Media discussion - 2024/25

[Gingers Dad]

Notice the GPC abandoned OT on Saturday in favour of watching Aberdeen at Celtic. Don't think he took his contract termination well. Doesn't seem impressed with Ten Bob and Chelsea Jim.

First time he wasn't being paid to be at utd in nearly 40 years he showed his true colours. To be fair I wouldn't watch that shite either.

 

[Gingers Dad]

He's nearly 60 ffs what do you want him to look like lol

At least he's not ginger anymore

 

[Gingers Dad]

Looking forward to O'Neil facing an inevitable disrepute charge.

 

[surprisedbygrass]

Pure deflection . Even Park the Bus would be proud of that verbal diarrhoea. Job's on the line , methinks ....come to think of it , given his tactics , maybe they're related .

 

[surprisedbygrass]

Can’t be arsed linking it, but I see Wilson has offered up yet another rehash of his one story again today in the Guardian.
All those lunatic Arsenal and Wolves fans and their foam flecked, dribblings about corruption, cos refereeing decisions didn’t go their way this weekend?
Well, you’ll be as surprised as I was to learn that the root cause of their whataboutery and victim orientated nonsense, is “mega-rich owners”, who “have the potential to bankrupt whole competitions through repeated legal action of questionable merit.”
The premise appears to be that not wishing to acknowledge such owners’ lack of respect for traditional supporters (something that does admittedly resonate) and the game itself, is too painful to accept and has led to ‘discomfort displacement’ in the form of conspiracy theories about referees……
Who knew?!!

I read the article and some of it resonated . But, come on Mr Wilson . The elephant in the room , and one that he has to obviously quickly dismiss as the main cause of conspiracy theories, is the need for clicks in all forms of media . Outrage fuels clicks fuels conspiracy .

Heck . On the same sports page there's an article from the day before outlining Gary O'Neill's rant in his post match presser . Both Wilson and O'Neill need to stay in their jobs and I know journalists are no longer in a newsroom sweating over their copy , so I get it , but it's just a tad ironic.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Surprise, surprise, he’s a London Journalist.

That’s mainly the problem, bar the Northern based Red Shirt Sill Journalist, most of the Journalists are London based,

This is a distortion and biased version of what O’Neil actually said. The usual dishonesty we see from the media. No fan of ONeill but the point he made was that some refs might show unconscious bias to bigger teams perhaps because they fear the publicity they may get from making those big calls. There is some truth in this and we have seen it over the years. Just as refs are influenced by home crowds.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

First time he wasn't being paid to be at utd in nearly 40 years he showed his true colours. To be fair I wouldn't watch that shite either.

.....so went for a freebie at keltic.

Greedy shameless bastard.

 

[surprisedbygrass]

Notice the GPC abandoned OT on Saturday in favour of watching Aberdeen at Celtic. Don't think he took his contract termination well. Doesn't seem impressed with Ten Bob and Chelsea Jim.

Wait a minute . Is that a pale blue tie he is wearing ?? Clearly his last two rational brain cells have finally connected .... or else he thinks it's the Boat Race and he's backing Cambridge.

 

[give it to gordon]

Dear Gary O'Neil

May I suggest that you stand down as manager of Wolves. I think Wolves deserve a manager who understands the rules of football. You are perhaps better suited to under 11's at the local rec.

Yours sincerely
Gordon

 

[Solatron]

This is a distortion and biased version of what O’Neil actually said. The usual dishonesty we see from the media. No fan of ONeill but the point he made was that some refs might show unconscious bias to bigger teams perhaps because they fear the publicity they may get from making those big calls. There is some truth in this and we have seen it over the years. Just as refs are influenced by home crowds.

To be fair United and Liverpool were getting all this nonsense when they were top dogs. It comes with the territory!