Guest BooBoo Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They are to a man, gutless. Despite the shambolic descent into chaos that this summer has become, there is still not a word questioning the running of the club. Tonights Chronicle sees a square bat being played with a glib interview with John Carver and a piece on Shane Ferguson hoping to be fit for Arsenal. Our local papers could if they wanted to, drum up a bit of anger against the current heirarchy but instead they choose to protect their sources with a series of bland pieces and piling blame on anyone but the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They literally can't afford to fall out of favour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They are to a man, gutless. Despite the shambolic descent into chaos that this summer has become, there is still not a word questioning the running of the club. Tonights Chronicle sees a square bat being played with a glib interview with John Carver and a piece on Shane Ferguson hoping to be fit for Arsenal. Our local papers could if they wanted to, drum up a bit of anger against the current heirarchy but instead they choose to protect their sources with a series of bland pieces and piling blame on anyone but the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thank god they've got a bit more intelligence than the average fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mantis Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Don't know who bothers buying the Shite. 'Carver says spirits high '. Like he was gonna come out and say the moods shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineBarrens Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thank god they've got a bit more intelligence than the average fan. Have you read anything by Lee Ryder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thank god they've got a bit more intelligence than the average fan. Have you read anything by Lee Ryder? fair point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Craig-NUFC Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 If a local paper that is already struggling to stay in business no longer gets any NUFC news, then a large proportion of its readership will stop buying the paper and they'll have to shut it down. If NUFC don't have the local press, they'll carry on running business as usual. They'll just find another source to say what they want to say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thank god they've got a bit more intelligence than the average fan. What? If they weren't so scared of being banned from the club, thus rendering their back pages pointless and cutting their readership in half, they'd probably be as critical as the rest of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They literally can't afford to fall out of favour. Exactly. Back in the mid 90's i knew a lad who worked for the Sunday Sun (he's now freelance and does stuff for The Mail and The People) and even then they used to be treading on egg shells in fear of a ban from the club for writing something the club didn't like. No access to plyers, manager, coaches etc means no stories and fewer papers sold. They unfortunately have to tow the part line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They literally can't afford to fall out of favour. I've been trying to explain this to people in person and somehow they still don't get it. It's quite obvious they are the clubs mouthpiece but they have been for years & have rarely laid the boot into any regime let alone one that will be entire newspapers on a whim! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Scum of the earth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thank god they've got a bit more intelligence than the average fan. What? If they weren't so scared of being banned from the club, thus rendering their back pages pointless and cutting their readership in half, they'd probably be as critical as the rest of us. That's where the intelligence comes into play tbh. Lee Ryder might get on people's nerves but he's a bit more far-sighted than tits like Steve Wraith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They literally can't afford to fall out of favour. Exactly. Back in the mid 90's i knew a lad who worked for the Sunday Sun (he's now freelance and does stuff for The Mail and The People) and even then they used to be treading on egg shells in fear of a ban from the club for writing something the club didn't like. No access to plyers, manager, coaches etc means no stories and fewer papers sold. They unfortunately have to tow the part line. And the Chief Reporter of the Journal/Chron or whatever came into a lecture at Uni a few months back and said that without the sport, they'd pretty much be fucked. Like 60/70% of the people buying the local papers do so for the football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Douglas said he might do a piece on the board over the weekend, I look forward to it if he does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Douglas seemed quite rattled last night when I labelled the local press cowards on twitter. I'll withdraw the comment If he has the balls to write a decent piece for Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I had a long chat with him this morning, seems he hates to be seen as the mouth piece for the club. Simply explained that most people who complained probably didn't buy the paper which of course means they can't get the cash to do large stories on the club because as has been said they can't afford to lose them. He said he does try to cover both sides of the story and when I mentioned something on the board would be a good enough start he said hed maybe look at something for the weekend. Also said it was difficult to do stuff investigating stuff like the clubs finances because they don't have the staff to do such a big job as they have to cover other sports not just football or even one particular club like the nationals can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They are to a man, gutless. Despite the shambolic descent into chaos that this summer has become, there is still not a word questioning the running of the club. Tonights Chronicle sees a square bat being played with a glib interview with John Carver and a piece on Shane Ferguson hoping to be fit for Arsenal. Our local papers could if they wanted to, drum up a bit of anger against the current heirarchy but instead they choose to protect their sources with a series of bland pieces and piling blame on anyone but the club. Nailed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They are to a man, gutless. Despite the shambolic descent into chaos that this summer has become, there is still not a word questioning the running of the club. Tonights Chronicle sees a square bat being played with a glib interview with John Carver and a piece on Shane Ferguson hoping to be fit for Arsenal. Our local papers could if they wanted to, drum up a bit of anger against the current heirarchy but instead they choose to protect their sources with a series of bland pieces and piling blame on anyone but the club. Nailed it. But as has been said Colocho without their sources in the club the Chronicle is no more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkerouac Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I remember The Journal being a decent read, but The Chronicle is a right-wing 70's style propaganda rag. Do the owners not realise that yes, chavs will buy their shite, but ordinary intelligent people have stopped buying tabloids because of their downward descent into the gutter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 That's the reason I never buy Barcelona press. They feed on Barça and will never stop at everything we do, lest they risk angering the board or staff, which makes for poor readership if you're actually interested in football. These parochial newspapers that rely big on readers from a single area or supporters of a certain club won't take risks to lose the source of their content. However, on the other side Marca tries way too hard to influence Real Madrid's decision-making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Thank god they've got a bit more intelligence than the average fan. What? If they weren't so scared of being banned from the club, thus rendering their back pages pointless and cutting their readership in half, they'd probably be as critical as the rest of us. That's where the intelligence comes into play tbh. Lee Ryder might get on people's nerves but he's a bit more far-sighted than tits like Steve Wraith. May find out they're being very short sighted. When Ashley's no longer here the people who called him up on his mistakes will not be banned from the club and they'll also have their credibility. The short-sighted approach is "If I write something painfully truthful today, I might be banned from the press conference tomorrow." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They are to a man, gutless. Despite the shambolic descent into chaos that this summer has become, there is still not a word questioning the running of the club. Tonights Chronicle sees a square bat being played with a glib interview with John Carver and a piece on Shane Ferguson hoping to be fit for Arsenal. Our local papers could if they wanted to, drum up a bit of anger against the current heirarchy but instead they choose to protect their sources with a series of bland pieces and piling blame on anyone but the club. Nailed it. But as has been said Colocho without their sources in the club the Chronicle is no more. Why is that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Do they have the cash to last that long, Ashley has stuck it out since about 2007-2008 now who's to say how much longer he will say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 They are to a man, gutless. Despite the shambolic descent into chaos that this summer has become, there is still not a word questioning the running of the club. Tonights Chronicle sees a square bat being played with a glib interview with John Carver and a piece on Shane Ferguson hoping to be fit for Arsenal. Our local papers could if they wanted to, drum up a bit of anger against the current heirarchy but instead they choose to protect their sources with a series of bland pieces and piling blame on anyone but the club. Nailed it. But as has been said Colocho without their sources in the club the Chronicle is no more. Why is that? Read the rest of this thread, no club access no story, no story no readers, no readers no paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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