Media Discussion - 2023/24

ROCKET80 said:
His responses to you contradicted the premise of his article, he also posted a link to an article he wrote previously to defend himself. He always states football is broken but never states the period when it wasn't. If he'd bothered doing any research he'd know the predictability of the Champions League is the same as it was 30 years ago. It's only that a couple of new teams have taken the place of others.

Raising Rosenborg as an example was weird. As they contradict another article he posts a link to later, trying to defend his stance. In it he bemoans European leagues now being dominated by certain 'super' clubs, claiming it was never like this in the past (spoiler: it was, for all of them). Between 1992 and 2004 Rosenborg won the Norwegian title 13 times in a row. He bemoans Dundalk winning the League of Ireland title 5 times in the last six seasons, after the article, they haven't won it since.

Rosenborg beat Milan in 1996/97, that was the last time they reached the knock-out stage of the Champions League, which also happened to be the last season that only the champions of their leagues entered the competition. That isn't a coincidence.

He dances around the topic but never fully commits to holding certain clubs to account, the ones that demanded change from UEFA to get a bigger share of the money that started to come into the game. The clubs that would go to form the G14 (and expand it) and hold far too much power over European football.

The other laughable statement in the article was that Liverpool's domination in the 70s and 80s was organic and had nothing to do with money.

I haven't known a prominent journalist (outside of politics) to be so consistently wrong about their specialist topic.
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Great post.

You know full well he's either read it, or will read it because I'm almost certain he lurks on here, skulking in the shadows gathering material for his disingenuous click-bait articles.
 
TShed said:
I thought the same at first but on reflection he probably pissed Jordan Off that CAS snide comment was probably thrown in to derail the lad but he didn’t react and fulfilled his objectives. Well done and made Jordan appear irrelevant
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Haha…what do you mean “appear” irrelevant !
 
BBC encouraging the narrative that the champions league is different this year (why, well probably because we won it).

Posting stuff like this. We ruin everything for everybody and I fucking love it.

"Two legged champions league ties are more focused on generating money, than much entertainment. Dull. One-off knock out would be much better."
George, Birmingham

"For some reason, the champions league just doesn't feel the same this year."
Mie, Surrey

"Might be as a United fan that I would say this, but the Champions League feels to me like it’s lost its aura. Maybe the attempts for a super league undermining it or the decline of some of Europes legacy clubs in recent years making it less competitive. Has lost abit of its shine for me."
Michael, Manchester
 
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Eccles Blue said:
I think Ferdinand has a grudging respect for City and is a lot fairer than many of the pundits from that other red shirted team from the wrong end of the East Lancs Road. JMHO
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Didn’t he play in the 2 United sides that were absolutely humped by Pep’s Barca? It seems any ex pro that has actually experienced playing against a Pep side has the upmost respect for what he does.
 
madloaf said:
BBC encouraging the narrative that the champions league is different this year (why, well probably because we won it).

Posting stuff like this. We ruin everything for everybody and I fucking love it.

"Two legged champions league ties are more focused on generating money, than much entertainment. Dull. One-off knock out would be much better."
George, Birmingham

"For some reason, the champions league just doesn't feel the same this year."
Mie, Surrey

"Might be as a United fan that I would say this, but the Champions League feels to me like it’s lost its aura. Maybe the attempts for a super league undermining it or the decline of some of Europes legacy clubs in recent years making it less competitive. Has lost abit of its shine for me."
Michael, Manchester
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Lol, because it's looking like City might go a long way again. They're fucking cretins
 
bluemanchester said:
You can bet your last pound that Merseyside Police aided by livarpool will have many cameras focused on City fans at anfield next month looking for evidence of hate crimes. Singing songs about disasters will be forensically scanned to identify any people joining in the singing, then without doubt there will be prosecutions. This will enable Merseyside Police and livarpool, through the compliant media, claim the moral high ground which is a laugh considering their past.
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It’s amazing that whilst they’ve been winning & top of the league the reports of hurty songs all dried up….
 
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