There's investigative reporting, which is important and there's newspapers trying to make news by setting people up. There's been all the fake sheik crap in the news recently which is a good example.
Some people will say and do things in certain environments that they wouldn't necessarily do, maybe playing bertie big bollocks or whatever.
Had I read something that Allardyce had said that was clearly dodgy then I'd have a different view. In my opinion he was a dick for going to the meeting, and yes, he's a greedy twat but what has he actually done wrong (other than being a greedy dick).
The fact that the paper haven't printed anything about the other 10 managers suggests that none of them did anything wrong either, but the paper have spent a fortune trying to get a story that wasn't there so embarrassing Fat Sam is better than nothing. They've got plenty of headlines so something out of nothing.
Some people will say and do things in certain environments that they wouldn't necessarily do, maybe playing bertie big bollocks or whatever.
Had I read something that Allardyce had said that was clearly dodgy then I'd have a different view. In my opinion he was a dick for going to the meeting, and yes, he's a greedy twat but what has he actually done wrong (other than being a greedy dick).
The fact that the paper haven't printed anything about the other 10 managers suggests that none of them did anything wrong either, but the paper have spent a fortune trying to get a story that wasn't there so embarrassing Fat Sam is better than nothing. They've got plenty of headlines so something out of nothing.