Media thread 2022/23

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give it to gordon said:
Is there just a thing ?

Will they be discussing the 4G pitches etc which can not be recycled ? Plus the rumours of carcinogen cancer from all the chemicals in the rubber crumb from the old vehicle tyres ?

Or just be saying some team used an electric coach to get the match lol
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Any oil state own clubs will be audited by environmental fair play ……
 
jrb said:
I think that’s a fair headline by Rob Drapper, a London based journalist.

It’s not too dissimilar to the headlines City have been getting for the last 14 years about their transfer spending. ;-) (Isn’t it Rob?!)

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Gonna be interesting if we go big in the summer.'I,m sure the reception will be similar! Professional journalists my fuckin arse!
 
hammocity said:
That "off of" really annoys me but the slang money has been around for all my lifetime and doesn't bother me
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I agree that "get off" is far cleaner and (for want of a more concise expression) better English but... and this is just a hunch of my own but "get off of" might be older than you think.

Norman French had a huge influence on how the English speak er, English.
"To get off" [insert Sid James gif here, if you like] in French is all one word "descendre".

So you'd say ''descendre du l'autobus" (I suppose they were probably getting off a horse back then but bear with me).

The thing is, I think it's that du (from) in the above sentence that's indirectly at work in this case. When French speakers (who would have been more dominant in certain parts of the country) moved towards speaking English for commercial and cultural (and not wanting to get your head chopped off) reasons, they would have been conditioned to placing an extra word in between "off" and "bus". "Off from the bus" just doesn't work, so they might have gone with "off of the bus" instead?

All this is just the theory of a man with a sick head on a Sunday morning. I'm no Suzie Dent and I could be entirely wrong but it makes sense in my tiny suffering little brain.
 
Bluetobits1951 said:
lots of beefs with me

I get off the bus or train People down south "get off of the bus/train? whats with this off of?
Why is Berkshire incorrectly pronounced?
It's not spelt Barkshire (Bark of a tree / the sound of a dog)

why do we use slang relating to money? a grand Pony/Monkey etc

Why do the BBC employ female ex footballer pundits who can't pronounce the letter 'G' nuffin/everythin/sumthin etc etc. Was there only 25 letters in the alphabet at there school?
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'Berkshire' is the result of the Great Vowel Shift in the spoken English language where pronunciation of long vowels changed but the spelling remained the same. You can also see this in place names like Derby, Hertford, Clerkenwell and the River Cherwell.

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Great Vowel Shift - Wikipedia

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jrb said:
Something to do with not winning the PL title for over a decade.
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I think our raggie buddies are showing a real concern for 'istry and tradition. They are fully aware that they went a generation between title wins in 1967 and 1993 and that's their aim now. Let's see if their ambition stretches to respecting the gap between 1911 and 1952.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
It was all supposed to be confidential. My understanding is that the evidence we gave to UEFA (before we stopped co-operating) was passed to senior people at LFC and MUFC before it later reached the media. The media stories were a filtered version of events designed to damage our club.
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Kmezn said:
What the actual fuck? I refuse to click on this article but this seems like desperate clickbate... View attachment 68117
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It’s not even subtle and hasn’t been since the first belittling venomous piece printed. Who’d have thought all those years ago there’s be a full industry based around slagging and trying to unsettle ickle old ciddy?
 
ysmsa said:
Any mention of the millions of Rag and Dipper fans that fly or travel hundreds of miles each season "to watch home games"

No, is there bollocks!
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I thought this was a myth before I witnessed it returning from Copenhagen after our away game in October.
Our Friday morning flight back was full of Danish, Swedish & Norwegian Rags & Dippers all in colours. Was a real eye opener!
 
The Haaland divorce bullshit has come from a Spanish media outlet surprise surprise. Obviously one connected to those wankers at Real, absolutely gutted to fuck that we signed him, nothing to see in this shittest football story of 2023 so far
 
another post removed from the have your say section of the beeb, no swearing, no aggression, not even directed at other fans.

The comment in the liverpool thread

@BBC why not a single mention of the fans ripping up the seats after the game?

Liverpool fans just to clarify.

Unbelievable
 
bluealf said:
another post removed from the have your say section of the beeb, no swearing, no aggression, not even directed at other fans.

The comment in the liverpool thread

@BBC why not a single mention of the fans ripping up the seats after the game?

Liverpool fans just to clarify.

Unbelievable
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Unfortunately it’s not unbelievable. It’s par for the course. Shameful for sure but not unbelievable.
 
Sky Sports quoting Haaland's goal tally in the PL only.

Sky Sports quoting Rashford's goal tally in all competitions.

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It's the worst first half since *checks notes* every fucking first half all season (except the derby)
 
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