Pellers press conference

[Pigeonho]

Pidge what do you have to say about the Herbert article?

I think Mr Herbert is on the verge of suicide. I tell you what I will acknowledge, that there will be some journo's who actually may support United and will write negative about all their rivals, but not all of them. As others have said, and what I read from journo's on Twitter, many of them were positive yesterday and seem to have taken to Pellegrini. If Herbert is the odd one out, then that's unfortunate for him. It is very negative though, not in a nasty way but more of a needless way. There was no need to refer to the cabin the way he did, for instance. Who cares how grubby it is? The stuff he said about Pellegrini being the manager with the hardest job is obviously bollocks. All 3 of the big name managers at the top 3 clubs have it hard, and I would say for all different reasons. I didn't read his article on Moyes, so I can't comment on that.

 

[The Flash]

Pidge what do you have to say about the Herbert article?

My take on it is that it's one of the worst reports I've ever seen. It put the bitterest twists on the presser.

What Herbert was saying in a roundabout way was, "Pellegrini takes no shit from the press and I've spat my dummy so I'm going to be a nasty, bitter twat."

Dreadful "reporting" from Herbert.

 

[Anonymous]

So you do agree with my point after all then?

 

[Pigeonho]

So you do agree with my point after all then?

Well the way you worded it yesterday it is as though you think every single journalist is a United fan, and therefore writes negative about their rivals. I do agree it would be human nature to write negative about any rival in any walk of life, if you were a supporter of it's rival. So yes I agree, to a point.

 

[The Flash]

By shifting the scrutiny onto Pellegrini's appointment, the press avoid the subject that bothers them the most which is if Moyes' United have a terrible start to the season.

Put the focus squarely on Pellegrini having to hit the ground running and pray to almighty Allah that United start the season well...

 

[Pigeonho]

By shifting the scrutiny onto Pellegrini's appointment, the press avoid the subject that bothers them the most which is if Moyes' United have a terrible start to the season.

Put the focus squarely on Pellegrini having to hit the ground running and pray to almighty Allah that United start the season well...

See this is what I don't agree with. You're referring to 'the press' as one, like as if they all want Moyes to succeed and they all want Pellegrini to fail. If Strongbowholic is right, that some press are United fans who will write negative about their rivals, well isn't the opposite true too? Wouldn't journalists who aren't United fans want them to fail, for instance? What have 'the press' as one got to benefit from United succeeding?

 

[supercity88]

I just find it odd that despite Chelsea having a ridiculous policy on managers where by they get sacked no matter what it is City that is the toughest job despite the fact everyone knows Mancini had clashed over many of the board's policies moving forward.

Also the fact Ferguson was not sacked after a poor start to his managerial career at the rags does mean Moyes will be allowed the same privalege but there is never any cause to mention that.

Finally Pellegrini has had the hardest job on the planet, managing Real under Perez and although he failed to win anything despite a record points haul, it is clear he did incredibly well despite the transfer policy overriding his wishes. Whilst we have a Director of Football approach, Pellegrini will have more power to determine transfers than he had at Real. Moyes has had to deal with one world class ego in his career and that was Rooney, and he didn't handle it well. If he had have gone to City as manager it would be his lack of European experience, his failure to win anything (often mentioned that Pellegrini has only won the Intertoto in his European management experience) and also the fact that he struggled with Rooney when he pushed for a move away from Everton and they would no doubt state "he will struggle to control the divided City dressing room".

Through their weak and amateur reporting they are proving to Pellegrini how poor they are at their jobs and lets be honest he can handle himself impeccably. Also, despite the circumstances surrounding his sacking at Real he never spoke out about the club. We are in safe hands. It is a poor article but I look forward to Pellegrini proving them all so so wrong.

 

[The Flash]

By shifting the scrutiny onto Pellegrini's appointment, the press avoid the subject that bothers them the most which is if Moyes' United have a terrible start to the season.

Put the focus squarely on Pellegrini having to hit the ground running and pray to almighty Allah that United start the season well...

See this is what I don't agree with. You're referring to 'the press' as one, like as if they all want Moyes to succeed and they all want Pellegrini to fail. If Strongbowholic is right, that some press are United fans who will write negative about their rivals, well isn't the opposite true too? Wouldn't journalists who aren't United fans want them to fail, for instance? What have 'the press' as one got to benefit from United succeeding?

And what has happened to those Journo's who have written negative pieces about United in the past? They get banned from attending press conferences. So it's not in the interests of non-rag supporting journo's to write negative copy about them.

 

[Pigeonho]

By shifting the scrutiny onto Pellegrini's appointment, the press avoid the subject that bothers them the most which is if Moyes' United have a terrible start to the season.

Put the focus squarely on Pellegrini having to hit the ground running and pray to almighty Allah that United start the season well...

See this is what I don't agree with. You're referring to 'the press' as one, like as if they all want Moyes to succeed and they all want Pellegrini to fail. If Strongbowholic is right, that some press are United fans who will write negative about their rivals, well isn't the opposite true too? Wouldn't journalists who aren't United fans want them to fail, for instance? What have 'the press' as one got to benefit from United succeeding?

And what has happened to those Journo's who have written negative pieces about United in the past? They get banned from attending press conferences. So it's not in the interests of non-rag supporting journo's to write negative copy about them.

So what you're saying is, is that United have filtered through the United supporting journo's, and only allow them in? Why don't all football clubs do that then?

 

[The perfect fumble]

See this is what I don't agree with. You're referring to 'the press' as one, like as if they all want Moyes to succeed and they all want Pellegrini to fail. If Strongbowholic is right, that some press are United fans who will write negative about their rivals, well isn't the opposite true too? Wouldn't journalists who aren't United fans want them to fail, for instance? What have 'the press' as one got to benefit from United succeeding?

And what has happened to those Journo's who have written negative pieces about United in the past? They get banned from attending press conferences. So it's not in the interests of non-rag supporting journo's to write negative copy about them.

So what you're saying is, is that United have filtered through the United supporting journo's, and only allow them in? Why don't all football clubs do that then?

Because all football clubs are not United. Even on the most conservative of estimates Utd's worldwide fan base is at least 100 times larger than ours. I love City, have supported her all my life, but in corporate terms we're tiny compared to the behemoth that is Utd.