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Media Media Bias
- Thread starter Millbanks
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Which is why I think Ange makes such a good pundit!!?
"Australians: know your limits"
We all know that Sky have been biased pricks against us ever since the PL became a thing, but seriously, listen to the commentary for our highlights yesterday.
I dunno how the lead commentator is, but he could not sound more unhappy when we score. Think I'm overreacting? Listen to his complete change in voice tone when Ipswich scored.
Also, when Djed scored his goal, he literally says "deflected in! Deflected in!" as if saying "yeah, he didn't really score that".
Seriously, this is up there with Andy Gray's "Oh No, Oh No" when we scored the winner against the Spammers in THAT 4-3 win at Upton Park.
Ipswich 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League highlights
I dunno how the lead commentator is, but he could not sound more unhappy when we score. Think I'm overreacting? Listen to his complete change in voice tone when Ipswich scored.
Also, when Djed scored his goal, he literally says "deflected in! Deflected in!" as if saying "yeah, he didn't really score that".
Seriously, this is up there with Andy Gray's "Oh No, Oh No" when we scored the winner against the Spammers in THAT 4-3 win at Upton Park.
Ipswich 1-4 Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League highlights
Except unlike the Gooners & Dippers of the world, we have provable long-term evidence.
Noted... heard it too!
Agree to a point... But there's a definite unconscious bias towards certain teams, which - by virtue of the fact if we're PLAYING those teams, comes across as 'anti' Spurs...
I think it's more 'pro-whoever we're playing'!
Then again, I turned on TalkSport randomly this morning and, without knowing the talking point, thought the Pope had died overnight, due to their genuinely sombre tone...
Turns out they were discussing where Woolwich go from here, and if yesterday was a nail in their title coffin!
They couldn't have sounded more depressed!!!
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Alex Crook on TS is one of the bigest cunts in the media.
A Durham wannabe but also the worst type of football fan, a man early 40s from Portsmouth picked United as his team in the early 90s. Gives it large like a cocky wanker about united the glory hunter plastc manc twat.
regularly has a go at us and Ange, I think Ange must have given him a bit in a presser because he seems to really hate Ange, seems personal.
Predicted we'd lose to Ipswich yesterday, said United should win the europa and he'd be very confident of United wining the final if they played Spurs even though we've beaten them 3 FUCKING TIMES THIS SEASON.
I honestly fucking hate him
he's also a fraud at his job, scours twitter then puts it out as his "sources" he once reported a twiter joke live on air as transfer rumour he'd heard from a good source.
Basically when Dyche was sacked by Burnely, the caretaker was Michael Jackson. A twitter acct stated that Maxwell Cornet didn't realise his move to Burnley was Permanent and he wanted to return to Lyon(?) but MICHAEL JACKSON had to inform him "YOU ARE NOT A LOAN"
Crook the thick cunt stole this and reported it.
fat prick, I fucking hate him.
A Durham wannabe but also the worst type of football fan, a man early 40s from Portsmouth picked United as his team in the early 90s. Gives it large like a cocky wanker about united the glory hunter plastc manc twat.
regularly has a go at us and Ange, I think Ange must have given him a bit in a presser because he seems to really hate Ange, seems personal.
Predicted we'd lose to Ipswich yesterday, said United should win the europa and he'd be very confident of United wining the final if they played Spurs even though we've beaten them 3 FUCKING TIMES THIS SEASON.
I honestly fucking hate him
he's also a fraud at his job, scours twitter then puts it out as his "sources" he once reported a twiter joke live on air as transfer rumour he'd heard from a good source.
Basically when Dyche was sacked by Burnely, the caretaker was Michael Jackson. A twitter acct stated that Maxwell Cornet didn't realise his move to Burnley was Permanent and he wanted to return to Lyon(?) but MICHAEL JACKSON had to inform him "YOU ARE NOT A LOAN"
Crook the thick cunt stole this and reported it.
fat prick, I fucking hate him.
That was so blatant. How often do you hear them (commentators) sound like the national team has just lost the final when a team scores a last minute goal, having trailed all game?
That West Ham commentary was absolutely pathetic.
The best thing about football (which VAR is doing its best to destroy too) is the spontaneous, unbridled gut instinct response to a goal being scored by, or against your team...
The instinctive, immediate, unedited response to Stalteri's goal told you that Martin Tyler (and Andy Gray, and I assume 'SKY') most definitely DIDN'T want Spurs to win that game!
It certainly wasn’t, “Aaaaaaagweeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrooooooooooooo!” was it?
In this day and age, followed by....
'wait... someone may have possibly brushed against somebody's shoulder 20 minutes ago so let's stop enjoying stuff whilst Brian in the back office reviews some footage.'
"AguerOhNoooooooooooooo!"
more like!
Talking of which .. I noticed on the MOTD analysis last night, Danny Murphy describing Son's first assist for Johnson: "...an easy ball over the top to Son from the defender..."
APART from not even having the decency to credit Gray with the pass... an easy ball... EASY?!!! You try it you balding prick!!!
Fuck me, it was a glorious 60 yard pinpoint ball to Son's feet, who didn't even have to break stride to carry it on!
If that ball had've been played by Rice, Saka or TrentAlexanderArnold, they'd still be wiping the spunk off the studio ceiling!!!!
EASY fucking ball indeed!!!
We still have the same mistakes we always had except now you can't celebrate a goal.
Championship football is such a better fan experience and they get more decisions right as most of the players aren't trying to cheat. Just this weekend gone there were some pinpoint offsides that the linesman got correct that would never happen in the prem as they'd leave it to var.
A spot on analysis of this first class fuckwit. He is totally useless.
Talkshite excel at employing some piss poor presenters and pundits, but this guy deserves special for the first rate tool he is. Added to which, they have the cheek to refer to him as their Chief Football Correspondent. Amazing, as I genuinely believe he has never had an original thought. As you say, he reports little snippets like their world exclusives when they’ve been swimming around social media for days. The best moments are when another presenter or guest asks him an unexpected question or for his opinion on something he hasn’t prepared for. His limitations are exposed in seconds. After flailing around he resorts to his fallback position of talking about Man Utd’s current predicament. This would apply even if the subject being discussed was something like Spanish women footballers being inappropriately kissed.
An absolute fuckin cement head.
Interesting take from the BBC on Newcastle's 70 (SEVENTY) year wait for a trophy....
www.bbc.co.uk
Sunday seems to be their destiny, something we should all secretly pray they manage to achieve...
So 17 years without a trophy, and we're a laughing stock, entitled fans of a bottle job club...
But 70 years makes you everyone's 2nd favourite team, with the best fans in the World!!
Maybe WE should hang on for another 53 years to get SOME more favourable opinion from the wider world ..
Carabao Cup final: 'Newcastle win against Liverpool would change everything' - Alan Shearer
Ex-Newcastle captain and boyhood Magpies fan Alan Shearer tells BBC Sport what ending their 56-year wait for a major trophy would mean.
www.bbc.co.uk
So 17 years without a trophy, and we're a laughing stock, entitled fans of a bottle job club...
But 70 years makes you everyone's 2nd favourite team, with the best fans in the World!!
Maybe WE should hang on for another 53 years to get SOME more favourable opinion from the wider world ..
If it's us, u can bet the narrative will be how mistimed it is for Spurs but their long search for a trophy continues for meeting the mighty Liverpool - how Spursy.Interesting take from the BBC on Newcastle's 70 (SEVENTY) year wait for a trophy....
Sunday seems to be their destiny, something we should all secretly pray they manage to achieve...Carabao Cup final: 'Newcastle win against Liverpool would change everything' - Alan Shearer
Ex-Newcastle captain and boyhood Magpies fan Alan Shearer tells BBC Sport what ending their 56-year wait for a major trophy would mean.
So 17 years without a trophy, and we're a laughing stock, entitled fans of a bottle job club...
But 70 years makes you everyone's 2nd favourite team, with the best fans in the World!!
Maybe WE should hang on for another 53 years to get SOME more favourable opinion from the wider world ..
No need to speculate or bet... It's already happened : Madrid 2019
We absolutely had our name on that trophy with the luck we had running up to it...
But Liverpool had to go 1 better by turning round a 3-0 deficit over 90 minutes, AT HOME!
But If I remember rightly didn't we turn over a 3 goal deficit in 45 minutes AWAY from home??
Liverpool are the football establishment though, they will always be the darlings.