Media persecution of Raheem Sterling

[BlueS]

Haven't read much today, but i assume the Media are going mental and backing Sterling over the Columbian assistant elbowing him at half time? If Balotelli was English or he was still around and that happened at a City game.

OUT OF ORDER

 

[lancs blue]

Haven't read much today, but i assume the Media are going mental and backing Sterling over the Columbian assistant elbowing him at half time? If Balotelli was English or he was still around and that happened at a City game.

OUT OF ORDER

The Sterling-bashers might want to consider why he in particular was singled out for that attention given that he's not an especially niggly player who goes around winding up opponents. Could it have been that they saw him as a dangerous opponent and decided to try provoking a reaction from him?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Agree with most of that. Don't think they have lost touch with their core audience through lesser standards, however - those standards have simply been lowered to meet with a generation who have no concept of anything before the internet.

That core audience has either died or, like most things in this life now, they don't need to get off their arses in the first instance to achieve a similar outcome, whether it be buying clothes or ordering food online. Society seems to prefer a condensed version of everything to make life easier.

As I suggested in a previous post, sometimes society gets what it wants. They want Corrie and Eastenders, they get it, never mind what a disgusting waste of time it must be.

A generation of obese kids, McDonalds and the supermarkets tailor to suit, we still have a choice in terms of the parents but for the sake of an easy life...

Those same people could go to the newsagent and buy a newspaper which might provide a more in-depth article, but why, when they can read it in 200 words on the same click bait site via their mobile?

Shortcuts - whether it be in journalism or life.

I couldn't agree more. There is still some brilliant journalism out there, even sports journalism, but public demand for it is low. I would add that some newspapers have committed commercial suicide and accelerated the impact of the Internet. The MEN social media bosses for example seem to have done a great job of alienating both City and United fans in their circulation area despite the sterling efforts of people like Stuart Brennan. It takes some doing to unite Blues and Rags!

 

[TCIB]

Is it fair to say that any paper will skew its views to suit its subscription base ?
If so then pre written stories will surely have that bias. I understand financial constraints and perhaps headlines being changed or even written by editorial staff.
In short, even if certain journos are fantastic at their job I wonder how many will be allowed to write a fair well balanced report ?

I think there is a lot of this line towing stuff that is foisted upon journo's. When the blaggers like Custis lose it the actual journo's all rip him to shreds. It is a shame other stuff gets to cloud the reporters to often although some i feel are very happy writing any old bollocks they are told to write, Custis being one of them.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

The hatchet job on Raheem is well and truly cemented now in this country, and there is nothing that can be done about it -that is the sorry state that is evident in certain (majority) of so-called pundits both involved in the newspapers and by social media pundits

Glaring basic facts are being missed because they want to portary him as the evil of football. Take last nights game as just an example. Sterling was THE only player making any sort of intelligent run to pull defenders out of position. He was doing this all game. Dont let the fact that the midfield couldn't complete a single through ball for either him or Kane get in the way of the hate towards him though.

Alli was totally missing from last night's game, missing a gilted chance. And lets not forget that once Raheem went off, the movement up front became non-existant just like the midfield movement had been all game

I cannot for whatever reason get behind this team, I am fully behind Sterling and Stones as my loyalty is with our club and I just want them to perform well. It never used to be like that for me, but this world cup has shocked me in the abuse that he has to put up with when there are players on that pitch that offer fucking nothing

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

whatever the excuses for lazy journalism they shouldn't be doing it. And then they certainly should not be defending it!

It is Institutionalized bullying of ONE person, whether it's the reporters themselves or the machinery they are in it has to stop. They have to stop it. Blaming society it bullshit, absolute crap. We dont pander to hate, or we're not supposed to. This should be charged under hate crime. We have those laws

I do fear for Sterling, he's doing the "get your head down, hard-work, be humble" thing and it isnt working. I dont know what option he would have left tbh.

 

[Skip Donoghue]

Dele Ali has been dog shit all tournament but continues to get a free pass, the difference in how Sterling is castigated at every opportunity is glaringly obvious to anyone who wants to see it, the no nowt football fan with very limited knowledge of the game that believes the shite written and spouted can’t see what he brings to this England team, but anyone who has a half decent game understanding can
We know he isn’t playing the same role as he does for us but his movement and intelligence is important to this England team
As stated above by another poster it’s no coincidence he was singled out by the Columbian coach for a little argy bargy as they know who is a threat and they tried to get rid of one

 

[portisheadblue]

It goes down to opinion personally I am a fan of Henry Winter

After being a subscriber to The Times online for 10 years I finally terminated it this season.

My main reason was the reporting by Henry Winter and his cohorts on City this past season in particular but in HW’s case going all the way back to Mancini’s appointment.

There was also a mention of Matthew Syed and his extremely extreme views re our ownership.

Sometimes enough is enough.

 

[Skip Donoghue]

To be fair Dom, Lawton is a quite brilliant sports news reporter, as his pieces on Team Sky have exposed.

There's a difference between a scapegoat and being accused of racism, and IMO there is no racist undertone to the 'runner' as it is called, in terms of a first edition.

Sterling has had his issues and hasn't helped himself at times (I actually squarely blame Liverpool fans for most of that), but I see it here as nothing more than lazy journalism- most reporters are already prepared for matches with a couple of potential lines, certainly makes the job easier when on deadline and a game can change in a dying second (even some of it written in advance)

It was reported the day before that it would by 999 days without a Sterling goal for England, so it's an easy one to have in the can on the laptop, should it be easy to top and tail it.

A lot of confirmation bias is now going on with regards Raheem, it has seeped into the public conscious and unites tribal footballing loyalties and becomes topical enough for lazy media narratives.

I used to see the bad in everything Richard Edgehill did in a City shirt - I never looked at his race - it was me convincing myself that he was shit at everything.

On a slightly different tangent, the public get what they deserve. They have created the driving down of journalistic standards across the world, based on nothing more than laziness created through a dependence on the internet.

The media are giving them what they want because of the commercial reality to exist.

The public haven’t driven down the standard of reporting the journalists themselves have with their need to be first

And in their need to be first they don’t care if what they write is true or factually correct
This is the reason for slipping standards nothing more
I will agree the Internet has led to the importance of being first though

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

After being a subscriber to The Times online for 10 years I finally terminated it this season.

My main reason was the reporting by Henry Winter and his cohorts on City this past season in particular but in HW’s case going all the way back to Mancini’s appointment.

There was also a mention of Matthew Syed and his extremely extreme views re our ownership.

Sometimes enough is enough.

I’m surprised. Winter has stood up for us several times on Sunday Supplement

 

[BlueS]

The Sterling-bashers might want to consider why he in particular was singled out for that attention given that he's not an especially niggly player who goes around winding up opponents. Could it have been that they saw him as a dangerous opponent and decided to try provoking a reaction from him?

I have no doubt the researchers plus the whole club up and down whoever we play has the up and down on any team.


The real question is do you leave your penalty takers to chance or do you tell them where to kick?

 

[mosssideblue]

The Sterling-bashers might want to consider why he in particular was singled out for that attention given that he's not an especially niggly player who goes around winding up opponents. Could it have been that they saw him as a dangerous opponent and decided to try provoking a reaction from him?

Im not a particular fan of Sterling but I am convinced the attack on him is more to do with us. Had he left the dippers and joined the rags under the same circumstances, I do not believe for one moment he would be getting this abuse. I believe the media/pundits et al are scared shitless that the monopoly of love once held by the dippers and rags is not coming back soon, and that isn't palatable to them.

 

[schfc6]

Seems the penny is slowly dropping.

https://www.football365.com/news/sterling-had-his-best-game-in-an-england-shirt-murphy

 

[schfc6]

Seems the penny is slowly dropping.

https://www.football365.com/news/sterling-had-his-best-game-in-an-england-shirt-murphy

I find it particularly interesting that Murphy has noticed many of the attributes that us more "blinkered" blues point out.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

People are comparing his two absolute sitters he missed with a snap shot just inside the area from Vardy, if that isn't clutching at straws then what is.

I'm not interested in comparing chances Raheem has missed with the offside shot Vardy had last night. I don't know how you define "just inside the area" but why does something tell me that if Sterling had had that shot last night you definitely wouldn't have described it as a shot from just inside the area?

 

[BlueS]

Sterling

 

[daztrueblue91]

I'm sorry did Vardy miss an open net? No, he then didn't miss a header from a few yards out which he should have buried against bin men.

Why do you only go in on me when I am talking about his performances in here? I came on and MANY were discussing the match. I then had my input. It is odd you pick and choose my posts to pull up, my first post was saying what a disgrace that article was. Ignore that though if you want.

Maybe it's because you talk a load of shite. In fact, I've heard more reasonable comments about Sterling from armchair Dippers and Rags than the stuff you post.

This thread has clearly highlighted the unfair stick Sterling gets from the public and the media, something which you acknowledge, and yet you have a pop at City fans defending one of their own. If Sterling wasn't scapegoated then people would be more critical of him. But the fact stands that he gets picked on for things other people don't and you have highlighted this yourself. You confuse the fact of people making Sterling out to be a world beater and people commenting on Sterling playing better than other players but being scapegoated.

Sterling misses an offside sitter he gets slated. Vardy does the same and nothing gets said. You can argue semantics all you want about Sterling being two yards out and Vardy's being a harder chance but both shots should have gone in the back of the net.

Sterling dives and gets slated. Lingard and Maguire dive and nothing gets said.

Sterling tries to beat a man but gets disposed and he's wasteful. Rashford does the same and its positive play from wonderboy.

Sterling miscontrols the ball in a dangerous position and he's crap. Lingard does it and it's good movement and unlucky.

The list of double standards is fucking laughable and it's the media who stoke the club tribalism which means people don't get behind the national side.

What people fail to mention when judging Sterling is the impact he has on the team as a whole. He always wants to receive the ball from the CBs, something which we evidently lack after he went off last night. His link up play with Lingard is very good and he is playing out of position in a side designed to get the best out of Harry Kane. It's similar to the whole Yaya/Fernandinho or Owen/Heskey scenario where the player who scores the goals get all the credit but the contribution of their team mate in doing the dirty work shouldn't but often gets overlooked.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Well said, I would add that the England team couldn't and didn't perform once sterling went off.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Nails it.....

 

[blueinsa]

Maybe it's because you talk a load of shite. In fact, I've heard more reasonable comments about Sterling from armchair Dippers and Rags than the stuff you post.

This thread has clearly highlighted the unfair stick Sterling gets from the public and the media, something which you acknowledge, and yet you have a pop at City fans defending one of their own. If Sterling wasn't scapegoated then people would be more critical of him. But the fact stands that he gets picked on for things other people don't and you have highlighted this yourself. You confuse the fact of people making Sterling out to be a world beater and people commenting on Sterling playing better than other players but being scapegoated.

Sterling misses an offside sitter he gets slated. Vardy does the same and nothing gets said. You can argue semantics all you want about Sterling being two yards out and Vardy's being a harder chance but both shots should have gone in the back of the net.

Sterling dives and gets slated. Lingard and Maguire dive and nothing gets said.

Sterling tries to beat a man but gets disposed and he's wasteful. Rashford does the same and its positive play from wonderboy.

Sterling miscontrols the ball in a dangerous position and he's crap. Lingard does it and it's good movement and unlucky.

The list of double standards is fucking laughable and it's the media who stoke the club tribalism which means people don't get behind the national side.

What people fail to mention when judging Sterling is the impact he has on the team as a whole. He always wants to receive the ball from the CBs, something which we evidently lack after he went off last night. His link up play with Lingard is very good and he is playing out of position in a side designed to get the best out of Harry Kane. It's similar to the whole Yaya/Fernandinho or Owen/Heskey scenario where the player who scores the goals get all the credit but the contribution of their team mate in doing the dirty work shouldn't but often gets overlooked.

Well said that man!

If he is good enough for Pep, he is good enough for anyone and to be fair to Southgate, i dont for a second think he is swallowing any of the negative shit the lad keeps getting and all because he dared to leave Liverpool.