Burnley's official X account concealed numerous critical responses from supporters following their 2-0 loss to Everton on Tuesday evening, as fans demanded Scott Parker's sacking.
After the club posted a video featuring the manager's post-match interview, angry supporters flooded the replies with their frustrations, describing the performance as "embarrassing".
The wave of negativity prompted whoever runs the Clarets' social media to hide the hostile comments from public view.
However, a feature on the platform allows users to reveal which posts have been deliberately obscured, exposing the club's attempts to suppress the backlash against their under-fire boss.
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Among the concealed messages, one supporter wrote: "Sack him. Strip the squad. Take time to replace him with someone with bigger b******s. Rebuild. Go again."
Others took a more cunning approach to highlight the censorship, with one posting: "Hide this reply if Parker should be sacked."
A third fan employed the same tactic, writing: "We should sack Parker. Hide this reply if you agree!"
Scott Parker is under severe pressure at Burnley with their woes continuing to worsen
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When the club duly removed that comment from view along with dozens of others, the supporter triumphantly responded: "Ladies and gentlemen, we got em."
The exchange laid bare the growing disconnect between the struggling club and its increasingly frustrated fanbase.
Speaking after the match, a dejected Parker admitted his side had fallen "well short" across every aspect of their performance.
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Five facts about the Premier League | PA/GETTY/REUTERS/GBNEWS"There was nothing in our game that was remotely encouraging or pleasing really," he said.
"And at this present moment in time, you know, we're trying to work out what the reasons are."
The manager acknowledged his players appeared devoid of energy and struggled to create opportunities.
"I just thought we looked very, very flat. We were poor on the ball and never really posed any sort of problems and at times their quality was obviously far superior really," Parker added.
He suggested the emotional toll of Saturday's dramatic 4-3 home defeat to Brentford, where a late equaliser was disallowed, may have contributed to the lifeless display.
James Tarkowski scored against his old club Burnley to help Everton get the win | REUTERSBurnley now sit 19th in the Premier League table, having accumulated just 19 points from their campaign so far.
The Clarets find themselves eight points adrift of safety, making their return to the Championship appear all but inevitable.
Tuesday's defeat at Goodison Park compounded the misery of their weekend collapse against Brentford, where they squandered a winning position before having a stoppage-time leveller ruled out in a seven-goal thriller.
For many supporters, patience with Parker has now been exhausted entirely, as demonstrated by the sheer volume of critical replies the club felt compelled to hide from their social media channels.