Media thread 2022/23

[Stephen230]

The Queen and the Queen Mum loved to Sportswash, apparently. We have just had the Commonwealth games in Birmingham. Not a peep from anyone (apart from this article) about the Queen Mum and her soft power strategy and love to sportswash the world. Steve Cram, Liz Coulghan, Daley Thompson, Mo Farah and Fatima Whitbred all cynically used in the name of the Queen and her Sportswashing strategy.

Commonwealth Games must confront the truth about its sportswashing past | Andy Bull

The Games remain an uneasy celebration of ‘common values’ with nations the British empire once exploited

www.theguardian.com

Not to mention a head of state owning race horses and ruining flat racing for the past 60 years.

 

[laserblue]

Not criticising LB

I know mate.

 

[daveoswald]

The idea that the UAE and the other gulf states, at this moment in time, need to garner influence is laughable. Boris has been out there, and other world leaders begging them to increase production of gas and oil and secure supply's. It's the western democracy's doing the washing not the Arabs.

 

[norman]

I still don’t get how “sportswashing” is supposed to work. I don’t remember all this outrage from sports journalists (term used very loosely) about human rights before City were acquired and became successful, so City’s success seems to have had precisely the opposite effect to what the media have declared to be the intention.
On the other hand if it is viewed as a supremely shrewd financial investment, the project makes far more sense.

 

[daveoswald]

I still don’t get how “sportswashing” is supposed to work. I don’t remember all this outrage from sports journalists (term used very loosely) about human rights before City were acquired and became successful, so City’s success seems to have had precisely the opposite effect to what the media have declared to be the intention.
On the other hand if it is viewed as a supremely shrewd financial investment, the project makes far more senseThe term sportswahin

 

[daveoswald]

The term sportswashing is a term coined by Delooney and his mates, it has no basis in fact, because of the tribal nature of football, And more importantly the need for clicks to generate income, all you need to do is tell the fans of the red tops you're not winning anymore because City are a state owned club with unlimited funding, most of them having a lower IQ than a chimp believe it. Kerrching.

 

[give it to gordon]

That twat Aldridge on sky tranmere v Newcastle

Looks abit wobbly

 

[nmc]

Tranmere player goes in on Newcastle goalkeeper - ref gives yellow - pundits screaming for a red - oh how the agenda changes. And the scumbag Trippier is pressurising the ref to give a red - fucking hypocrite.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Have the BBC sent Simon Stone to cover tonight's game in Barcelona?

 

[HelloCity]

Didn’t realise Delooney was 4’8. Looks like a kid sat next to these two.