Media thread 2022/23

[Damanino]

I swear I didnt see anything from our friend Javier Tebas commenting on Chelsea's world record spending.
is it possible he did not comment it?

 

[meltonblue]

I swear I didnt see anything from our friend Javier Tebas commenting on Chelsea's world record spending.
is it possible he did not comment it?

No, of course he commented on it :)

 

[Inca Roads Bert]

’Taking the stand’ Is a truly wank expression.

We've got Guardiola, and the bloke -unfortunately, after all these years- has a yank gob; somebody has to teach him the term 'nil' instead of 'ciro'. Also
'Locker room' is a truly w/yank expression ;)

 

[Tracking back]

As said by many on here and i truly believe it, American/white money is seen as superior to Middle Eastern/brown money, especially among the media in this country.

That is exactly the top and bottom of it.

 

[Inca Roads Bert]

I'm still annoyed that they were allowed to bastardise the English language when altering the definition of what a billion is, and for that matter also a trillion and a quadrillion!

The clue is in the word for fucks sake!

Yep, a thousand millions are a few zeros shy of a billion, but thanks to yanks the metrics are wank.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

I tend to agree with you, and wouldn't limit it only to the language. It irritates me greatly, for instance, that we now need to have Proms in Britain when our kids leave school or we have Black Friday sales, in both cases just because Americans have them. I generally write in British English in my job unless we'd specifically addressing an American client. but the -ize suffix dates back in British English to the 15th century and was used by Shakespeare so I have a fairly clear conscience with that particular point even though I mostly use -ise in personal writing.

Sometimes I forget myself, though, and can mix up my forms or occasionally even use an Americanism. I remember a few years back on here when posting about the Adam Johnson trial and mentioning that he'd be "on the stand" later in the day. The poster Coleridge, whom I haven't seen on here for ages but would like to see return, quite rightly tore a strip off me for not referring to the witness box.

Kinnell, who'd have thought Billy couldn't spell.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

The only annoying thing is that we haven’t done it. How come no-one running City was smart enough to find this loophole?

Perhaps if they had we could have signed a left back this window and maybe even Bellingham or a fast winger so we had a chance of overtaking Arsenal and keeping those rag cunts from getting too close for comfort, which is criminal when you consider how shit they were for most of the home derby this season.

I would think that a major issue would be finding a player willing to be potentially tied to a club for 8 years, with whoever is the manager in the future. The player would likely be no more than 23 at the time of signing.

I don't view it as a loophole or particularly annoying - it seems pretty risky to me.

 

[citizen_maine]

Kinnell, who'd have thought Billy couldn't spell.

and made shit up as he went along

 

[madloaf]

"Demonstrable clown and weapons grade ****"............... comfortably the quote of the day

Getting my headstone chiseled with that now

 

[Looby blue]

Period

Fuckin A