Chris in London
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Ric said:silverback said:Paddy Barclay is Slur's official hagiogropher so is unlikely to say too much to offend the guru of mind games. Logically, not long left at the helm over at the swamp so surely another tome is in the offing. Would any journalist in his right mind not want the return gig?
Pretty sure it was an unofficial biography of Ferguson, and there's no love lost between the two.
Regardless, Barclay writing us off in November (whilst unbeaten) was pretty idiotic. Yet another football journalist with little credibility.
Which is precisely what puzzles me. Barclay is not a stupid journalist. Like Henry Winter or Martin Samuel he is one of the more knowledgable and articulate of football writers. Had it been an idiot like Custis or Ashton writing us off you would have yawned and turned over. But for Barclay to come out with such a load of twaddle when we are
(a) unbeaten,
(b) carrying a few injuries to influential players,
(c) not conceding any more than we did last year
(d) etc etc
Is just stupid. For years the mantra of fleet street has been that winning when you are not playing well is the sign of champions. You would think that this seasons league record of 8 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats would tick that particular box quite neatly.
I wonder why he did come out with it. The usual 'he's a rag twat who hates City' doesn't wash in this instance. Is he just losing the plot? Shame if he is because he has been a fine journalist, and football has not produced many of those.