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MEN banned from the press conference today | Some journalists banned for running articles without approaching United for comment first
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
But aside from that, vibes are pretty good?
SAF banned lot of journalists, about time club did this.
No wonder were taking a stand
Average redcafe poster
Pretty sure the bans are a big enough clue
Finally!!! It’s been long overdue.
Luckhursts sub headline :
Man United have reacted to 10 defeats from 21 games by banning journalists from attending Erik ten Hag's press conference.
What a thundercnut
Man United have reacted to 10 defeats from 21 games by banning journalists from attending Erik ten Hag's press conference.
What a thundercnut
The three named there are bloody terrible, and pretty much make a living off hatchet jobs against the club. I imagine they've been on a watchlist, with the club waiting for them to slip up and, in not giving the club the opportunity to respond, they've done it.
And I don't think that was the right thing to do even for him.
About time the club grew some, 'journalists' and I use that term loosely are only there to stir the shit nothing more
Good. Fed up of these journalists and feeding these player leaks
Really hope the fans can get behind this and EtH. This is classic us vs them. And that has been an issue for a long time.
Stories were true but the club didn't like they weren't asked for a comment before publishing them?
or
The stories were not true and they should have confirmed before publishing them?
Which one is it?
It's more that the reason is we don't like it but we can't just say that. Media know exactly what they are doing - united make them ££££ when things go badly - United also know this and are finally looking to try and stop the onslaught.
CHAT SHIT, GET BANNED! 
A valid reason I suppose, but the club's PR would always 'contextualise' a situation to be better than what it actually is. I think this move probably draws more attention to the journalists and ETH may get even worse press from those involved or other journalists that think it's over the top.
The only way out of this snowballing is for the team and ETH to show some promise on the pitch.
No.
I think the recent stories of player unrest towards EtH are true and they’re getting ahead of it.
It’s no surprise that every journalist that reported on it are banned.
It is the right thing.
Fair play to the club for having the balls to do this. I feared with many of them uncertain about their future we wouldn't be getting much in the way of leadership for the next couple of months.
Things are going to get really ugly now, I bet they're all onto Sancho (how buzzing must they be to have an inside source with nothing to lose??) to see what other dirt they can spin.
Things are going to get really ugly now, I bet they're all onto Sancho (how buzzing must they be to have an inside source with nothing to lose??) to see what other dirt they can spin.
Fully expect Luckhurst to rehash this piece he did on SAF years ago.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sa...guson-bans-journalists-reports_b_1832503.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sa...guson-bans-journalists-reports_b_1832503.html
Not saying what this person says is factually correct but lists past player issues and there’s definitely a theme regarding players thinking they’re in charge. Changing managers hasn’t worked.. hopefully club/SJR can make some tough decisions (well I say tough, seem pretty easy to me)
https://x.com/AliceTalksFooty/status/1731805924514247044?s=20
https://x.com/AliceTalksFooty/status/1731805924514247044?s=20
I have no problem with it. In fact, I find the whole press conference exercise excruciating. The managers don't want to do it and the journos ask nonsensical questions geared more towards stiring the pot than getting any actual information about players or tactics.
However, I don't get how this will help anything. I rather see ETH humiliating them in the press conference rather than stopping them from attending it and giving more fuel to the fire.
The football media have been having a field day (as always) with the negativity surrounding United.
Glad the club has made a stand banning some of those shit stirring journalists
Glad the club has made a stand banning some of those shit stirring journalists
Seems like a desperate move from United. Don't like what they write? Deal with it, make your arguments against their writings- don't ban the press. Pretty low from the club and i think it will backfire.
Surprised by the massive support this silly move is getting from the fans.
Surprised by the massive support this silly move is getting from the fans.
If the players have already turned against ETH just after the season they had last year, they need to be the first ones to leave.
We have been here in this situation with too many managers for it to be a coincidence. Get rid of the lot and reset.
finally someone doing something
Christ, how has Luckhurst survived this long? He's an absolute doom mongering idiot.
Their access to press conferences is a media privilege given to them for their work in journalism. We shouldn't let them abuse that privilege to the detriment of the team. They can still write whatever they want, we just have no obligation to lend them the credibility of being a first hand source.
You are right that the coverage from these will likely get worse, but the stance from the club is justified. Unfortunately how we're covered does affect players, but hopefully in the dressing room we're taking steps to turn it into an "us and against them" situation.
Luckhurst's reaction to being banned should let you know it isn't silly. They write make up stories without contacting the club, the shit stirrers. Good on the club for finally taking some action.
haha
What makes you think it’s true?
Weird photo, have they banned Ten Hag as well?
The definition of feck around and find out.
Not if they lie.
Article about how shit we are is ok.
Article about internal stuff without having proof, is not ok.
I’m fully on board with banning anyone tbh. Our house our rules.
There’s gonna be a fair bit of boiled piss in the weeks that follow though, especially with the run we’ve got coming up. Fergie could do these things and it didn’t matter because we’d win, whereas you know the narrative now will be “Ten Hag has lost the plot!”.
There’s gonna be a fair bit of boiled piss in the weeks that follow though, especially with the run we’ve got coming up. Fergie could do these things and it didn’t matter because we’d win, whereas you know the narrative now will be “Ten Hag has lost the plot!”.
What article?