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mcmanus said:I don't believe in an agenda as such but I do feel for Pige's sanity at times though trying to say there's no bias at all.
The way I see it is there are more rags and scouse fans than any other clubs so it makes perfect business sense for telly and radio stations to pander to them and give them more pro coverage than other teams. They don't hate City they are just trying to make as much money as possible by keeping more of their customers sweet and tuning in. I can easily live with that.
What does get my back up though is the pundits/commentators/experts they pick. If you played for United or scousers or England you can get a job being one of the above even if you are inarticulate with no real skill at getting your message across in an entertaining way. Who at BT came up with the idea that Michael Owen would be anything other than worse than shit on telly. Carragher's voice grates, Hansen and Lawrenson packed in football more than a quarter of a century a go.......etc
I know a guy who is a brilliant roofer but he's sends me to sleep when he mentions it.
I take your point, but I think the problem is that today's pundits are yesteryears's half decent players, and sadly they come from an era which was largely dominated by the dippers and the rags, which is why they are possibly over-represented at the top level of so-called punditry.
It doesn't help when ex-blues like Quinn land the gig and proceed to run us down, although Steve Lomas did a fair job of destroying some daft celebrity rag on 5live yesterday.