftly deleted the confidential information the image had long been saved down by a lot of his followers and rival teams no doubt.
A quick scan of twitter on match days can reveal an awful lot. Some clubs ban their players from making any comments on social networking sites on the day of a game.
it's easy to see why with players effectively revealing their team's hand before they've played it.
When a player is ruled out of that day's game he will often say so. If he's been dropped a comment might appear about how fed up he is. Nothing malicious is meant by it, but if their rivals are cute they will be watching.
Anyone worth their salt will be looking for those fine margins that they can exploit to their advantage to help get those vital three points.
And, just like the PM, that will leave a lot of managers cursing.
