Media Thread 2020/21

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JASR said:
Clive Myrie: What is Manchester United’s Fred incapable of?
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CM: what, in 2021 did OGS get free from most of the media?
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CM: when Pep retires from managing Manchester City, what bus will he qualify for?
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edit: just to say I was inspired by the superb 2 ronnies versions of Mastermind for this.
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CM: what french word accurately describes Manchester United?
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CM: what football coaching examination level grade have Paul Scholes and Gary Neville failed to reach?
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CM: what notable phrase did Txiki say when looking at buying Maguire, Sanchez and Fred?
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CM: what action does Wayne Rooney employ when talking to older women?
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CM: when eating in a restaurant and offered seconds, what word has Luke Shaw never uttered?
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rowarta said:
Rags, Howson, "might as well be Celtic", 14th tier of football. Who at the BBC commissioned/agreed this piece of crap paying a freelancer.

front page on BBC football. arghhhhh

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Stretford Paddock: The Man Utd fan TV team with lofty ambitions

Stretford Paddock began life as a fan TV channel but have now set up a football club and have dreams of making swift progress.
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They were talking about this on Talksport 2 yesterday morning pointing out that they have managed to attract a much higher calibre of player as they are being paid (apparently no-one else at that level are) - how long will we have to wait before they are asked about ruini the competition in 14th tier football?
 
Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
They were talking about this on Talksport 2 yesterday morning pointing out that they have managed to attract a much higher calibre of player as they are being paid (apparently no-one else at that level are) - how long will we have to wait before they are asked about ruini the competition in 14th tier football?
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Next season the bbc will be watching the fa cup fixtures like vultures. 'Don't forget the 23rd qualifying round match, Mini Rags mark 4 v The Dog and Duck is live on the bbc'
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
This is just a publicity stunt to promote Howson's Youtube channel. As usual the BBC has fallen for it hook line and sinker. There are no quotes in the story from any of the football authorities or anyone outside Howson's group to verify the facts. It is essentially a story about a pub team.
Hundreds of supporters' groups run Sunday or Saturday league teams across the country but they don't get free publicity funded by the taxpayers. The way they have written this story is misleading at best and fake news at worst. Precisely what you would expect from BBC sport these days.
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They put this shit on the main football page but have the BBC managed to report the last two manager and player of the month awards?
 
Probably been mentioned but how the DM have focused on Klopp in the interview headline with Gundogan is witchcraft levels of wind up
 
I think the independent has an article saying Southgate should mould his young Engerland team into a Guardiola tribute act?

I'm trying to find the online link.
 
Borderline racism this but of course the Guardian would never see it as such.

How on Earth do you expect freedom and equality for citizens when the region has been a cockpit of war played out by foreign powers for a century. If we truly value the rights of humanity then rather than criticise distant foreign states who are easy targets we should look at our own nation states.

I refer to the articles about Qatar and football's protests. Where are these protests when the UK and USA launched attacks on middle-eastern states? Yes you guessed it, these human rights observers were the very first people to advocate intervention. "We must do something".
 
Marvin said:
Borderline racism this but of course the Guardian would never see it as such.

How on Earth do you expect freedom and equality for citizens when the region has been a cockpit of war played out by foreign powers for a century. If we truly value the rights of humanity then rather than criticise distant foreign states who are easy targets we should look at our own nation states.

I refer to the articles about Qatar and football's protests. Where are these protests when the UK and USA launched attacks on middle-eastern states? Yes you guessed it, these human rights observers were the very first people to advocate intervention. "We must do something".
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Agree 100 per cent. There seems to be a very selective process when it comes to criticising countries for their human rights records. I am cynical about the motives of a lot of human rights groups and charities. Some of these organisations are just making the most of the lobbying gravy train. A lot of their senior staff get paid a hell of a lot of money. I am not saying they are all like this but it is part of their culture.
 
Marvin said:
Borderline racism this but of course the Guardian would never see it as such.

How on Earth do you expect freedom and equality for citizens when the region has been a cockpit of war played out by foreign powers for a century. If we truly value the rights of humanity then rather than criticise distant foreign states who are easy targets we should look at our own nation states.

I refer to the articles about Qatar and football's protests. Where are these protests when the UK and USA launched attacks on middle-eastern states? Yes you guessed it, these human rights observers were the very first people to advocate intervention. "We must do something".
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It's racist and it's cultural colonialism. They don't apply the same standards to European countries like Poland, Hungary and particularly Russia that they apply to the Gulf countries. Most of the Gulf states are just 50 years old as independent nations yet we expect them to be just as advanced as us. Frankly, to have got to where they've got in just 50 years is an astonishing achievement.

I was listening to the Price of Football podcast that Kieran Maguire does with Kevin Day and Kieran mentioned he'd spent time working in Russia and that the outlook for LGBT people there was very grim, with physical violence against them common. Yet it's the Gulf countries that get criticised for their approach.

The Guardian is also guilty of using the death numbers for migrant workers very misleadingly, by including any migrant (i.e. non-citizen) worker who dies of any condition, while giving the impression these deaths are all WC related. If you're an Indian doctor, Egyptian lawyer or Palestinian accountant (or a British expat financial adviser) who dies from a heart attack, other natural cause or a. boating accident, those deaths are included in the total figure trumpeted by Guardian headlines.
 
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Prestwich_Blue said:
The Guardian is also guilty of using the death numbers for migrant workers very misleadingly, by including any migrant (i.e. non-citizen) worker who dies of any condition, while giving the impression these deaths are all WC related. If you're an Indian doctor, Egyptian lawyer or Palestinian accountant ( or a British eat financial adviser) who dies from a heart attack, other natural cause or a. boating accident, those deaths are included in the total figure trumpeted by Guardian headlines.
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This. I believe the WC stadium building sites actually have a marginally better safety record than the equivalent in European nations, yet they made it sound like people were getting killed left right and centre.
 
aguero93:20 said:
This. I believe the WC stadium building sites actually have a marginally better safety record than the equivalent in European nations, yet they made it sound like people were getting killed left right and centre.
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It's egregious misrepresentation by these people. Of course one person dying on these sites is one too many, particularly if it's preventable. But my understanding is that these 6500 deaths haven't all occurred on World Cup building sites.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
It's egregious misrepresentation by these people. Of course one person dying on these sites is one too many, particularly if it's preventable. But my understanding is that these 6500 deaths haven't all occurred on World Cup building sites.
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37 occurred on site I think.
 
It's not just the Guardian though is it. Human Rights Watch, the ILO, and many other local and international organisations have raised concerns about the human rights and labour rights record of Qatar and other gulf states. (And the same organisations are also publishing and campaigning on similar issues in other regions of the world.)
 
KPXBLN said:
It's not just the Guardian though is it. Human Rights Watch, the ILO, and many other local and international organisations have raised concerns about the human rights and labour rights record of Qatar and other gulf states. (And the same organisations are also publishing and campaigning on similar issues in other regions of the world.)
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Right and there are issues, but they undermine their own credibility and therefore the causes they're purporting to represent when they claim that 6,500 migrant workers have died on WC building sites when the actual figure is 37 or so. That's not even exaggeration, it's straight up dishonesty.
Rather than make up shite for hysterical articles, they could try honestly campaigning on the many issues that do exist in that part of the world.
 
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