Media thread 2022/23

[blueju]

twitter is so funny sometimes. you can see Arsenal fans trying to be part of the red cartel so much after a 2nd place in 10 years by joining in with those saying City not a big club as we didnt win CL ever.

when did Arse win it? :)

What must grate even more with the bandwagon clubs today is that 2nd, 3rd and 4th place used to be celebrated as if they’d actually won the league and the chumps league all in one go by the media and more so by Sky. Arsenal or Liverpool winning on the last day to guarantee 4th spot was a massive wankathon because it guaranteed the status quo with all 4 entering next season’s chumps league but also guaranteeing Sky and the fawning media their big 4 status to milk. Since we broke in whatever position we finished suddenly became a bag of shite if we didn’t win the thing.

 

[halfcenturyup]

No issues, he's a proper mard arse and a complete twat badger.

You didnt let me finish. I was going to say: He clearly has some issues or he is a proper mardarse and a complete twat badger.

:)

 

[LEXSTARproject]

This is so true

 

[Thornliebank]

twitter is so funny sometimes. you can see Arsenal fans trying to be part of the red cartel so much after a 2nd place in 10 years by joining in with those saying City not a big club as we didnt win CL ever.

when did Arse win it? :)

They've had their 15 minutes of fame this season. Next year things back to normal when they go back to just being plain, useless, boring old Arsenal.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

They've had their 15 minutes of fame this season. Next year things back to normal when they go back to just being plain, useless, boring old Arsenal.

That's not the media narrative! Next year those young lads will be World beaters.
No-one else is going to improve - only them - the skinny jeans, winkle picker wearing dandies.

 

[Centurions]

That's not the media narrative! Next year those young lads will be World beaters.
No-one else is going to improve - only them - the skinny jeans, winkle picker wearing dandies.

How long until the "and don't let us forget, they're the youngest squad in the PL" story doesn't wash?

Otherwise known as 'Kidwashing'.

 

[Woody135]

No problem, I’ve edited it to add the years and added another section

I think dias 2020
But shows we were in catch up mode early and now annual top up mode
Transfer fees driven by available funds driven by revenues

 

[Woody135]

After last night's superb display I've read every report and listened to every football podcast I can find. Any time someone starts by giving City credit followed by but.... (insert bitter excuse here) I immediately stop reading or turn it off. Atm I reckon it's about 50% giving us the credit we deserve and 50% moaning that we're cheating.
Tbh I've actually been pleasantly surprised and I do think proper football fans are actually getting bored with the cheating shite and are happy to admit we're just a really well run club. Haters gonna hate but maybe the tide is turning?

The only ones running the cheat line with volume are united liverpool arsenal spurs (some) chelsea fans.
Why a wolves fan for example would care is beyond me, other than being a sponge of red-team media
There is just interests

 

[laserblue]

WOW not heard of that one before laser.

This revelation formed part of the World In Action programme on Louis Edwards in 1980 just before he died.

From Wiki.

"An investigation by the Granada Television/ITV investigative journalism series World in Action was broadcast on 28 January 1980. Compilation of the programme began in February 1979. It alleged there were illegal share deals involving large cash payments and false documentation, secret cash payments to council and company staff to win contracts for his business, and secret payments by United from a special fund for inducements to sign footballers throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In one case in the early 1960s, it was alleged that a bribe of £5,000 was paid to the parents of Peter Lorimer, a promising young player whom the club had wanted to recruit. The money was later returned when the player chose Leeds United instead though this was a clear breach of Football Association rules.[7] The programme explained how Edwards quietly acquired his majority shareholding at Manchester United in the early 1960s and then bolstered his family's holding in the late 1970s in prepaparation for the controversial rights issue."

 

[Fordyboy46]

This revelation formed part of the World In Action programme on Louis Edwards in 1980 just before he died.

From Wiki.

"An investigation by the Granada Television/ITV investigative journalism series World in Action was broadcast on 28 January 1980. Compilation of the programme began in February 1979. It alleged there were illegal share deals involving large cash payments and false documentation, secret cash payments to council and company staff to win contracts for his business, and secret payments by United from a special fund for inducements to sign footballers throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In one case in the early 1960s, it was alleged that a bribe of £5,000 was paid to the parents of Peter Lorimer, a promising young player whom the club had wanted to recruit. The money was later returned when the player chose Leeds United instead though this was a clear breach of Football Association rules.[7] The programme explained how Edwards quietly acquired his majority shareholding at Manchester United in the early 1960s and then bolstered his family's holding in the late 1970s in prepaparation for the controversial rights issue."

Louis Edwards was all above board wasn't he?