stuart brennan said:nmc said:Don't disagree column inches were balanced but what about the disgusting leader comment - remember the 'we only print the results' nonsense -totally unforgivable - the begining of the end. the MEN nailed its colours to the mast that day.
I'm not sure what it is you are referring to.
However, I do remember the reader poll in 1995 which suggested Fergie should get the sack, months after winning the Double.
United fans point to that as anti-United bias, and Fergie still refuses to talk to the MEN on a regular basis, and refers to that piece. Fergie thinks we're pro-City and anti-United because he, like many people on here, sees what he wants to see and ignores the rest.
I'd have to be a raving idiot to have an anti-City agenda, as some people insinuate. I'm no genius, but I'm also not in the business of making my life as hard as possible
The truth is, I enjoy covering City, I enjoy watching them play and can't wait to see Aguero in the coming season.
It's funny that after the City homecoming, when we devoted most of the first part of the paper to the parade, and the sports pages, the MEN editor got a letter from City saying how pleased they were with the coverage, and basically saying that the club doesn't believe the stuff about us being the MUEN.
I wish I could repeat it in full here, but that would not be fair on the sender.
Once again , several people on here are questioning Brennan, yet you choose to doubt me,mcfcliam said:blue dallas said:prove it.stuart brennan said:I know for a fact that Carlos is on £230,000 a week, but can't quote a source I also know Yaya is on a sum approaching that of Carlos, who is the top earner at the club.
and how can he do that?
ancoats said:i am going to manchester tomorrow and friday for the free MUEN
THEN I WILL JUST FLING IT IN THE ROAD THEN DO IT AGAIN AND AGIAN
also i hope its pissing down aswell
Cry Me A Weaver said:ancoats said:i am going to manchester tomorrow and friday for the free MUEN
THEN I WILL JUST FLING IT IN THE ROAD THEN DO IT AGAIN AND AGIAN
also i hope its pissing down aswell
Scruffy bugger, fling it in the bin.
:)
are you itk?stuart brennan said:Just to make a point or two here.
The reason City were not on the back page, as Oakiecokie has pointed out, is that the later sports news now goes on the pull-out, so City were on the cover of the pull-out and three pages inside.
The very same happened to United on Monday - they won their opening game and the back page story was Micah Richards talking about City.
With tight deadlines for evening games, these kind of things have to be done.
To answer the last point, the only person "culled" in the last round of redundancies was a Red.
Chris Bailey left voluntarily to work for City.
At a quick tot-up, that means there are now five Reds and five Blues on a 13-man sports desk covering the MEN and the weekly papers.
Just for the record, the main moderator on our website is also a Blue.
Just try taking a step back and put things in context sometimes.
There is no anti-City agenda at the MEN - we would have to be commercially suicidal to do so.
United fans call us the Manchester Evening Blues, as they only see the stuff they regard as being anti-United and ignore all the positive stuff.
Well he can't as it is a falsehoodmcfcliam said:blue dallas said:prove it.stuart brennan said:I know for a fact that Carlos is on £230,000 a week, but can't quote a source I also know Yaya is on a sum approaching that of Carlos, who is the top earner at the club.
and how can he do that?
alfalahi said:this is pure pullshit , why our club would send a letter for MUEN paper who kiss friege ass all the time and giving false information about city most of the time , when the club started to scare top 4 you switch to city ? why dont you post fact about the rags? like roony slalary?
you are nothing but ass kisser!!!!
oakiecokie said:Vic said:I'm not sure I believe what I've been told....
What was the back page feature in the MUEN last night?
The format has now changed. Ref sports back page, used for early previous days news ie "Fletch is back" and the 10 pages centre pullout is now devoted to late previous days news with 4 pages on Citys win and other related news.Other 6 pages ref Rags and other local teams,cricket etc.
Don`t be mislead by some of the anti MEN tossers on this forum,who never read it but take "advice" from ill advised non readers !!
stuart brennan said:blue dallas said:what about the drivel you printed about Mario in your swansea match report ?
the column inches between us and utd may well be equal, its what your write in those columns is what most blues are pissed off about.
You have to write the match reports for evening kick offs as the game progresses, otherwise we would not hit the deadline.
I was told to mention the "I Love Mcr" T-shirts, and Mario did what he did, which was daft, when the subject was a serious one.
I have constantly defended Mario, in the MEN and on Talksport, but you can't escape the fact that he does daft things, a lot.
I didn't go over the top, just mentioned it - I'm not here to whitewash, or Bluewash, but to say what I think, and I think Mario was daft.
If it had been a Saturday game, when you have time to consider and edit your own stuff, it probably wouldn't have gone in, but evening match reports are a mad scramble and these things happen.
Just try it - next timje you watch a match, set yourself to write a 1,000 words match report which has to be completed within ten minutes of the final whistle. Trust me, it is not easy!