franksinatra said:
It is not really a case of being rational or not. Some no mark inadequate has spewed a loud of venom on the internet and for some reason Blue Moon have decided the cut and paste it, post the link and therefore promote the stupidity of his words to a wider audience. So if you believe in the drip drip effect of negative comments I would be interested to know what highlighting it achieves exactly?
Yes mate I do live outside the bubble of Manchester. I have lived in Hampshire, Berkshire and Essex over the past three years and talk to fans representing most of the clubs in the South of England. Most like someone else stated, once you scratch below the typical football banter, are quite jealous of our position in the context they wish it was them but certainly most do not begrudge us our day in the sun. A lot comment about how we get really cheap season tickets for £299 although for the past season the reality is they have been few and far between. So sometimes we do receive positive press coverage also even though it is not fully accurate.
As for an obvious SKY bias I really do not see it. I see a selection of different presenters holding a number of different stances in relation to the football club. SKY and the money we receive of them is probably a considerable factor in the Sheik buying an English club and will be a huge factor in us meeting FFP over the coming years. Furthermore I have never known Mike Wedderburn express any bias against us and if memory serves me correctly was the lead anchor after we won one derby and mentioned it verbatim during the course of the morning. This forum would have been on melt down if it happened the other way round.
I do not mind this thread although I disagree with a lot what is written. Discussing FFP or Rumenigge is one thing but being so thin-skinned to get upset by some chancer on a blog and giving it publicity is another thing.
It wasn't BM who posted the article, it was me. I posted the whole article so there's no need to click on the link. As a rule when I post a full or part article I usually post a link or name the website. Regardless of what people think of an article, it's only fair. I go by that rule on SSC, so I tend to abide by that on here as well. That aside, people don't have to read the article. And if they have read it, they can make up therir own minds about it. That's the beauty of a forum and the interweb in general.
