Media discussion - 2025/26

[The Future’s Blue!]

today?

They're confident that we broke their cartel rules?

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

Back Pages Tonight on Sly - ignore the Puma sponsorship announcement despite it featuring on at least 2 back pages that I spotted. Their pain is clear and obvious

 

[johnny crossan]

Listening to DG Tim Davie on Newsnight nobly defending the BBC's impartiality - no mention of the Banned Roan dept of course.

 

[johnny crossan]

These are some direct quotes from the article, which the Fail tried to hide behind a paywall, as if anyone would pay to read the bile this **** comes out with. It's not journalism, just pure hate!

their success has been built on systematic financial deceit – cheating, to you or me

their success has been built on Abu Dhabi pumping in vast wads of petrol dollars disguised as sponsorship cash.

115 charges against them.

Puma... despite its largesse, the German sportswear company certainly needs all the help it can get, four months after a 23 per cent drop in its share price

hit with a punishment on those charges of financial chicanery.

(Puma) have been rewarded very handsomely by the Abu Dhabi state.

if City were found guilty of what would be one of the most significant episodes of financial deceit in football history

the spending goes merrily on and the printable version of the message from the club and their sponsors is: ‘Sod you.

(a relative)

 

[chesterbells]

Listening to DG Tim Davie on Newsnight nobly defending the BBC's impartiality - no mention of the Banned Roan dept of course.

I’m still staggered how he went from one of the run of the mill stable of SSN reporters to getting that plum job at the BBC. He literally showed nothing on air previously to warrant it.

 

[homerdog]

WTF is that! When was that?

Today in the Fail. I have selectively quoted him, because he used some caveats, but you can clearly see what he is implying.

 

[Shirley]

"We Hate It When Our Friends....." used for Manchester City fans video

The Manchester City fans group The 1894 have produced this video celebrating City winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League last season using Morrissey's song as a humourous backing track with relevant pictures accompanying each line. Morrissey may (or may not) not be amused but...

www.morrissey-solo.com

 

[Groke]

(a relative)

Ah, another balanced article from a plastic Liverpool fan - maybe he should do some real investigative journalism into the behaviour of his grubby shitstain of a club to see some real cheating and bad faith. Hope city make an example of this ugly little ****, though I'm not holding my breath. Failing that, he deserves filling in.

 

[mancboy]

Ian herbert is to journalism what the matchday forum is to balanced and fair comment.

 

[deano ou812]

His whole article stinks of hatred and I’d go as far as it tip toeing into racism,also accusing Abu Dubai of propping up Puma,he deserves a slap or two,the strange thing is if we were owned by a European or American I very much doubt this article would have seen light ..

 

[Marvin.]

Simon Stone has written a very ctitical piece about Man Utd's transfer policy. He's completely correct. I don't read Man Utd articles from other journalists but the BBC Football stories are in your face and you can't miss them. I liked his description of the 5 players banned from Carrington in squad training as the 'bomb squad' and he commented that:

""More pertinently, it lets interested clubs know those players are not wanted, meaning United are negotiating from a position of weakness. And this is a big problem."

Clearly he is correct in this but I am a little surprised that he is so critical of Utd.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Simon Stone has written a very ctitical piece about Man Utd's transfer policy. He's completely correct. I don't read Man Utd articles from other journalists but the BBC Football stories are in your face and you can't miss them. I

In the last 22 articles published on BBC sport by Slimy Stone only one has failed to mention the rags

 

[manimanc]

Herbert has to be related to that other loony fucker magic hat.
The stuff potato head comes out with is incredible when you think he takes himself as a serious journalist.
He's another jealous prick who is one of the red cartel paid shills.

 

[Marvin.]

In the last 22 articles published on BBC sport by Slimy Stone only one has failed to mention the rags

That is not slime that's a critical opinion piece.

 

[IrishBloodEnglishHeart]

Herbert by name herbert by nature

 

[Ithryn Luin]

Went to add a reply, I forgot he is another who cannot cope with an alternate view and had blocked me.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

That is not slime that's a critical opinion piece.

My point is his official job title is chief football reporter for The BBC yet he only covers the rags. Don't you think that a bit odd? I mean he fucked off to Malaysia at the end of May to cover the rags two friendly games against a bunch of no marks, Why?

Why does no other BBC journalist cover just one team so thoroughly?

Would be interesting to see who actually paid for his trip to Malaysia.

There's definitely something going on between him and Neil Ashton. He's basically the rags media mouth piece but getting paid by The BBC?

 

[mancboy]

Herbert has to be related to that other loony fucker magic hat.
The stuff potato head comes out with is incredible when you think he takes himself as a serious journalist.
He's another jealous prick who is one of the red cartel paid shills.

Nobody that works for the daily fail can class themselves as a serious journalist thats like working in mcdonalds and classing yourself as a chef

 

[Bald fraud]

Back Pages Tonight on Sly - ignore the Puma sponsorship announcement despite it featuring on at least 2 back pages that I spotted. Their pain is clear and obvious

I wonder if it would be top story if puma had decided to withdraw their sponsorship? Hmmm

 

[mancboy]

(a relative)

its quite incredible that a supposed excuse for a journalist doesnt know the libel laws, we have been ACCUSED of cheating and that is the keyword here, we have been convicted of nothing but he is saying unequivocally that we have cheated and that is libel, yet teams who have been convicted of cheating get a pass.