Media Thread 2020/21

[BringBackSwales]

Ancelotti always had class, as do the vast majority of Everton fans, cheers for posting, have a good year and make sure you finish second :-)


Behind us :-)

You have met and heard from a different class of Everton fans than I have. The odd one had been ok, but most of them treat us like shit, nobody more so than peter walton

 

[manimanc]

I wouldn't put it past walker as he can't keep his dick in his pants but it's a bit far fetched if I'm being honest.

 

[BAB.DAB]

Ah but the non-game was days ago, PR/shamed into it perhaps?

He does always come across as a nice guy in general.

Ah but the non-game was days ago, PR/shamed into it perhaps?

He does always come across as a nice guy in general.

The times are reporting that the premier League have informed clubs why our game against everton and Fulham Vs spurs were called off.
So everton have their reason now and is probably a PR stunt , shamed into doing it

 

[waspish]

Perhaps it is you that doesn't understand social media. If City issue any kind of statement the main stream media would then be able to publish the story, it would be slanted, after passing through the lawyers, in a way to make Walker sound guilty even though he was in Manchester throughout. Idiots with a keyboard will in this day and age spew any old shite out, (look at Trump on Twitter) By posting it on here we are just giving it life instead of letting it die a quick quiet death.

Well it will get traction! We say it is lies will tell everyone that the social media frenzy is just that a social media frenzy! Saying nowt makes you look guilty in my book.

 

[mat]

Well it will get traction! We say it is lies will tell everyone that the social media frenzy is just that a social media frenzy! Saying nowt makes you look guilty in my book.

It's spreading faster than one of Kyle's special ladies legs on SM.

I can only think the club aren't giving it any confirmation not denial in the hope it just goes away when the next idiot footballer who's posted himself at a new year Eve party shows up on their feeds.

 

[blueju]

Spot-on. This latest Walker story appears to be a clear fake news story which has been allowed to gain traction. It should have been shut down at the earliest possible stage. That is how professional modern Comms operations work. Not issuing an early denial allows the idiots to fill the vacuum.
To ignore something because it is on social media is an absurd strategy. Many social media channels have much bigger audiences than established broadcasters. We need to get into the 21st Century..whether we like it or not. A strong denial kills this story stone dead. No reaction gives it credibility.

We are the world’s leaders when it comes to burying our head in the sand. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.....well fuck that, as soon as the first lie was printed about us still cheating FFP after the CAS verdict was made public we should have come down on them, in public, like a ton of bricks with a message that each lie would be called out, each prick would be asked for evidence for legal reasons and each twat responsible would be denied access to anything remotely associated with the club

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Well it will get traction! We say it is lies will tell everyone that the social media frenzy is just that a social media frenzy! Saying nowt makes you look guilty in my book.

The trouble is, and where I have sympathy for City, is that you can't react to everything on social or mainstream media. Because the trap you fall into is that if you then don't explicitly deny or confirm something, it's taken as being true or can be spun whichever way the media want.

I can give you a first hand example involving my first interaction with the MEN years ago. I was asked a question and thought I was being clever by refusing to confirm or deny whether I'd spoken to Franny Lee (who was then a significant shareholder when Wardle was chairman). The story got written as "Trust spokesman refuses to deny he's spoken to Franny Lee".

So mostly it's best to ignore most of the shit out there, however much it irritates us. But some stuff crosses the line and I think this is one of those. But it's up to Walker to sort it out, although i'm sure City will be all over it and give him their full support.

 

[LongsightM13]

The times are reporting that the premier League have informed clubs why our game against everton and Fulham Vs spurs were called off.
So everton have their reason now and is probably a PR stunt , shamed into doing it

100% this
I await the flood of articles and apologies on Twitter from the likes of that uppity yonner Neville

 

[dario2739]

Perhaps it is you that doesn't understand social media. If City issue any kind of statement the main stream media would then be able to publish the story, it would be slanted, after passing through the lawyers, in a way to make Walker sound guilty even though he was in Manchester throughout. Idiots with a keyboard will in this day and age spew any old shite out, (look at Trump on Twitter) By posting it on here we are just giving it life instead of letting it die a quick quiet death.

No, the original poster was right - I truly don't think City have grasped what Social Media does... and whilst your right about City posting would spark keyboard idiots - that's because City have allowed this to happen by being 'reactive' instead of 'proactive'.
Clubs like United and Liverpool... and many more (businesses, movie companies etc.) all employ influencers – people with blue checks that reach large audiences that will post positive articles about them and negative articles about their rivals/competition, and because they have a blue tick, and reach a larger audience research shows people will more readily believe and agree with what they post.
Now Football is a bit different in so much as some influencers are fans first and will do the clubs bidding for free - people like Luckhurst or Mitten, who United fanzine writers that have bizarrely got themselves into a position whereby they can influence by being 'journalists' – if Joe Bloggs posts something on Twitter, not many take notice - but if Joe Bloggs, Chief Sportswriter for the MEN posts, a lot of people suddenly take notice.
Then you have journalists that maybe have no real affiliation with a club like United, but because the club have played the game right and got such a massive audience online, they will tow the clubs line for fear of missing out on that audience – clicks generate money, simple as that.
You then get a more sinister side – that we're very familiar with whereby it's political due to our owners nationality – blue-checkmarks posting derogatory things about them... which again, Joe Public will believe verbatim, without realising those said Posters have very strong ties to political/national openants to them... How many of the nobs we regularly see posting sh!t on Twitter have Qatari links for example.

What City need to do is - instead of taking on the crap that's already there - is to start 'influencing' positivity about City... it won't be easy, but they have to start getting blue checkmarks to bang the City drum... as some have said, look at how Rashford's campaign has been reported opposed to Vinnie's campaign for the homeless... that's down to United using their influencers to constantly post positive stuff.

 

[Kippax77]

We are the world’s leaders when it comes to burying our head in the sand. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.....well fuck that, as soon as the first lie was printed about us still cheating FFP after the CAS verdict was made public we should have come down on them, in public, like a ton of bricks with a message that each lie would be called out, each prick would be asked for evidence for legal reasons and each twat responsible would be denied access to anything remotely associated with the club

While the club avoids doing this, the wankers will keep lining up to throw more shit as us.
Maybe the club can switch off from it (no idea why) but us the fans can't.
Somebody at City needs to grow a pair and fight back, its the only way