Newman Noggs
Well-Known Member
The article, itself, isn't as bad as I was expecting and I agree with a number of the points. I do think that successful sides need a nasty streak which we don't have. That, however, seems to be a conscious choice that we have to live with.
What the article doesn't mention, although ironically reeking of it, is the negative coverage verging on outright antipathy we have received from the press. The article never mentions that, since 2010, we have emerged from nowhere to become the pre-eminent English side. It fails to mention that we have had to overcome a negative coefficient in the Champions League which is designed to, and does, hamper clubs trying to break into the super-club bracket. Nevertheless, we were semi-finalists only last year.
It's no wonder we can't increase our social media presence when our media coverage (for which, read "advertising"), like the article, is unremittingly focused on the negatives.
What the article doesn't mention, although ironically reeking of it, is the negative coverage verging on outright antipathy we have received from the press. The article never mentions that, since 2010, we have emerged from nowhere to become the pre-eminent English side. It fails to mention that we have had to overcome a negative coefficient in the Champions League which is designed to, and does, hamper clubs trying to break into the super-club bracket. Nevertheless, we were semi-finalists only last year.
It's no wonder we can't increase our social media presence when our media coverage (for which, read "advertising"), like the article, is unremittingly focused on the negatives.