Media discussion - 2024/25

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Mikejl said:
Anybody wishing to increase their blood pressure should read Jamie rag Jackson's match report - Utterly nauseating Rashford fan boy shit and littered hroughout with snide remarks and bile aimed at City. Sadly comments were closed otherwise I'd have posted a response. Anyone who sends me evidence of throwing a pint at him in the press box I'll replace it with 5 more, on me.
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Said this before, but it obviously needs repeating. Despite stiff competition, I think Jamie Jackson is probably the worst of the lot in modern football journalism, at least among those who are or have been employed by national newspapers.

Not only does he have nothing of any worth to say, but his prose style is embarrassingly deficient for someone who makes a living writing for a supposed quality newspaper. I'm aware of the Guardian's lineage of truly great sportswriters going back to the days of Cardus, C.L.R. James, Donny Davies and others. I remember myself reading the likes of David Lacey, Frank Keating, John Arlott and Richard Williams in the paper. The fact they now employ this shit-eating gimp shows just how far the once-august sports pages of the publication have fallen.

Remember that this is a man who was accorded the privilege of covering Pep Guardiola at close quarters over several years yet chose to publish a book about the managerial genius of Ole Gunnar Solksjaer. That really tells you all you need to know about him and his work; in other words, he's a pathetic rag fanboy who shouldn't be taken seriously. By extension, nor should his paper's coverage of Manchester football when it accords him the role of correspondent for that topic.

And did anyone else come across any of the novel he published under the name Jamie Paradise? I saw a couple of extracts and it was so bad that I genuinely wondered whether it was some kind of elaborate joke. It was a garbled, try-hard mess from a lame-brained clown who mistakes rambling incoherence for literary style. Read it only if you want to know how a gonzo-style novel might read if authored by someone who seems to be suffering from brain-damage.
 
jaiguruKun said:
Honestly, I was writing better match reports when I was 16. It reads like AI has written most of it...and obviously he had to put a Raggy slant on it.

Ragford was unplayable?!! He was shite for the whole second half as was the whole Villa team.
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Rashford did nothing in the game apart from the penalty and the shot in the first minute. Villa had virtually no attacks, no shots on target, and wasted time from the fifth minute. A shadow of the team which beat us at Villa Park. As the saying goes: “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”
 
cheekybids said:
But Mandaric had provided shareholder loans to Portsmouth, had money problems & needed to recall & sell the club. Gaydamak bought & then caused the collapse. It was very dodgy.
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Taken from the following,

www.theguardian.com

Portsmouth report to creditors lays bare financial mismanagement

Portsmouth's total liabilities stretch to £122.8m but the club's unsecured creditors will be asked to accept a fraction of what they are owed
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com


Overspending on players and wages, mortgaging future revenues and failing to invest in the infrastructure meant that when the economic collapse hit home, Gaydamak had to pull his "benefactor" funding and Standard Bank and Barclays demanded repayment of their £50m loans (partly due to alleged concerns about his convicted arms dealer oligarch father Arcadi), the club was pitched into crisis.

Gaydamak's plans for the new stadium were piss funny, like MOD/Royal Navy would agree to it, amongtst all the other problems it would cause and the cost. Don't think the blue prints cost anywhere near Liverpools though.

www.givemesport.com

Insane £600m ‘boat stadium’ would have arguably been the Premier League’s best ground

️ 'This will be the most spectacular stadium...' ️ This would have been epic
www.givemesport.com www.givemesport.com
 
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bobbyowenquiff said:
Rashford did nothing in the game apart from the penalty and the shot in the first minute. Villa had virtually no attacks, no shots on target, and wasted time from the fifth minute. A shadow of the team which beat us at Villa Park. As the saying goes: “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”
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well Rashford did have a decent chance second half but I agree with you, we outplayed Villa second half and in part inspired by Nico O'Reilly down the left.
I was going to the game until I had to cancel yesterday morning so had to suffer the Sky commentary and what a load of biased old shite that was.
Rashford hitting the post must have been mentioned at least 6 times in the first half.
The commentary was almost exclusively from a Villa perspective what with the commentator spouting out an endless stream of Villa related statistics ad nausuem ("and this is the 17th time Villa have had 5 or more throw ins during the first half of matches, quite remarkable isn't it Gary?" "Well Rob. the way that Rashford moved his body to hit the post in the first minute was a thing of beauty").
Ad of course, Manchester United had to be shoe horned in
It was utter shite and I won't make the mistake of watching with the sound on again.
 
petrusha said:
Said this before, but it obviously needs repeating. Despite stiff competition, I think Jamie Jackson is probably the worst of the lot in modern football journalism, at least among those who are or have been employed by national newspapers.

Not only does he have nothing of any worth to say, but his prose style is embarrassingly deficient for someone who makes a living writing for a supposed quality newspaper. I'm aware of the Guardian's lineage of truly great sportswriters going back to the days of Cardus, C.L.R. James, Donny Davies and others. I remember myself reading the likes of David Lacey, Frank Keating, John Arlott and Richard Williams in the paper. The fact they now employ this shit-eating gimp shows just how far the once-august sports pages of the publication have fallen.

Remember that this is a man who was accorded the privilege of covering Pep Guardiola at close quarters over several years yet chose to publish a book about the managerial genius of Ole Gunnar Solksjaer. That really tells you all you need to know about him and his work; in other words, he's a pathetic rag fanboy who shouldn't be taken seriously. By extension, nor should his paper's coverage of Manchester football when it accords him the role of correspondent for that topic.

And did anyone else come across any of the novel he published under the name Jamie Paradise? I saw a couple of extracts and it was so bad that I genuinely wondered whether it was some kind of elaborate joke. It was a garbled, try-hard mess from a lame-brained clown who mistakes rambling incoherence for literary style. Read it only if you want to know how a gonzo-style novel might read if authored by someone who seems to be suffering from brain-damage.
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Completely agree.
He writes at best, to an "O" Level standard.
Perhaps he wasn't invited to publish a book about Pep, due to Pep being fully aware that Jackson is just not capable.
Can imagine that OGS (as with the vast majority of MUFC content from journalists) assumed it was just another blind tribute ?
 
Mikejl said:
Anybody wishing to increase their blood pressure should read Jamie rag Jackson's match report - Utterly nauseating Rashford fan boy shit and littered hroughout with snide remarks and bile aimed at City. Sadly comments were closed otherwise I'd have posted a response. Anyone who sends me evidence of throwing a pint at him in the press box I'll replace it with 5 more, on me.
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There's a pic of mine on here somewhere in which i'm hurling abuse at the press pack after last years Villa title decider.
that's gotta be worth at least 2 pints surely...?
 
Stiff Little Wingers said:
well Rashford did have a decent chance second half but I agree with you, we outplayed Villa second half and in part inspired by Nico O'Reilly down the left.
I was going to the game until I had to cancel yesterday morning so had to suffer the Sky commentary and what a load of biased old shite that was.
Rashford hitting the post must have been mentioned at least 6 times in the first half.
The commentary was almost exclusively from a Villa perspective what with the commentator spouting out an endless stream of Villa related statistics ad nausuem ("and this is the 17th time Villa have had 5 or more throw ins during the first half of matches, quite remarkable isn't it Gary?" "Well Rob. the way that Rashford moved his body to hit the post in the first minute was a thing of beauty").
Ad of course, Manchester United had to be shoe horned in
It was utter shite and I won't make the mistake of watching with the sound on again.
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Nauseating to say the least and you just know neville would've loved to have given Rashford motm , think sky were that gutted they couldnt stomach giving one of our players it (has that happened before ? no barclays motm ??), if thatd been anyone else hitting the post it wouldve been "should've done better/great chance missed".......pre match they had to go back to 2007 showing highlights of the last time villa beat us in the league away....sad sly cunts
 
petrusha said:
Said this before, but it obviously needs repeating. Despite stiff competition, I think Jamie Jackson is probably the worst of the lot in modern football journalism, at least among those who are or have been employed by national newspapers.

Not only does he have nothing of any worth to say, but his prose style is embarrassingly deficient for someone who makes a living writing for a supposed quality newspaper. I'm aware of the Guardian's lineage of truly great sportswriters going back to the days of Cardus, C.L.R. James, Donny Davies and others. I remember myself reading the likes of David Lacey, Frank Keating, John Arlott and Richard Williams in the paper. The fact they now employ this shit-eating gimp shows just how far the once-august sports pages of the publication have fallen.

Remember that this is a man who was accorded the privilege of covering Pep Guardiola at close quarters over several years yet chose to publish a book about the managerial genius of Ole Gunnar Solksjaer. That really tells you all you need to know about him and his work; in other words, he's a pathetic rag fanboy who shouldn't be taken seriously. By extension, nor should his paper's coverage of Manchester football when it accords him the role of correspondent for that topic.

And did anyone else come across any of the novel he published under the name Jamie Paradise? I saw a couple of extracts and it was so bad that I genuinely wondered whether it was some kind of elaborate joke. It was a garbled, try-hard mess from a lame-brained clown who mistakes rambling incoherence for literary style. Read it only if you want to know how a gonzo-style novel might read if authored by someone who seems to be suffering from brain-damage.
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So I’m sensing you don’t really rate him mate. Have I interpreted that right ;-)
 
petrusha said:
Said this before, but it obviously needs repeating. Despite stiff competition, I think Jamie Jackson is probably the worst of the lot in modern football journalism, at least among those who are or have been employed by national newspapers.

Not only does he have nothing of any worth to say, but his prose style is embarrassingly deficient for someone who makes a living writing for a supposed quality newspaper. I'm aware of the Guardian's lineage of truly great sportswriters going back to the days of Cardus, C.L.R. James, Donny Davies and others. I remember myself reading the likes of David Lacey, Frank Keating, John Arlott and Richard Williams in the paper. The fact they now employ this shit-eating gimp shows just how far the once-august sports pages of the publication have fallen.

Remember that this is a man who was accorded the privilege of covering Pep Guardiola at close quarters over several years yet chose to publish a book about the managerial genius of Ole Gunnar Solksjaer. That really tells you all you need to know about him and his work; in other words, he's a pathetic rag fanboy who shouldn't be taken seriously. By extension, nor should his paper's coverage of Manchester football when it accords him the role of correspondent for that topic.

And did anyone else come across any of the novel he published under the name Jamie Paradise? I saw a couple of extracts and it was so bad that I genuinely wondered whether it was some kind of elaborate joke. It was a garbled, try-hard mess from a lame-brained clown who mistakes rambling incoherence for literary style. Read it only if you want to know how a gonzo-style novel might read if authored by someone who seems to be suffering from brain-damage.
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The BBC football chat today is full of talk of xG - and people discussing how yesterdays game was even because if you remove the penalty and the last minute goal our xG was equal to Villa's so any and all suggestions that we deserved the 3pts have been labelled null and void.

Of course, it could be that xG is a worthless piece of crap and the BBC is a worthless piece of crap and they are a marriage made in football hell.
 
petrusha said:
Said this before, but it obviously needs repeating. Despite stiff competition, I think Jamie Jackson is probably the worst of the lot in modern football journalism, at least among those who are or have been employed by national newspapers.

Not only does he have nothing of any worth to say, but his prose style is embarrassingly deficient for someone who makes a living writing for a supposed quality newspaper. I'm aware of the Guardian's lineage of truly great sportswriters going back to the days of Cardus, C.L.R. James, Donny Davies and others. I remember myself reading the likes of David Lacey, Frank Keating, John Arlott and Richard Williams in the paper. The fact they now employ this shit-eating gimp shows just how far the once-august sports pages of the publication have fallen.

Remember that this is a man who was accorded the privilege of covering Pep Guardiola at close quarters over several years yet chose to publish a book about the managerial genius of Ole Gunnar Solksjaer. That really tells you all you need to know about him and his work; in other words, he's a pathetic rag fanboy who shouldn't be taken seriously. By extension, nor should his paper's coverage of Manchester football when it accords him the role of correspondent for that topic.

And did anyone else come across any of the novel he published under the name Jamie Paradise? I saw a couple of extracts and it was so bad that I genuinely wondered whether it was some kind of elaborate joke. It was a garbled, try-hard mess from a lame-brained clown who mistakes rambling incoherence for literary style. Read it only if you want to know how a gonzo-style novel might read if authored by someone who seems to be suffering from brain-damage.
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Go on their football website and they beg you for donations…hilarious
 
If say, Marmoush had made the exact same runs, missed the exact same chances and scored the exact same lucky penalty - all while finishing on the losing team and leaving his club now needing snookers to qualify for the Champions League - just like Marcus Rashford did last night.... would the combined English media be hailing him as man of the match this morning?
 
madloaf said:
The BBC football chat today is full of talk of xG - and people discussing how yesterdays game was even because if you remove the penalty and the last minute goal our xG was equal to Villa's so any and all suggestions that we deserved the 3pts have been labelled null and void.

Of course, it could be that xG is a worthless piece of crap and the BBC is a worthless piece of crap and they are a marriage made in football hell.
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We always seem to have a low XG which I assume is partly down to teams cramming 10 defenders in the 6 yard box & yet here we are in our shittest season in years 2nd highest scorers in the prem.

Villa came for a point & left with fuck all.
 
mad4city said:
If say, Marmoush had made the exact same runs, missed the exact same chances and scored the exact same lucky penalty - all while finishing on the losing team and leaving his club now needing snookers to qualify for the Champions League - just like Marcus Rashford did last night.... would the combined English media be hailing him as man of the match this morning?
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The Rashford hype machine never stops. He has never been more than an average PL player. His career stats are bang average. Scoring wonder goals for England against pub teams does not make you world class.
 
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