Media Thread 2020/21

[eastmanc]

Ha ha that old chestnut, I hope it comes true one day.

It will my fried, ye of little faith.

 

[tommy116]

Favourite part of todays game was after the second goal when all the subs and the on field players celebrated together. Great to see such togetherness in the squad. If the was the dippers or the rags it would be highlighted.

 

[stan bowles]

The joy of Iptv, like you all I want is fair, objective commentary and analysis.
I feel sorry for anyone paying to listen to the usual red shirt wankers using Sly or BT as a platform to steal a living slagging us off.
To be fair to BT they seem to have got the message as there was no sign of Darke or Camelgob for our last couple of games.
I still can't believe Sly continue to employ lowlifes like Carragher after he spat on that teenage girl from his car window or Keane after he basically admitted going out to deliberately injure a fellow professional.

Darke on Twitter yesterday rejected any suggestions of bias from himself or any of his fellow commentators, analysts or tv presenters in the media. Absolutely adamant that NONE of them are biased in any way. He engaged with people who challenged him on this point and refused to budge an inch whether about Tyler, Carragher or Ferdinand.

 

[Blueboy73]

Darke on Twitter yesterday rejected any suggestions of bias from himself or any of his fellow commentators, analysts or tv presenters in the media. Absolutely adamant that NONE of them are biased in any way. He engaged with people who challenged him on this point and refused to budge an inch whether about Tyler, Carragher or Ferdinand.

Yeah I saw that, he was like a stuck record claiming no bias but couldn't back this up with any facts whilst plenty were posting clear examples of bias.
Darke should stick to commentating on boxing as he clearly knows fuck all about football.

 

[Mike Cledford]

This 100%
The Rag sycophants in the media are desperately trying to keep them relevant and the thick plastics who follow them hang on their every word.
I have lots of fun pulling them apart when they start quoting the bollocks they've obviously heard on Sly or read in the Muen or Daily Fail.
I haven't bought a paper for years and I don't pay the likes of Sly or BT a penny.
I usually pick our games up on Dazn, Bein or another foreign stream which is far better than listening to bitter, irrelevant wankers like Spit, Ratboy and Camelgob.

ahG

It seems to me that commentators and pundits have now become a 'reality TV' element on football. They are encouraged to be biased as this appeals to younger fans and its all supposed to be important as banter or that terrible word 'bantz'. From adverts it seems that a lot of reality and TV viewers like confrontationt and l am afraid Micah is ideal for this with some of his fan-like antics against pricks like Spitty and Rio.
I watched today on an American stream. Hoddle was the Co-C the panel was Robbie Earl and another Englishman and some English blonde. It was all bit low key but if actually filmed in the US it was very early morning. So it was a bit bland but we got the points and l was not repeatedly swearing at the TV. I might seek out the same station for the Redshirts Plastico as there are bound to be some miserable faces whatever the result. And l will be shouting a general 'fuck off' at the TV for the media. I hope to see Bernardo pissed tomorrow as he amuses me when he is pissed and of course it means its celebration time.

 

[dickie davies]

ahG

It seems to me that commentators and pundits have now become a 'reality TV' element on football. They are encouraged to be biased as this appeals to younger fans and its all supposed to be important as banter or that terrible word 'bantz'. From adverts it seems that a lot of reality and TV viewers like confrontationt and l am afraid Micah is ideal for this with some of his fan-like antics against pricks like Spitty and Rio.
I watched today on an American stream. Hoddle was the Co-C the panel was Robbie Earl and another Englishman and some English blonde. It was all bit low key but if actually filmed in the US it was very early morning. So it was a bit bland but we got the points and l was not repeatedly swearing at the TV. I might seek out the same station for the Redshirts Plastico as there are bound to be some miserable faces whatever the result. And l will be shouting a general 'fuck off' at the TV for the media. I hope to see Bernardo pissed tomorrow as he amuses me when he is pissed and of course it means its celebration time.

Must have been the BT commentary as Hoddle was co commentary and very complimentary

 

[Blueboy73]

ahG

It seems to me that commentators and pundits have now become a 'reality TV' element on football. They are encouraged to be biased as this appeals to younger fans and its all supposed to be important as banter or that terrible word 'bantz'. From adverts it seems that a lot of reality and TV viewers like confrontationt and l am afraid Micah is ideal for this with some of his fan-like antics against pricks like Spitty and Rio.
I watched today on an American stream. Hoddle was the Co-C the panel was Robbie Earl and another Englishman and some English blonde. It was all bit low key but if actually filmed in the US it was very early morning. So it was a bit bland but we got the points and l was not repeatedly swearing at the TV. I might seek out the same station for the Redshirts Plastico as there are bound to be some miserable faces whatever the result. And l will be shouting a general 'fuck off' at the TV for the media. I hope to see Bernardo pissed tomorrow as he amuses me when he is pissed and of course it means its celebration time.

There's definitely an element of playing to an audience or deliberately trying to be controversial with some of their antics which is fine for shows like Soccer AM but I would suggest that the majority of viewers want to hear objective commentary and listen to some decent tactical insight ,particularly in current circumstances where match going supporters are having to watch from home.
I like Micah but sometimes he can be a bit giddy and easily influenced by some of his peers however I think he's quite insightful when he's not playing to the crowd.
There are some really good pundits out there in my opinion such as our very own Nedum, Pat Nevin and Leon Osman but for every good pundit there are a dozen rent a gob no nowts usually ex Rags or Dippers who are reeled out to appease their plastic followers.
Tomorrow is win win for me, if The Rags win it damages the victims top 4 chances and won't make much difference to them as they aren't going to catch us and I doubt Leicester will catch them.
If the victims win, it's all over mathematically for the title and they're still unlikely to catch Chelsea or West Ham above them anyway.
A draw is useless to either of them.

 

[TJHTNATSOL]

ahG

It seems to me that commentators and pundits have now become a 'reality TV' element on football. They are encouraged to be biased as this appeals to younger fans and its all supposed to be important as banter or that terrible word 'bantz'. From adverts it seems that a lot of reality and TV viewers like confrontationt and l am afraid Micah is ideal for this with some of his fan-like antics against pricks like Spitty and Rio.
I watched today on an American stream. Hoddle was the Co-C the panel was Robbie Earl and another Englishman and some English blonde. It was all bit low key but if actually filmed in the US it was very early morning. So it was a bit bland but we got the points and l was not repeatedly swearing at the TV. I might seek out the same station for the Redshirts Plastico as there are bound to be some miserable faces whatever the result. And l will be shouting a general 'fuck off' at the TV for the media. I hope to see Bernardo pissed tomorrow as he amuses me when he is pissed and of course it means its celebration time.

think Tuesday Bernard maybe just a brew

 

[eike]

Bein sport co commentator Rob Green after Palaces best sequence of play he says if that had happened at the other end it would have been talked about for weeks.Well Rob I wanna know which tv station,newspaper,radio station,website you engage with cos MCFC can win a domestic treble and I struggle to hear about it from the usual suspects.

 

[Mike Cledford]

Must have been the BT commentary as Hoddle was co commentary and very complimentary

 

[dario2739]

Yeah I saw that, he was like a stuck record claiming no bias but couldn't back this up with any facts whilst plenty were posting clear examples of bias.
Darke should stick to commentating on boxing as he clearly knows fuck all about football.

He cited one example as proof of his non-bias... I pointed out to him that it was the ONLY match he could use, as the rest were shockingly biased

 

[Mike Cledford]

Not really sure. I lost one after about half an hour. That might have been BT as they were pushing future matches including Tuesday. Second might have been NBC but neither was usual irritating stuff. One had 'Discovery' in bottom left corner so l don't know anything for sure. The perils of using the lucky dip on Sportek but didn't miss anything of interest.

 

[Mike Cledford]

There's definitely an element of playing to an audience or deliberately trying to be controversial with some of their antics which is fine for shows like Soccer AM but I would suggest that the majority of viewers want to hear objective commentary and listen to some decent tactical insight ,particularly in current circumstances where match going supporters are having to watch from home.
I like Micah but sometimes he can be a bit giddy and easily influenced by some of his peers however I think he's quite insightful when he's not playing to the crowd.
There are some really good pundits out there in my opinion such as our very own Nedum, Pat Nevin and Leon Osman but for every good pundit there are a dozen rent a gob no nowts usually ex Rags or Dippers who are reeled out to appease their plastic followers.
Tomorrow is win win for me, if The Rags win it damages the victims top 4 chances and won't make much difference to them as they aren't going to catch us and I doubt Leicester will catch them.
If the victims win, it's all over mathematically for the title and they're still unlikely to catch Chelsea or West Ham above them anyway.
A draw is useless to either of them.

I disapproved of Micah doing his little dance round Spit during the week although l had had by own little dance with my own dog. Micah is a professional pundit. We were all unhappy about Spit' reaction when PSG scored because he was unprofessional. The amount of times these sorts of clips are shown seems to show the TV companies see them as part of the entertainment.
Nedum is very good and lve always liked Nevin but as you say there are a lot of no nowts around.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Cost of our bench mentioned after about a minute on MOTD

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

MOTD: "Ooh look at that £500m bench!"

 

[RayCTID]

Cost of our bench mentioned after about a minute on MOTD

No different to their License Fee

 

[Blueknows]

MOTD: "Ooh look at that £500m bench!"

Still yet to see a decent angle on the offside

 

[Blueknows]

Lineker on Sergio "I know he's 32 but why let him go"

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

the MOTD team can’t understand us letting him go when he’s that sharp
To be fair it’s the first time this season he’s looked anywhere near fit enough

 

[SamBlue]

the MOTD team can’t understand us letting him go when he’s that sharp
To be fair it’s the first time this season he’s looked anywhere near fit enough

Because most of us are in shock how leaner, fitter and sharper he has looked today, almost like watching pre-Covid football. I just waited for bald Merlin to pop up from somewhere. Watching it on MOTD now got me really misty eyed at the thought he is gone at the end of May. The last connection with that team of 2011/12. Phuuuufffffff!!!!