It's Quiet Thread 15 - Txiki Blinders

[BamberBridgeBlue]

Apologies, I missed out swoop and raid.

I've seen banging on the door used of late?

I mean, FFS?

Nobody does it like the Italians or Spanish though.

Manchester City are contemplative and will commence the love affair for (insert name)

I'm sure they used to moonlight as a script writer for Al Queda and the Taliban.

Rivers of blood shall be spilt upon the infidel, crashing on the shores of the hated Satan.

At least we’ll be spared the cult of Jim White, yellow ties and windows slamming shut at the conclusion of this saga.

 

[citizen_maine]

Swoop. Swoop's great. 'Football Rovers Utd are poised to swoop for Player Surname.' Do they still say that?

It's much better than the alternative, raid. Raids are always 'plotted'. And plotting usually leads to 'kitty'. Kitties need 'splashing'.

'Super Champs plotting 40m raid on Whitebread Town',

or

'40m Kitty Splash, pictures inside'

(leading to the inevitable disappointment when the reader discovers they aren't pictures of a very posh cat falling in the bath having insisted on walking around the rim despite it's owner's protests)

I'm pretty sure 'kitty' has been upgraded to 'war chest' these days
"City have a £350m war chest and are poised to splurge this summer"

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Can't blame them S. makes a change from them having to guess a value themselves.

I know you are used to it but it must rankle a little.

They don't even do that now mate.

They have people sat in on the daily editorial meetings who aren't even journalists, but SEO specialists who tell them what will resonate and what the analytics are re names and other bullshit.

Shameful.

 

[Roy Munson]

I'm pretty sure 'kitty' has been upgraded to 'war chest' these days
"City have a £350m war chest and are poised to splurge this summer"

The use of the verb 'splurge' always makes me feel slightly uncomfortable.

 

[citizen_maine]

The use of the verb 'splurge' always makes me feel slightly uncomfortable.

That's the response I was going for

 

[bobmcfc]

Tolmie liked my last post so 100% nailed on getting Haaland, Kane, Messi and Grealish.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Space Raiders? Pickled onion flavour?

I have always felt Kane's face resembled a Space Raider crisp.

Never wanted to slap a Space Raider.

 

[bobmcfc]

Never wanted to slap a Space Raider.

 

[andyhinch]

The use of the verb 'splurge' always makes me feel slightly uncomfortable.

I’ve just splurged on the kitty does sound like it’d raise eyebrows.

 

[SilverFox2]

They don't even do that now mate.

They have people sat in on the daily editorial meetings who aren't even journalists, but SEO specialists who tell them what will resonate and what the analytics are re names and other bullshit.

Shameful.

Never thought that that the old warning to beware of lies and statistics would actually be seen operating together within an editorial meeting.

Keep doing things your way my friend, let the modern methods you describe be seen for what they are with the digital change in media finding them out in their frantic chase for click bait numbers.