Media Discussion - 2023/24

[domalino]

Client journalism is one thing, but this is pretty grotesque from James Ducker in the circumstances:

2 days later he’s got 2 big United exclusives in the Sunday paper.

 

[johnny crossan]

Anybody watching BBC2 last night with lifelong rag Nick Robinson interviewing lifelong Everton fan Paul Novak, the new TUC General Secretary? At the end Red Robbo asked Novak about the Russian financing of his club have a listen 26'30 in...

Political Thinking with Nick Robinson - The Paul Nowak One - BBC Sounds

The TUC boss on memories of Liverpool politics and working with ministers during Covid.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[bluenova]

Interesting article about the cult of personality in football in the Guardian, and the depressing idolisation of one of the worst players today, Ronaldo…. thankfully manages not to slag us off at all.

He writes “Odd behaviour is not exactly unknown in press boxes and even in Britain, where cynical neutrality used to be standard, displays of partisanship are becoming worryingly common.”

Cult of personality rings hollow with top clubs’ urge to crowd out the egos | Jonathan Wilson

Football’s paradox: the game is ever more team-oriented on a tactical level while many fans are now obsessed by individuals

www.theguardian.com

I do worry that at some point fairly soon Haaland could be the biggest box office draw in world football.

Can see tickets getting even more difficult to get, but an atmosphere more like the Community Shield than the Madrid game.

 

[Centurions]

Sam Wallace - one of the Utd "journalists" at the Telegraph has a pop at City (and strongly United) for City's City's ground investments and Utd's total lack thereof. Of course he then has a pop at City for the do called "115 charges". No comments allowed on this one apparently.
Web archive of Telegraph paywalled article:

https://archive.ph/jjZCF

I read that entirely differently from yourself then, I see no pop at City at all and mentioning the 115 charges is hardly having a pop either, do you expect everyone to just forget about them?

 

[BlueAnorak]

I read that entirely differently from yourself then, I see no pop at City at all and mentioning the 115 charges is hardly having a pop either, do you expect everyone to just forget about them?

Absolutely no need to mention it at all in context if the story.
None.
That is why he is having a pop!

 

[Gingers Dad]

Brighton’s numbers are insane.

Never mind Brighton's numbers look at Tottenham's. To have achieved what they have and have those players and still only have the 4th highest net spend is truly amazing. No wonder Levy gets all those plaudits as a tough negotiator.

 

[cheekybids]

Sam Wallace - one of the Utd "journalists" at the Telegraph has a pop at City (and strongly United) for City's ground investments and Utd's total lack thereof. Of course he then has a pop at City for the do called "115 charges". No comments allowed on this one apparently.
Web archive of Telegraph paywalled article:

https://archive.ph/jjZCF

Is this down to the Barclay brothers investor having a word in the ear….

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Never mind Brighton's numbers look at Tottenham's. To have achieved what they have and have those players and still only have the 4th highest net spend is truly amazing. No wonder Levy gets all those plaudits as a tough negotiator.

He really is a terrible negotiator. People who routinely walk away from reasonable offers are as shit at negotiating as those that habitually fold like a deck of cards.

You’ve always got to leave something in it for the other person. That’s how negotiation should work.

 

[Kippaxpete]

I had talk shite on yesterday. The 7pm - 10pm show
Two presenters I'd never heard of before.
One of them said Pep is the greatest coach around but pound for pound, Klopp would be the best.
The other one asked him to clarify what he meant.

"Well give Klopp equal training facilities, the same amount of money to spend and a management team above Klopp like Pep has and Klopp would be the best. What Klopp has achieved ON A SHOE STRING is simply remarkable."

The other presented didn't flinch at the shoe string comment as I reached for the Morrissey CD and put it in the car stereo.....

Well played Screamer! Your ability to shoehorn a Smiths/Morrissey reference into every comment is hugely impressive.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Well played Screamer! Your ability to shoehorn a Smiths/Morrissey reference into every comment is hugely impressive.

If I do or I don't, what difference does it make?