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“Shambolic” Premier League - Media Reports According to reports, the "shambolic" Premier League is under significant pressure after failing to deliver on its long-awaited new £900 million football support system as clubs instead prioritise reform to their own spending rules. It is...

Petro Jim, the Tax Dodger The media will lap it up. It is newsworthy. After more than a decade of mismanagement and spending the most, positive spins from Petro Jim are to be expected following the acquisition of a minority shareholding at Old Trafford. Petro Jim speaks the language of...

Manchester City's football success The nub of the innuendo and direct attacks is Manchester City's football success. If City had not been so successful, the jealous and envious would not be bothered. The scurrilous campaign against City, and those behind it, is well known. There is nothing...

Reap What You Sow or Redtops Malign Influence ? Lets not forget that the ESL was plotted, planned and promoted by the redtops clubs. The same redtops who broke away to form the PL in 1992 and were responsible for the acceleration of the commercialisation of football. Arsenal, Liverpool and the...

Blunt Instrument of Media Bans Banning some of the media has been much discussed on this forum. The pros, the cons, or just wanting retribution have been put forward by many in different terms. Do we embrace them, try and love`em, work with them or fcuk`em? The out of towners across in...

It appears that Everton are not quite as crafty as Liverpool and do not have as many of their friends in the press to v cover their backs. LFC have been racking up debts. A big financial hole appeared and FSG did not have the wherewithal to pay for the new Anfield Road Stand and the training...

Better on the Inside Manchester City won the `Club of the Year` Award for the second successive year. Five City players featured in the top 9 of the Ballon d`Or. The individual award should have gone to Haaland for impact, freshness and a record breaking season at the very top of football...

Excellent Coverage - Erling Haaland - The Telegraph - Friday 06/10/23 - Happiness "Sometimes just typing out the statistics brings it home. Erling Haaland has scored 199 goals in 203 games for Red Bull Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and Norway. Those are unprecedented numbers. It...

Football Coverage in The Telegraph and Preferential Treatment Given to LFC The Telegraph, along with the Times, the Sun, the Guardian and the Observer, stopped sharing print data In December 2019. The Telegraph`s circulation was then 317,817, down from 1.4m in 1980. It has since focused on its...

Liverpool `Plant` in the Media Is anyone aware of Chris Bascombe who writes frequently in the football pages of The Telegraph? He was formerly from the Liverpool Echo and his most prized possession is a signed Liverpool shirt. He is given exclusivity to write 3/4 times a week on Liverpool. Not...