What would you say to Mark Ogden?

ManCityX said:
Seems the podcast is being done by David Mooney so don't expect any of the harsher questions to be asked and I don't just mean the abusive ones.

The guy is desperate for a job in the media so does this to suck up. He even wrote a joke piece mocking every City fan who thinks the media is largely negative about the club. No doubt to be placed in his portfolio to show any would be employer that he isn't 'Pro City'.
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Mark has kindly agreed to do a 'mean tweets' sort of segment with us and so it was the abuse we were after. He'll be reading them out. All being well, we'll be having that as a funnier ending to this week's Patreon supplement show which will see Sam Roscoe joined by Mark and the Sunday Mirror correspondent and City fan Simon Mullock, which will discuss the reporting of City in the press.

The main show will be the usual set-up for an hour.

As it happens, right now, I'm (David) not even due to be on this show - but for any last-minute cancellations.

It's worth pointing out, too, that not all of the panellists on the podcast have been City fans in the past and that the show is largely pro-City, being for City fans.
 
He gave an interview once to a now defunct rag website, talk of the devils, here is an excerpt from it.

When things go wrong, as was the case with David (Moyes), how is your relationship affected being that you do have to ask some very difficult questions?
Never an issue really. We all protected him after the transfer window fiasco and criticised Woodward instead because we wanted to give Moyes the benefit of the doubt. I think I first wrote that he was saying some odd things and being negative and defeatist before the end of September because it was obvious it wasn’t working.

There was a player who had completely given up on Moyes by last February and it would have killed Moyes there and then had it come out. Mark Ogden, The Telegraph

Has there ever been a situation, without mentioning any names, where you have not run a potentially damaging story because of your relationship with a certain player or manager?

There was a player who had completely given up on Moyes by last February and it would have killed Moyes there and then had it come out. I was warned away from the story by the player, so left it alone. In hindsight, I still think it was the right thing to do. The long-term benefits of sitting on something can often outweigh the short-term gain.

The bloke is as bent as a 9 bob note.
 
BlueMoonPodcast said:
Mark has kindly agreed to do a 'mean tweets' sort of segment with us and so it was the abuse we were after. He'll be reading them out. All being well, we'll be having that as a funnier ending to this week's Patreon supplement show which will see Sam Roscoe joined by Mark and the Sunday Mirror correspondent and City fan Simon Mullock, which will discuss the reporting of City in the press.

The main show will be the usual set-up for an hour.

As it happens, right now, I'm (David) not even due to be on this show - but for any last-minute cancellations.

It's worth pointing out, too, that not all of the panellists on the podcast have been City fans in the past and that the show is largely pro-City, being for City fans.
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He's already said in the past that there's no difference in the reporting of City than any other team. I think he thinks we're all as stupid as him.
 
I like the Bluemoon podcast but having this piece of sh*t on beggars belief, who next Paddy Crerand?, at least you know where you stand with Crerand whearas Ogden is a snivelling two faced dyed in the wool red who still pretends he is impartial, see also Jamie Jackson.
 
I'd say I'm not gonna listen to that, don't understand why you would let the sneering rat get to respond to anything, unless your gonna hijack him and kick him in the balls then you're just adding to it all
 
There's this which may provide some basis:
http://www.theunitedpages.com/mark-ogden-interview/

So:
"Given you've previously stated that you avoided a bad news story regarding one of Moyes' players, does this self-gagging apply evenly to all clubs? Also, how much of what you produce is dictated by a need for webclicks and/or editorial policy rather than aiming for balance, fairness or accuracy?"

Currently:
"What would you do to improve the post-match FA charging procedure, in order to avoid the sporadic nature which allows such as Rooney's elbow on the Wigan (?) player going unpunished? Do you think it is applied evenly or can be influenced by how it is reported?"
 
I'm only vaguely aware of who Mark Ogden is, but I am an avid football fan, and a match going city fan since the mid 80s. I can see some of his pieces are quite negative towards the club, I can accept that the big clubs get the most hits so he has to pander to them, like many journalists, but I would also say this is a little short sighted (City are growing year on year in terms of worldwide audience and attractiveness) and it is also just plan not fair for 'smaller' clubs' fans to be tucked aside whilst we are served yet another piece on why Rooney is still England's best talent and so we should all cover our eyes when he actually plays an International and just believe the hype.

So, my three questions to Mark would be these -

1) Would you like me, and other City fans of similar mindsets, to start reading your pieces regularly, and comment that we enjoy them? Given that, whilst most accept there are positives and negatives about our club, as with every club, positive articles make fans feel proud and attract us to them, how would you actually look to achieve this? Being honest, and given the assumption of many City fans based on your historical pieces that you favour Manchester United, is it worth your time? Who are your target readership?

2) I, like many, am growing to hate the 'click bait' ad style of articles that are so common nowadays. I won't click anything that even looks remotely like this - examples being 'The Top 10 reasons...' or 'WHY Pep has to make a choice' - if you can't summaries the article correctly in the headline then I am not going to read it. Similarity, I would much rather read about Pep's tactics than his living arrangements - a discussion recently on his use of full backs coming inside really sparked a great discussion among several fans of different clubs in our office. But do you feel this kind of reporting is not the future, are hits more important to you, and in your profession, than writing a quality piece respected by football fans regardless of allegiance? You may say there has to be a balance, but I would counter that there is very little balance now, and there are far too many poor articles which relate few facts and opinions as it is, and I think an amount of Mark's work could firmly be put in this category, unfortunately.

3) Mark Halsey. Those are some potentially dynamite comments recently. Why so quiet? Can you tell us if there is a conscious decision, or pressure applied, from certain outlets to keep a lid on this for the time being? Given the enormous amounts of money involved in the Premier League, even compared to football in other countries, and recent corruption scandals in FIFA, UEFA, Germany, Italy and now Mark Halsey's comments thrown in to the mix, do you believe the English game is all above board? Did you know Man City themselves are rumoured to have instigated an independent investigation in to certain referee's behavior and decision making in recent years, and that we are not the only team with concerns, and that this apparently brought a quiet reaction from the FA to make it go away?
 
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