nmc
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Tariq strikes again....look at the tone of the report !
Reads like he’s been discussing this with his source. No mention of the CAS concerns. Very one sided reporting nice again.
Tariq strikes again....look at the tone of the report !
Tariq strikes again....look at the tone of the report !
Reads like he’s been discussing this with his source. No mention of the CAS concerns. Very one sided reporting nice again.
Let me give you an example. About 15 years ago I was one of a group of fans that were looking to set up a Supporters Trust. As part of that, we had a very productive meeting with former chairman David Bernstein. He leaked that to the media and I got a phone call from Peter Spencer, the then Sports Editor at the Manchester Evening News. He asked me to confirm that we'd met Bernstein, which was a little spurious as Bernstein had told him we'd met it he wanted to check his facts I guess. As DB had already confirmed we'd met I was happy to corroborate that but then he asked me if I'd met Francis Lee.
Now I knew one of the other guys was in contact with Franny but I hadn't spoken to or met him. So I thought I was being smart when I said that I wouldn't confirm or deny we'd met anyone unless the people we met were happy for me to do so. This conversation was then reported as "City Supporter Trust spokesman refuses to deny they've spoken to Franny Lee". So I rang Spencer back and played hell with him but, being a typical journalist, he just said "Well you didn't deny it did you?". So I learned an early lesson in dealing with the media, which is tell them no more than they need to know and immediately replied that if he wanted a definitive statement I would go on record as explicitly denying I'd met Lee. Which was perfectly true, as I hadn't met or spoken to him.
So was I being economical with the truth? I don't think so as I told Spencer the whole truth and nothing but the truth, based on the question he'd asked me.
This,we know the gloves are off now,we seem to be briefing the times,the difficulty will come,as in the hacking case,none of them are going to come down on our sideI totally get your sentiments and in many ways I agree but unfortunately with these sorts of cases you don’t win if you come out swinging - it’s a patient long slow game that takes considerable time, patience and money. I think last nights news shows we have a good legal team who are fighting our corner (for now) but I have no idea whether we are going to be resolute and go for the jugular- I hope we are but to destroy UEFA will take time.
This,we know the gloves are off now,we seem to be briefing the times,the difficulty will come,as in the hacking case,none of them are going to come down on our side
Amen to thatThe press don’t need to. We need to win at the CAS and then pick off Gill and the other perpetrators! Nothing short of destroying some of our enemies will surface in a conflict like this. We should show no mercy. I hope we financially destroy Gill.
well I had it this morningFunny because I speak to a lot of fans of other clubs when following City around the country and I can’t remember the last time any of them brought it up. Most match-going fans don’t give a fuck about FFP or the ongoing situation with City and UEFA. It’s the clueless fuckwits who wouldn’t know what the inside of a football ground looks like who spout off about it the most, often brainwashed by some dickhead journalists who have painted a totally biased picture based on unsubstantiated bollocks.
Ive been over this a few times. Tariq Panja is the NYTT journalist breaking these "stories". Panja started his journalist career at the Manchester Evening News, where he developed David Gill as a source I believe. Leaks are coming from a senior figure at UEFA and Leterme is quite insistent that they aren't coming from him or any other member of the CFCB. David Gill is not part of the CFCB so Leterme is technically correct that, if Gill is the one providing Panjs with information, the leaks aren't coming from that source.
Inadvertently therefore, by telling the truth, Leterme has made it quite clear who the potential source is.