gbandit Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Such low hanging fruit from Squires. The media will constantly frame everything in relation to Saudi Arabia. I don’t have a major issue with it being referenced and criticised by people who actually care but it’s literally just “a journalistic angle / story” for the vast majority and it’s so lazy. I imagine some of them are patting themselves on the back for shining a light on it and then going back to not actually caring in the slightest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Yeah there's no need to tarnish the whole thing as Saudi sports washing. Literally makes reference to it in every square. But media will do what they do, doesn't sour my experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Even without the low hanging fruit, as it were, it was mostly just pretty rubbish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Haven't looked at one of his comics in years but surprised it's still going. He has a funny style of drawing but is anyone reading the verbose self felacio? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hovagod Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 minute ago, Hanshithispantz said: Haven't looked at one of his comics in years but surprised it's still going. He has a funny style of drawing but is anyone reading the verbose self felacio? Yeah, was going to say pretty much this. Wouldn't it be considered a limitation for a cartoonist to be so reliant on long passages of words? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Does he have any other jokes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 11 minutes ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Does he have any other jokes? He’ll be trotting out his stock Mourinho picture at some point. What was clever has now become self indulgent shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Tried to read it on the PC but it's just tiny and I'm not faffing around with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 He's incredibly low-effort these days unfortunately. Shame because his first book and era of cartoons was class before he stopped drawing and started explaining. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 I was always amazed some actually found his stuff funny. Typical no mark political outrage wannabe I always found him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Never thought he was funny and now he's even less funny - if that's possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 2 hours ago, gbandit said: Such low hanging fruit from Squires. The media will constantly frame everything in relation to Saudi Arabia. I don’t have a major issue with it being referenced and criticised by people who actually care but it’s literally just “a journalistic angle / story” for the vast majority and it’s so lazy. I imagine some of them are patting themselves on the back for shining a light on it and then going back to not actually caring in the slightest  Oliver Kay was pontificating on it today as well, but has to be expected I suppose. It goes with the territory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 (edited) I think he's always been a bit wordy tbf, probably varies from week to week. The novelty has worn off though. The giant Dan Burn frame is great, should have just kept it at that.  Edit: Checked the first pages. Aye he was a bit wordy but he has taken it up a notch like Edited March 19 by Hanshithispantz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, TRon said: Â Oliver Kay was pontificating on it today as well, but has to be expected I suppose. It goes with the territory. Â Miguel Delany and co released a new podcast on it this morning in which you know he'll be getting stuck into the fans as per. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Just now, The Prophet said:  Miguel Delany and co released a new podcast on it this morning in which you know he'll be getting stuck into the fans as per. Genuinely couldn’t give a fuck about the Delaney’s of this world like, call it rhino hide development over three plus years of being beaten by their brickbats of “shame on you” that their words mean nothing any more.  Appreciate and admire their ideological purity but also am befuddled by their complete lack of understanding of how the real world works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 4 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Genuinely couldn’t give a fuck about the Delaney’s of this world like, call it rhino hide development over three plus years of being beaten by their brickbats of “shame on you” that their words mean nothing any more.  Appreciate and admire their ideological purity but also am befuddled by their complete lack of understanding of how the real world works.  I'd rather listen to me ma getting ploughed than tune in tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Don’t find any of his stuff particularly funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 23 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Genuinely couldn’t give a fuck about the Delaney’s of this world like, call it rhino hide development over three plus years of being beaten by their brickbats of “shame on you” that their words mean nothing any more.  Appreciate and admire their ideological purity but also am befuddled by their complete lack of understanding of how the real world works. Especially someone who works for a paper funded by Saudi money. They help pay your wages you hypocritical non entity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Alyson Rudd, Liverpool fan, tried the sports washing angle on the Times podcast but was shut down pretty quickly by Martin Hardy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 45 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Genuinely couldn’t give a fuck about the Delaney’s of this world like, call it rhino hide development over three plus years of being beaten by their brickbats of “shame on you” that their words mean nothing any more.  Appreciate and admire their ideological purity but also am befuddled by their complete lack of understanding of how the real world works. Yeah I don't actually mind Delaney in the same way I do some of the other grifting cockends, but his entire schtick is fantasist bollocks.  Anyone who is disheartened at the state of the game (which is completely fair enough) to such an extent that it's literally all they can talk about, would be better off just following/covering lower league football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepharite Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Manchester City have been through all of this and with our owners we are fair game to be used for content. Difficult to not feel offended when you are the target of it but it's "comedy" at the end of the day. Craic on... you won't ever take the feeling of winning that first trophy in my entire lifetime away from me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 3 hours ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Does he have any other jokes? Â He's got one about the Royal Family playing 20 Questions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Anyone who didn’t shine a light on Mike Ashley tearing the club to pieces for his own gain for 14 years can fuck off with shining a light on the easiest topic in town to reference. The Saudi regime and its human rights abuses are awful. What exactly do you want football fans to do about it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 15 minutes ago, gbandit said: Anyone who didn’t shine a light on Mike Ashley tearing the club to pieces for his own gain for 14 years can fuck off with shining a light on the easiest topic in town to reference. The Saudi regime and its human rights abuses are awful. What exactly do you want football fans to do about it? Squires did tbf.   It’s all good joke and satire material. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 He's done some good stuff but that was a bit meh. Far too much text, he needs to get back to just letting the cartoons do the talking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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