Media Discussion - 2023/24

[Stephen230]

Sounds like the supermarket Curly Watts used to work for.

Not seen Curly for years. Used to see him quite regularly at matches.

Is he a reverse glory hunter?

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Can't really remember, but wasn't he also in the Square Dealers or something similar?

Must admit I can’t remember.

 

[BlueAnorak]

You haven't seen anything yet, even after years of reading this thread. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this

LACK OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE SPORTSWASHING PROJECTS​

A new report published today finds that political leaders in Manchester and Newcastle have not only declined multiple opportunities to use their positions of influence to express criticism of serious and systematic human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but have effectively assisted these two deeply abusive and profoundly anti-democratic states’ efforts to set up ‘soft power enclaves’ in cities with proud histories of protest and dissent.

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Click on the PDF link via the below link to read the report.

Lack of civic leadership has enabled Manchester and Newcastle sportswashing projects – FairSquare

fairsq.org

Wow! This really is a campaign of spite being led by some very bitter people and organisations. They seem to have aquired had a large tranch of dosh to run a vicious campaign this close season.

 

[BlueAnorak]

They have a real hard on for the UAE it would appear.

I wonder where their funding comes from?

Quite a lot of it from Qatar.
Don't believe me, then look at the investors in the companies these so called journalists "work" for.

 

[Norbiton]

At least the Guardian has had a change of heart. A whole article on Stevie G taking up a manager job in Saudi Arabia. You’d expect outright condemnation of a former England captain taking money from a country with a record of such terrible human rights abuses for sportswashing purposes but no, the move is “intriguing”.

Now clearly they can no longer run articles criticising our club’s owners for those issues or it would display the most blatant double standards. And they wouldn’t want that would they?

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Shocked I tell you, shocked.
A journalist actually stating facts.
Unheard of.

Don’t, whatever you do, call him a journalist..

 

[Platt Lane 59]

Englands U-21's beat Israel 3-0 last night with Cole Plamer man of the match scoring one and assisting the other two so England reach the final of the U-21's Euro Final.

So the BBC match report naturally focuses on Morgan Gibbs-White who scored one and missed a penalty. Cole gets a 2 line paragraph

Er okay

I thought that Curtis Jones was Man of the Match ?
If you read the comments, at the bottom of the Guardian's match report, about 6 Dippers cream themselves about how great Jones was "running the game".
LFC fans (who I always thought were independent from England) cannot help themselves getting giddy over anything remotely positive about their club.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

ESPN have released a top 100 players/managers

The FC 100 for 2023: Haaland, Mbappe lead our list of best men's soccer players

After a brief hiatus thanks to the winter World Cup in Qatar, ESPN presents its seventh annual ranking of the best men's players and coaches in world soccer! Welcome to FC 100.

www.espn.co.uk

Two things of particular note.

1. Bellingham is ranked above Rodri as best centre mid.

2. John Stones isn't in it. Lisandro Martinez is.

Martinez was humiliated in the 6-3 derby defeat. The worst player on the field. I think he is the latest United myth. Someone who runs about a lot kicking opponents always goes down well with their fans. Stones is light years ahead of him. Come to think of it so are Akanji and Nathan Ake.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Don’t, whatever you do, call him a journalist..

That's right. He is a lawyer. That's even worse.

** Prepares for onslaught **

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

You haven't seen anything yet, even after years of reading this thread. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this

LACK OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE SPORTSWASHING PROJECTS​

A new report published today finds that political leaders in Manchester and Newcastle have not only declined multiple opportunities to use their positions of influence to express criticism of serious and systematic human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but have effectively assisted these two deeply abusive and profoundly anti-democratic states’ efforts to set up ‘soft power enclaves’ in cities with proud histories of protest and dissent.

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Click on the PDF link via the below link to read the report.

Lack of civic leadership has enabled Manchester and Newcastle sportswashing projects – FairSquare

fairsq.org

Billions of pounds, thousands of jobs (direct and indirect), world-leading urban regeneration, making Manchester one of the best cities in Europe. No one complains when external investment goes to London but when it comes up North it's apparently a catastrophe. Tells you a lot about this country. I say good luck to Newcastle. The North East is a fantastic region which has been criminally neglected by national politicians (Tory and Labour) for generations. I couldn't give a shit what the chattering classes think.