Media Thread 2020/21

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Nightmare Walking said:
Have a look at the Jack Charlton and Nobby Stiles obituaries. Not a single one of them had massive as a precursor to the amount of appearances either of them made at their respective clubs.
I would have a bet that you will not find the word massive as a precursor to anyones appearances, as part of their obituary, apart for some strange reason, Colin Bells.

Whether you see it is a sly dig is up to you. It has definitely been placed in there by some smart arsed reporter, who thinks he is funmy.

It is just not the kind of language you would use and the fact it is not used on any other footballers obituary (who has made a large ammount of appearances) speaks volumes.
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What words were used for their articles reporting their passing?
 
Ban-jani said:
I think the word is barely used anymore as a piss take, I haven’t seen it/heard it recently anyway and it’s not like it’s a very niche word.

Nearly everyone reading the article won’t realise or think anything of it.

I just think there’s more than enough doubt with that one, to give them the benefit of doubt.

The word massive will be used to report on us occasionally, it’s just too much of a common word not to feature somewhere.
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Completely disagree. The sensationalist tenor of the word in the context of its common usage is incongruous with the appropriate tone for an obituary.

Your benefit of the doubt, on this occasion, is too readily and willingly given.
 
Ban-jani said:
I think the word is barely used anymore as a piss take, I haven’t seen it/heard it recently anyway and it’s not like it’s a very niche word.

Nearly everyone reading the article won’t realise or think anything of it.

I just think there’s more than enough doubt with that one, to give them the benefit of doubt.

The word massive will be used to report on us occasionally, it’s just too much of a common word not to feature somewhere.
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Stop digging now mate , your deep enough
 
Nightmare Walking said:
Have a look at the Jack Charlton and Nobby Stiles obituaries. Not a single one of them had massive as a precursor to the amount of appearances either of them made at their respective clubs.
I would have a bet that you will not find the word massive as a precursor to anyones appearances, as part of their obituary, apart for some strange reason, Colin Bells.

Whether you see it is a sly dig is up to you. It has definitely been placed in there by some smart arsed reporter, who thinks he is funmy.

It is just not the kind of language you would use and the fact it is not used on any other footballers obituary (who has made a large ammount of appearances) speaks volumes.
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Agree.
 
Ric said:
I can assure you, from the amount of United wums we get signing up using it in their first posts, that it's still very much a thing with them.
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The notion that someone who is a full-time professional [sic] in the field of reporting on football, presumably operating within the north west, is blissfully unaware of the significance of the reference is fanciful at best.
 
jaigurugoat said:
If you can wade through "neutral" Jamie Paradise's timelines of different Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer related quotes, you will eventually find a short obituary to Colin. This claims that his career was affected by a "tackle on Manchester United's Martin Buchan." Even at a time like this, he can't help but try to re-write history.
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To be fair mate he is an 'ahem' critically acclaimed fictional writer......... ;-)
 
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