The Light Was Yellow Sir
Well-Known Member
You’ll be suggesting that they’ve planted ‘experts’ all over the media for years next. Off the top of my head there’s only been: Hansen, Lawrenson, Thompson, Aldridge, Owen, MacManaman, Warnock, Hamann, Mellor, Rednapp, Rush, James, Souness, Beglin, Murphy, Barnes, Crouch, Nicol and, of course, the doyen of insight, Jamie Carragher.They do it because it’s a well established MO with a good track record of success for them to weaponise refereeing decisions against them in order to get more favourable decisions in the weeks that follow. They did it after the Spurs game in 2023-24 to great effect.
Only really works as a tactic if you have critical mass with the media, which they do more than any club, including United.
I distinctly remember Carragher co-commentating and shouting “Mo Salah, you little dancer” following a late goal by said Mr Salah. Can’t imagine that level of insight from Clough, Venables of the past and Onuha and Keane today and obviously that’s why they get the gigs…
