Norwich City goalkeeper Tim Krul believes dealing with negativity is an important skill for footballers as they cope with social media abuse.

The 34-year-old came into the season as first choice under Dean Smith but has slipped into a back-up role to Angus Gunn, despite being given another chance by new head coach David Wagner.

Krul has been at fault for a number of goals conceded this term, and insists players feel the impacts of fan reaction during and after games. "Everybody is aware - we're not robots," he said.

"Especially with social media, I don't think it's necessarily a good thing, because everybody seems to be able to say what they want, negative or positive.

"It's a bit like reviews - they like to just voice the negatives more than the positives I think. But it's normal in life - if you have 100 messages and 99 are positive and one is really negative, you will always will remember the negative one.

"But unfortunately it's part and parcel of being in the limelight, and it's something you need to prepare yourself for.

"People are fickle. One week I'm the best goalkeeper Norwich have ever had, the next people are shouting 'we don't want you at the club'.

"So it's one of those things where you take it with a pinch of salt, because if you save a penalty next week and keep a clean sheet, then everybody's like 'oh my word, he's the one'.

"When you have 26,000 people voicing their opinions or being negative, everybody can hear that. So it's not just being a good football player or goalkeeper, you need to be able to deal with that kind of pressure as well."

The Dutch international highlighted how those fans can elevate an atmosphere after a win, however, telling Norwich School's Close Conversations podcast: "There's no better feeling, when after a game you go to the crowd and you get that feeling.

"You see 26,000 people in a good mood, the kids buzzing. You couldn't recreate that kind of feeling anywhere."