Do you remember Maguire's very sympathetic BBC interview following the arrest in Mykonos?
As it really did have utd's grubby mits all over it and it was a piece of propaganda, under the freedom of information act I made two requests
See below their reply with the requests
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The worst manager in Valencia’s isssstreee, worse than his lurch lookalike brother’s disaster class at Inter Miami. But he wanks highly in wome.Pep needs to get a few of Gary Nutter's coaching manuals. We all know how well the Bury Rag Pudding influenced the beautiful game from his scintillating managerial career.
So, they just reported on the games played today then?On Final Score he was talking through the table.
“Brighton & Hove Albion’s win over Luton Town takes them top.
Arsenal start with a win as have Palace and Fulham”
Now if you were making the tea and just listening not seeing the screen you would assume that meant Brighton top
Arsenal second
Palace third
Fulham fourth
You would be wrong (as you already know)
1) Brighton
2) MANCHESTER CITY
3) Arsenal
4) Crystal Palace
5) Fulham
But there’s no bias is there? Grrrrrr
He wasn’t reporting on the games he was reading out the TABLE. Missing out the team who are second in the table is not giving information on the table.So, they just reported on the games played today then?
No I didn'tThat's hilarious. I have answered several FOIs so I understand the process.
If the BBC had paid for it, they would have simply said so.
Did you challenge via the ICO? I would have done.
What is amazing is that they seem to have zero awareness of football tactics. Perhaps they were players who had very restricted and inflexible roles on the pitch so they never underestood the bigger picture. They can't see that Pep totally changes everything ever season and at the moment the focus is much more on defence and being pragmatic. That's how we won the Champions League.Meh he should have carried on saying lucky to win the league and FA Cup as well,some of these ex players should engage their brains before spouting shite,having said that I’d not take anything the majority of them say seriously as they’ve for the most part have won absolutely fuck all..
Gary, you could write one about City since the takeover. The theme would be whatever United do City are 100% better. You could put SAF on the cover and call it Manchester City ruined my retirement. I wonder if they would publish that.You need to make it a book about how you’ve suffered and how whatever City do United are better’
No I didn't
I thought that was the end of the process
And the rags wernt lucky to win it on 2 occasions ?Exactly. This is almost Delooney level dumbness about us being lucky to win the champs league. Remember after Liverpool went out, and then Bayern, Madrid and Inter really there was only one team left to win it.