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Player Cristian Romero
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People having a go at Ally Gold are missing the point. He's a beat reporter, which means his primary job is to report what the club tell him.
And I'm glad he reported what the club told him, because now we know from Argentine stories that the club's line appears to be wrong. Cucurella injured Romero by stamping on his knee.
So, rather than slagging off Gold, I think there are much more interesting questions.
Why did Spurs brief reporters that Romero had a muscle injury rather than revealing he had a knee injury caused by a violent foul by Cucurella?
Given the ongoing investigation into the touchline theatrics between Conte & Tuchel, and the media & chav moaning about Romero pulling Cucurella's hair, why have we not revealed the true cause of Cuti's injury?
And I'm glad he reported what the club told him, because now we know from Argentine stories that the club's line appears to be wrong. Cucurella injured Romero by stamping on his knee.
So, rather than slagging off Gold, I think there are much more interesting questions.
Why did Spurs brief reporters that Romero had a muscle injury rather than revealing he had a knee injury caused by a violent foul by Cucurella?
Given the ongoing investigation into the touchline theatrics between Conte & Tuchel, and the media & chav moaning about Romero pulling Cucurella's hair, why have we not revealed the true cause of Cuti's injury?
Maybe because the club are trying to calm tensions, I know fans like to see this shit but the club really doesn't need to be involved in a slanging match, our manager is already facing an FA charge why would we need to highlight the fact that one of their players injured one of our without any conclusive proof?
Gold hears stuff secondhand or maybe even third hand, not from the medical team themselves.
Easy for someone that’s not in the medical room to confuse a quad contusion and quad strain. The strain would be a longer injury.
Gold gets regular briefings directly from the Spurs comms team, as well as attending press conference.
Like all beat reporters, the majority of his info comes directly from the club.
Ali Gold has been off recently, especially with the Spence news, but he's still very reliable. He's a club mouthpiece after all.
Sanchez didn’t play that well, he made a bunch of mistakes which they opposition, thankfully, didn’t punish us for. Hopefully Romero is back before we play anyone good.
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This is why we have Sanchez and Tanganga. Sanchez was highly rated at one time and may still have it in him somewhere. Now is a time he might be able to find it again.
As far as Romero goes, he may need to try and find a way to strike a balance in his physical play- "all out" performances that you actually sacrifice your body for should be saved for cup finals or knockout games, if needed at all.
I note that the Mail is now reporting Romero is out for 3-4 weeks.
The source they cite? Football London - ie Ally Gold.
Daily Mail: he [Romero] picked up a muscle problem during Tottenham's 2-2 draw against Chelsea on Sunday, and has been ruled out for three to four weeks, as reported by Football London.
I'm a card-carrying NUJ member and have been for most of my adult life. I'm not a sports reporter, but journalism has processes which apply across most subject matters.
The Mail know Ally G, as a Spurs beat reporter, gets his info from the club and is careful to report it accurately. So the Mail hasn't even bothered to approach Spurs, but have published their article (recycled clickbait) using Football London as the source.
There is no sign of any original reporting in the Mail piece because it's been churned out by one of their worker bees who is probably under pressure to get x articles published per shift. The journalistic equivalent of the gig economy.
As per my posts above, Argentine sources contradict the club line fed to Ally G.
Any self-respecting journalist should now be contacting Spurs and asking if the Argentine sources are correct?
And if the Spurs comms team don't provide a meaningful answer, I would ask Conte at his next press conference.
I would back Antonio to speak truth more directly than the Spurs comms operation.
Cristian Romero 'ruled out for up to four weeks with muscle injury'
The source they cite? Football London - ie Ally Gold.
Daily Mail: he [Romero] picked up a muscle problem during Tottenham's 2-2 draw against Chelsea on Sunday, and has been ruled out for three to four weeks, as reported by Football London.
I'm a card-carrying NUJ member and have been for most of my adult life. I'm not a sports reporter, but journalism has processes which apply across most subject matters.
The Mail know Ally G, as a Spurs beat reporter, gets his info from the club and is careful to report it accurately. So the Mail hasn't even bothered to approach Spurs, but have published their article (recycled clickbait) using Football London as the source.
There is no sign of any original reporting in the Mail piece because it's been churned out by one of their worker bees who is probably under pressure to get x articles published per shift. The journalistic equivalent of the gig economy.
As per my posts above, Argentine sources contradict the club line fed to Ally G.
Any self-respecting journalist should now be contacting Spurs and asking if the Argentine sources are correct?
And if the Spurs comms team don't provide a meaningful answer, I would ask Conte at his next press conference.
I would back Antonio to speak truth more directly than the Spurs comms operation.
Cristian Romero 'ruled out for up to four weeks with muscle injury'
Ali Gold is not the club mouthpiece. The club may tell him some thins but he has his own sources. I sat on the next table to Ali Gold and his wife during the Vittese home game. He was explaining to his wife the going ons at Tottenham what he had heard about Conte signing and how he heard about the deal. He also predicted the headlines of his fellow journalists the next day.
Yeah he’s been clear in videos that everything is cross referenced with multiple sources.
You just have to get to 38 minutes of talk about his daughters graduation to get there.
Wouldn't read too much into that tbh, how is Romero supposed to know the extent of his injury until Hercules has posted the info on SC???
Conte says he has a little problem.You mean...
Fit for Argentina???
Gold, Always believe in your soul!