blue_soundwave said:I was just reading through the Guardian's minute by minute commentary of last night's match and was suprised by the level of vitriol and bile aimed towards the club and Mancini. Anyone who regularly listens to Football Weekly will know that Glendenning is no fan of Mancio but this really took it to a new (and surely unprofessional) level.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jan/05/premier-league-arsenal-manchester-city-live
75 min: [Minute-by-minute reporter clambers on soapbox and clears throat] While I have no particular love for Arsenal, I really hope they win this match because Manchester City's negative tactics are appalling. I know football's a results business, but surely a team assembled at such huge expense has some sort of duty to entertain and try to score a goal at least, if not win. Roberto Mancini's going to have a pain in his shoulder from waving his arm to instruct his players to defy their natural instincts and hang back defending for 90 minutes. He's a disgrace.89 min: Ha ha, you couldn't make this up. From the array of defensive midfielders and defenders on his bench (there are no strikers among City's subs), Mancini sends on Jerome Boateng in place of Carlos Tevez. "Boring, boring City! Boring, boring City!" sing the Emirates crowd, rounding off their sing-song with a chorus of "You're shit and you know you are!" Far be it from me to condone effing and jeffing, but I couldn't disagree with much of that.
90+5 min: Peep! Peep! Peep! It's all over. Arsenal's players walk off shaking their heads in disbelief, while some of City's trudge off to a chorus of boos from the home crowd. They look - dare I say it - embarrassed; Joe Hart certainly does. That was a disgracefully negative and cowardly effort by the world's richest football club. If their die-hard supporters can honestly say they're genuinely happy with that rubbish, they really need to reassess why it is they started going to watch football in the first place.
Barry Glendenning
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Barry Glendenning is an Irish sports journalist who currently holds the position of deputy sports editor on the Guardian Unlimited website run by the UK newspaper The Guardian.[1] He is perhaps best-known for his work on Guardian Unlimited's football podcast Football Weekly hosted by James Richardson. He also regularly contributes to the site's satirical daily email service, The Fiver.[2] He is also often found at the helm of the Guardian Unlimited "minute by minute reports", which feature live text coverage of Champions League games and internationals. He also writes a lot about horseracing and table tennis. He was formerly a member of staff at the Irish magazine 'Hot Titty Press ' as well as a stand-up comedian.
In September 2010, after a prolonged absence from podcast Football Weekly , substance abuse allegations appeared on podcast Football Weekly comments.[3] Such claims have been due to an alledged cocaine habit.
TheMightyQuinn said:I'd class myself as die hard and I'd say I was very happy.
We're not here to entertain the Sky mongs, we're here to please ourselves and we are pleased so fuck anyone who feels the need to have a pop.
Shove it up your arse.
C1TY4LIFE said:It's not hard to find out who that jurno supports?
What made me really laugh was the fact United fans were more intrested moaning about our game then laughing at Chelsea's result, say's a lot to me.
Barry Glendenning is an Irish sports journalist who currently holds the position of deputy sports editor on the Guardian Unlimited website run by the UK newspaper The Guardian.[1] He is perhaps best-known for his work on Guardian Unlimited's football podcast Football Weekly hosted by James Richardson. He also regularly contributes to the site's satirical daily email service, The Fiver.[2] He is also often found at the helm of the Guardian Unlimited "minute by minute reports", which feature live text coverage of Champions League games and internationals. He also writes a lot about horseracing and table tennis. He was formerly a member of staff at the Irish magazine 'Hot Titty Press ' as well as a stand-up comedian. Where he should have stayed because he know nothing about football and are below par when it comes to journalism.
In September 2010, after a prolonged absence from podcast Football Weekly , substance abuse allegations appeared on podcast Football Weekly comments.[3] Such claims have been due to an alledged cocaine habit and "strange" encounters with animals.