England’s Anthony Gordon

[McDog]

I like how Vinny is making a perfectly valid argument on a serious subject while I waste everyone's time taking the piss. I shall withdraw, carry on.

[TheBrownBottle]

1 minute ago, McDog said:

 

 

Whilst I totally believe you about the mix up. I assume if you ordered a cheese sandwich at Greggs you were in the United Kingdom. Therefore your story is suspect in that you would never be packing heat and completely ready to fire. Now if you had been in the USA, well then..........

Greggs’ and its sandwich-based mix-ups are precisely why the UK has no first amendment.

 

See also: queue-jumping; cyclists during rush hour; grocer’s apostrophes

[Vinny Green Balls]

2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

True, which can absolutely happen with unvetted stories - and no news outlet is perfect; but the BBC does have exacting editorial standards re its news output (and I agree re coverage of Israel/Palestine particularly the terms used in relation to either side - though I wouldn’t expect the Beeb to put out the stuff I’ve seen shared on social media etc).

I witnessed their editorial standards in Benghazi. Although they weren’t bad at all,there was often speculation based on rumor that  they justified with “purportedly”

 

they quickly jumped to the conclusion that the Abu Salim massacre site was found outside Tripoli, when it was very tenuous to begin with. Their vetting was compromised by either the fact that everyone was erroneously reporting I, or the attempt to break the story before anyone else. The editors and their headlines are usually much more egregious with this than those who actually reported it though tbf

 

 

Edited July 2, 2024 by Vinny Green Balls

[TheBrownBottle]

1 minute ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

I witnessed their editorial standards in Benghazi. Although they weren’t bad at all,there was often speculation based on rumor that  they justified with “purportedly”

Yep, reporting speculatively and stating that it’s speculative doesn’t really get the journalist off the hook - it plants the idea in the mind of the audience / reader

[Vinny Green Balls]

5 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Yep, reporting speculatively and stating that it’s speculative doesn’t really get the journalist off the hook - it plants the idea in the mind of the audience / reader

But at least there was some level of vetting. Citizen journalists throwing shit against the wall while never setting foot there were much much worse. 
 

People still call what happened in Libya a coup orchestrated by the U.S. while accusing those of us who were there of being CIA operatives because we didn’t witness anything remotely like that.

 

but back to Gordon 

 

 

Edited July 2, 2024 by Vinny Green Balls

[gdm]

 

[STM]

5 minutes ago, gdm said:

 

 

I choose to believe that over the BBC and their toxic sandwich like invented stories. It's like Sarajevo all over again.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I think the BBC were just reporting and retweeting other people for the most part, almost everyone was. 

[The Prophet]

His agent has played a blinder.

[LiquidAK]

Completely deserved tbf 

[healthyaddiction]

1 minute ago, The Prophet said:

His agent has played a blinder.

To be fair, he deserves to be earning whatever our top earners get.

[Vinny Green Balls]

8 hours ago, STM said:

 

I choose to believe that over the BBC and their toxic sandwich like invented stories. It's like Sarajevo all over again.

[Jaqen]

Flicking through that athletic video and Ornstein described it as an 'arms length enquiry from Liverpool a few weeks ago' 

[Joelinton7]

Wonder if all this Liverpool bollocks has been put out by his agent looking for a new contract and a nice little earner for himself.

[Groundhog63]

1 minute ago, Joelinton7 said:

Wonder if all this Liverpool bollocks has been put out by his agent looking for a new contract and a nice little earner for himself.

 

More likely Masters had tipped off the cartel that we were in the mud. 

Sniffing around Isak and Gordon thinking we might have to cave. 

Either that or just paper bollox

[Shadow Puppets]

3 hours ago, Jaqen said:

Flicking through that athletic video and Ornstein described it as an 'arms length enquiry from Liverpool a few weeks ago' 

😎

[AyeDubbleYoo]

3 hours ago, Jaqen said:

Flicking through that athletic video and Ornstein described it as an 'arms length enquiry from Liverpool a few weeks ago' 

Luke Edwards should be put in the stocks at Greys Monument. 

[TRon]

3 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Luke Edwards should be put in the stocks at Greys Monument. 

 

Couldn't think of a more fitting end to his career.

[Abacus]

If you put it all together, it seems that Antony Gordon fell off his bike whilst eating a Greggs cheese sandwich which Richard Masters had secretly and surprisingly put onions in, thus causing a world war many years earlier.

 

It's actually all so simple, if you REALLY think about it. 

 

So, I hope he kicks a ball in the goal bag for England.

[Coffee_Johnny]

23 minutes ago, Abacus said:

If you put it all together, it seems that Antony Gordon fell off his bike whilst eating a Greggs cheese sandwich which Richard Masters had secretly and surprisingly put onions in, thus causing a world war many years earlier.

 

It's actually all so simple, if you REALLY think about it. 

 

So, I hope he kicks a ball in the goal bag for England.

 

Thought I’d add a BBC news reader to give your purportedly accurate historical summary more authenticity. 

 

 

Edited July 2, 2024 by Coffee_Johnny

[Vinny Green Balls]

I have high hopes that sandwich story will become firmly entrenched in the forum’s canon. 

[elbee909]

Perhaps if he were eating an apple while riding a bike instead. Nothing could go wrong there.

[Joelinton7]

Is Gordon really wanting out? Reports that “his head is a mess” just don’t tally with the type of person he comes across as in interviews. He’s very focused, doesn’t let things bother him. The press have been persistent with this line the last days. 

[Skeletor]

Just now, Joelinton7 said:

Is Gordon really wanting out? Reports that “his head is a mess” just don’t tally with the type of person he comes across as in interviews. He’s very focused, doesn’t let things bother him. The press have been persistent with this line the last days. 

 

Remember how he behaved when we got him? It's entirely possible, especially as Liverpool are his boyhood club.

[Joelinton7]

He allegedly didn’t turn up for training. Obviously that’s not an option as he’s not in training with us. I guess we’ll only find out after the Euro’s and when he gets back from holiday.