Media Thread 2020/21

[Blue and still suffering]

Listened to the Monday Night Club on Radio Five earlier. Micah and Nedum were discussing the article. They were basically saying that there was probably some element of truth in that certain players are happy, which Pep has already alluded to, about not playing every week. However they also pointed out that unlike other squads they are all first eleven material, which is why Pep likes a smaller group so at least they can all be involved on matchday. The main aim is to stop the disgruntled players having a toxic effect on the feeling within the dressing room. The view was that 1 or 2 may leave so that new players can be brought in. But as Micah pointed out which other clubs can afford to buy these players or pay their wages and of those who can would the players be willing to go there.
An example was Sterling last year it was mentioned that Real Madrid were interested this year it's Arsenal or maybe Spurs.

 

[bluealf]

No. In fact I didn't realise you could change someone's post to say whatever you want. I know you weren't intending to be offensive, but how can it be right that someone can read a comment of mine that wasn't a comment of mine?

@adeinchessy
Because everybody knows it wasn't you who said it by the sentence 'Fixed' or Fixed for truth' and other such versions, how have you never seen that in 10 years on the site? It happens every single day.

Besides all of that, when it happens it is usually a joke.

You will absolutely love this edit facility as well, I may as well learn you the hard way.

ps you know I wasn't intending to be offensive, which actually means you were offended by me explaining it was a joke by the other poster? Really? Wow.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

@adeinchessy
Because everybody knows it wasn't you who said it by the sentence 'Fixed' or Fixed for truth' and other such versions, how have you never seen that in 10 years on the site? It happens every single day.

Besides all of that, when it happens it is usually a joke.

You will absolutely love this edit facility as well, I may as well learn you the hard way.

ps you know I wasn't intending to be offensive, which actually means you were offended by me explaining it was a joke by the other poster? Really? Wow.

Sorry @bluealf, I can see I was being a bit touchy and got the wrong end of the stick. Let's fix a date for you to come round for beers - I'll even let you do the wife.

All sorted it seems.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Exactly we support the club. Pep I believe has our best interests at heart even if he can drop a bollock like the final. I wish I had the same faith in the players. Zab, Komps, silva, Yaya would not have surrendered at the first sigh of trouble.

Who all started the 2013 FA Cup Final.

 

[idahoblues]

@adeinchessy
Because everybody knows I’m a ****

 

[wolviedinho]

Who all started the 2013 FA Cup Final.

Christ don’t bring that up. I am still trying to airbrush that disaster from memory.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Christ don’t bring that up. I am still trying to airbrush that disaster from memory.

I left my glasses on the train on the way to Wembley, and was behind the goal, so whenever the ball was at the other end I had to turn around to look at the screen to see what was going on (ridiculous, I know!) but there was a 2-3 second lag on the footage. So when Wigan scored, I heard the roar before I saw the goal. It felt utterly sickening!

 

[BringBackSwales]

I left my glasses on the train on the way to Wembley, and was behind the goal, so whenever the ball was at the other end I had to turn around to look at the screen to see what was going on (ridiculous, I know!) but there was a 2-3 second lag on the footage. So when Wigan scored, I heard the roar before I saw the goal. It felt utterly sickening!

Glasses? I always thought you were bionic

 

[BringBackSwales]

Glasses? I always thought you were bionic

Sorry bipolar

 

[cleavers]

hahahaha we all bought into forward with franny hahaha

We didn't, Swales created a mess, sadly I thought franny was a disaster in waiting, and it was.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Glasses? I always thought you were bionic

Lee Majors is now 82, so I reckon you’re about right!

 

[HelloCity]

 

[wolviedinho]

I left my glasses on the train on the way to Wembley, and was behind the goal, so whenever the ball was at the other end I had to turn around to look at the screen to see what was going on (ridiculous, I know!) but there was a 2-3 second lag on the footage. So when Wigan scored, I heard the roar before I saw the goal. It felt utterly sickening!

Awful experience. City love to put us through the ringer or is it wringer?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

This is correct but in the absence of actual news they still need to have content on their site so they produce conjecture* and pass it off as being equal value to real news.




*Some call it conjecture. Others call it bollocks.

Yeah, it doesn't matter how many Shakespearean phrases you can crowbar into an article, bullshine still smells the same.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I'm still getting emails from The Athletic after my gift sub expired. This morning they have an article on Gemma Bonner leaving. Can't read the full article 'cos they want cash for shite!

 

[MCFCTrick]

 

[rowarta]

at the end of the day, UK sports media is a race to the bottom. The Athletic had an opportunity to take the high ground on quality of reporting (and reporters) and insight, especially as a paywall publication. But over the past 12 months they've followed the rest of the cesspit of sports reporting. Traditional paper column inches, now being replaced by hits and likes to drive advertising revenue. I'll be back 7th August for Charity Shield to see who we have actually signed.

 

[west didsblue]

I left my glasses on the train on the way to Wembley, and was behind the goal, so whenever the ball was at the other end I had to turn around to look at the screen to see what was going on (ridiculous, I know!) but there was a 2-3 second lag on the footage. So when Wigan scored, I heard the roar before I saw the goal. It felt utterly sickening!

If you had to retrospectively choose a match to lose your specs beforehand that would be the one. At least until 3 days ago.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

at the end of the day, UK sports media is a race to the bottom. The Athletic had an opportunity to take the high ground on quality of reporting (and reporters) and insight, especially as a paywall publication. But over the past 12 months they've followed the rest of the cesspit of sports reporting. Traditional paper column inches, now being replaced by hits and likes to drive advertising revenue. I'll be back 7th August for Charity Shield to see who we have actually signed.

That's correct. The quality of sports journalism is very low in the UK. Most of the reporters shuffle from one press conference to another spinning quotes that everyone has already watched on youtube so we can see that the facts have been distorted. The other area of content is just regurgitating off-the-record leaks from agents which are purely designed to promote their own clients.
The CAS FFP case proved that some of the fans on this site knew more about what was going on at UEFA than any of the media. The UK press made fools of themselves.
No one in the media seems capable of actually producing some exclusive content which might actually encourage people to pay for subscriptions. It is just a clickbait industry these days.

 

[nmc]

at the end of the day, UK sports media is a race to the bottom. The Athletic had an opportunity to take the high ground on quality of reporting (and reporters) and insight, especially as a paywall publication. But over the past 12 months they've followed the rest of the cesspit of sports reporting. Traditional paper column inches, now being replaced by hits and likes to drive advertising revenue. I'll be back 7th August for Charity Shield to see who we have actually signed.

The Athletic as you say - had an opportunity but they hired from the present cesspit of journalists who largely work in the print media. That group have no concept of objectivity... almost to a one they have nailed their colours to a team, taken the shilling and are embedded into a certain club and do as they are told. So many journalist tow the party line at Liverpool or United - in return for the odd snippet they print page after page of club propaganda. You are correct about a race to the bottom but that lot have been mining for years - they’ve plunged so low. Quite why anyone would part with cash to read the Athletic is beyond me - maybe a first time to see what it’s like - but once you experience the usual partisan, bitter crap you’d come to your senses and not bother. I can’t see a future for the Athletic because it offers nothing different.