Nicholas van Whatsisface
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In all honesty, I think he's just suddenly found himself in a unique position (ie being a City "fan" too) and is flogging it to death, it's like his big chance to shine, so he needs to make the most of this 'once in a lifetime opportunity' , the desperate twat.
I think you're spot on - my impression is that he's trying to stake a claim for being the voice of this story - the man with the inside track, and his fingers on the pulse of the narrative.
But he's normally used to putting out somewhere more in the region of a couple of articles a month - where he can genuinely research the story more deeply, actually get his head around understanding the facts which underpin it properly, and work on crafting a credible angle to add a perspective of value to the picture.
On this, he's being forced into writing reactively, writing on the hoof and putting out a couple of articles a day. Working in this context, his lack of understanding of the basic facts of the story is alarming, his articles aren't really all that well written anymore, and his increasing inability to add anything of insight or value to the story seems to grow exponentially with every passing day.
He's showing he just isn't up to the job in this context - which is why I think he needs someone to have a gentle word in his ear about taking a couple of weeks away from it all to get his mojo back and start performing again.